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Tips and ideas for making the most of your harvest
If you grow your own food on any level, from a small patch in your garden to a full-on allotment plot, Autumn is very much the season of harvesting.It’s hard to beat freshly-picked produce, but the reality is often that we have more than we can possibly eat. For us this year the gluts have been courgettes and tomatoes, we’ve been pretty much up to our ears in them!For me, the pleasure in growing our own fruit and vegetables is not only ...
In season now: October
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Ideas for preserving herbs
There’s a bit of a theme going on around here at the moment - harvest. At this time of year a lot of my ‘gardening time’ is spent picking produce and working out how to store it, cook it or preserve it. It can be time-consuming in the short term, but it’s so great to be able to enjoy your homegrown fruit and veg all year round.In this post I’m going to share some ideas for preserving herbs - they make such a difference to recipes and you ...
Harvest time craft: making veggie creatures
We've been having lots of fun this season turning our allotment harvest into veggie animals, so I thought I'd share this fun craft activity with you.Every year my local horticultural society holds their annual show in September. There are lots of categories you can enter your produce into - things like 'heaviest pumpkin' and 'best floral arrangement' - and there is a whole section exclusively for children. The kids were planning to make ...
How well do you know your apples?
Is there a fruit that symbolises this time of year more than the apple?For me, apples go hand-in-hand with Autumn days; heavy fruit ready to fall from the tree in our garden, fighting the wasps for the juiciest ones, and of course cooking with our lovely harvest.I have to confess though, my knowledge of the hundreds of types of apples is limited to say the least. I suppose we’re all too used to the handful of varieties on sale in ...
In Season Now: September
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In Season Now: August
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An unruly Summer allotment
It's been a while since I shared any pictures of our allotment. This hasn't been deliberate, I just haven't got myself organised!I feel like I've been behind the whole way with the allotment this year. Last year I had the plot rotavated in early Spring, which meant I was good to go with the planting nice and early. This year however there's a greenhouse slap bang in the middle of the plot, a few raised beds and some permanent fruit canes, ...
In Season Now: July
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