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Monthly Archives: September 2018
A Walk at Attenborough Nature Reserve – Fish
We went out on a walk this afternoon (we’re trying to up our paces as part of our get fitter campaign). As well as the usual sightings of a collection of water birds, we saw something I’ve never seen before. … Continue reading
Posted in Nature
Tagged Attenborough Nature Reserve, Birds, Fish, Great Crested Grebe, Swans
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Recipe: Sweet & Sour Vegetables with Turkey Balls
Sweet & sour sauce will go with most things but we like to cook it with a lot of vegetables and have a little meat to go with it. These turkey mince balls are tasty and easy to make. As … Continue reading
Posted in Recipe, Vegetables
Tagged carrots, cider vinegar, cinnamon, cornflour, French Beans, garlic, ginger, Onion, peppers, pineapple slices, Recipe, sugar, sweet chilli sauce, Tomatoes, turkey mince
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Recipe: Hot Sausage Salad
During summer and early autumn, there’s a lot of salad greens growing in the garden. Using them in “ordinary” salads eventually gets boring however, this warm salad is an easy delicious improvement. Ingredients (for 2) 10 (or more) cherry tomatoes … Continue reading
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Tagged avocado, Cherry Tomatoes, cucmber, lettuce, Onion, Recipe, sausages, wine vinegar
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Tomato Problems: Blossom End Rot
Blossom End Rot White Zebra with Blossom End Rot Orange Banana Kibits Ukranian If you’ve got tomatoes that look like the above pictures, you’ve got Blossom End Rot. Now, this isn’t a disease or insect damage or anything terrible like … Continue reading
Posted in Growing Tomatoes, Questions & Answers
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2018 – Mid September Update
Greenhouse 1 Greenhouse 2 So, here we are in the middle of September, the days are beginning to get shorter and (this year at least) the tomatoes are starting to slow down. So far may greenhouses have produced about 26kg … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Greenhouse
Tagged Beefsteak Tomato, Cherry Tomato, greenhouse, Growing Tomatoes, Orange Tomato, Tomatoes
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Recipe: Roast Vegetables & Salmon
I love tray bakes, they’re simple and (usually) just need you to put it all together and leave it alone. This recipe isn’t quite that simple but takes about 40 minutes from start to finish. Ingredients (for 2) 100g (or … Continue reading
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Tagged black olives, Cherry Tomatoes, courgette, fish stock, green beans, herbs de provence, Onion, oregano, pepper, Recipe, salmon
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Recipe: Spiced Butternut Squash Soup
Whilst this recipe doesn’t include tomatoes (or in fact anything we commonly grow) its extremely simple, filling and cheap. We make it and have it two days running although you can freeze it if you want. Ingredients Butternut Squash (1kg … Continue reading
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Tagged bacon, butternut squash, corriander seeds, cumin seeds, dried chilli, garlic, Onion, Recipe, vegetable stock
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Recipe: Fish Tagine
A quick and easy risotto that uses plenty of tomatoes and so is good during August when there are plenty of ripe tomatoes coming from the garden. Ingredients (for 4) 400+g ripe tomatoes 150g carrots 1 Onion 3 small potatoes … Continue reading
Posted in Recipe, Tomato Cultivars
Tagged bay, carrots, Celery, chilli flakes, cinnamon, coriander, cumin, fish stock, mushrooms, Onion, paprika, potatoes, Recipe, Tomato, white fish
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Recipe: Tomato & Corgette Risotto
This is a very flexible recipe to which you can add more or less any of the summer vegetables you have (french beans for example) Ingredients (for 2) 400g ripe tomatoes Additional Cherry tomatoes halved 1-2 courgettes 200g risotto rice … Continue reading
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Tagged courgette, Onion, Recipe, Risotto Recipe, risotto rice, Tomato, vegetable stock
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Recipe: Tomato Risotto
A quick and easy risotto that uses plenty of tomatoes and so is good during August when there are plenty of ripe tomatoes coming from the garden. Ingredients (for 2) 250g – 400g ripe tomatoes 200g Risotto Rice 1/2 Onion … Continue reading