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Monthly Archives: April 2020
Recipe: Carrot Cake
In previous years, I’ve grown more beetroot than we’ve been able to eat, beetroot is good pickled, but as a vegetable its less useful. This year I decided to replace the beetroot bed with carrots so my guess is I’ll … Continue reading
Tomato Urban’s Delight
From the 2019 seed swap something we are yet to know exactly what it is but probably something like Gardener’s Delight. Description This is a slightly unusual activity. The allotment website that we visit had a “largest truss” competition and … Continue reading
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Tagged Cherry Tomato, Gardener's Delight, Indeterminate Tomato, Red Tomato
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Recipe: Slow Cooker Leek & Potato Soup
This is an incredibly simple recipe and produces an acceptable soup. (Acceptable because like all soups with potato in them, it tends to be a little “gloopy”. Its barely even worth a layout: The ingredients are (as you would expect): … Continue reading
Growing my Tomatoes in lockdown
I’m not sure if I grow tomatoes in the same way as other people. My desire (usually) is to grow as many different varieties as I can fit into the available space and, because of the weather in the UK, … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Garden, Greenhouse, Tomato Cultivars, Vegetables
Tagged growing plants, Growing Tomatoes, growing vegetables
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Tomato Father Frost
A “standard” red tomato on short potato leafed indeterminate vines Description This tomato is from the 2019 seed swap so this page will be updated as we get more information As a potato leafed variety, it is a little different … Continue reading
Tomato Dancing with Smurfs
A blue cherry tomato on Indeterminate vines. Description Another blue cherry tomato from the 2019 seed swap. The web suggests that this was first created at the Oregon State University and further developed by Tom Wagner (a well know tomato … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Tomato, Cherry Tomato, dancing with smurfs, Indeterminate Tomato
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Tomato Brad’s Atomic (aka Brad’s Atomic Grape)
A multi-coloured grape shaped cherry tomato on indeterminate vines. Description Another blue/multi-coloured tomato from the 2019 seed swap which we’re growing in 2020 for the first time. According to the web it was developed by Brad Gates the owner of … Continue reading
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Tagged brad's atomic, Cherry Tomato, Indeterminate Tomato, multi-coloured tomato
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Tomato Blue Ambrosia
A dark/gold cherry tomato on an Indeterminate plant Description From the 2019 seed swap, we are growing this for the first time in 2020. As we get more details, this page will be updated. However, according to the web its … Continue reading
Posted in Greenhouse, Tomato Cultivars
Tagged blue ambrosia, Cherry Tomato, gold/violet, Indeterminate Tomato, Tomato Cultivar
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