Knowing ones onions
We’ve been lucky enough to get three onion harvests like the one above. These are Stuttgarter Stansfield, grown from sets. Some are medium-small, but all appear to be solid and […]
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Lousy compost
Man there’s been some rubbish compost on sale this year. Big brands as well. I wonder whether it was the cold, wet weather that dominated earlier in the year, stopping […]
Turnips for freezing
Grew some big turnips for the first time this year. Last year we just grew small autumn ones (Tiny Pal), but this year an early planting of Atlantic variety brought […]
Radishes better fresh
This was earlier in the year, but faced with a glut of French Breakfast radish I had a go at pickling them. Properly, chopped up into official pickling vinegar, added […]
Freezin’ beans
Our short row of ‘The Sutton’ broad beans weighed in with just under four and a half pounds (two kilos) of beans after shelling. That made for several portion […]
Beetroot Keftedes
Keftedes are a Greek dish, usually meatballs but here based on grated beetroot. This recipe was on the Guardian web site, but comes from The Modern Vegetarian by Maria Elia […]
Bean-mental
A bit of a variation on the post below, this is slices of halloumi cheese, on a base of broad beans and that courgette tempura again (well it was nice). […]
Tempura-mental …
This was shavings of courgette, deep fried in tempura batter. With spring onion sprinkled on top. Served with tomatoes and a russian salad. Picked up the Russian salad idea when […]
The short life of a parsnip seed
This season I’ve definitely learned that parsnip seeds don’t keep for more than the year they’re sold for. I had a packet (opened) left over from last year and sowed […]
Brrr… (well sort of)
Hmm .. temperatures dropping today. Hope there’s some more sunshine for a few more weeks at least. Various of the veg still have growing to do. Not least cucumbers and […]
