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Tag Archives: Tomatoes
2020 Tomatoes Sown
After Tuesday’s indecision as to what to sow, today (despite the wind and rain) I spent some time in the greenhouse sowing my tomatoes which are now on top of the cupboards in the kitchen (a warm place). My final … Continue reading
Posted in Garden, Greenhouse, Tomato Cultivars, Vegetables
Tagged Ailsa Craig, Bloody Butcher, blue ambrosia, Brown Berry, Crimson Crush, dancing with smurfs, Darby Striped, father frost, Garden Pearl, Gardener's Delight, Green Grapes, Ildi, Lemon Tree, Marizol Gold, Maskotka, Mortgage Lifter, Mountain Magic, Oleron Yellow, principe borghese, Red Robin, Sandpoint, Summer Cider, Tiny Tim, Tomatoes, Tumbling Tom Red
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2020 Tomato Decisions
Deciding what to tomatoes to grow Continue reading
Recipe: Fish Tagine
This recipe isn’t really a Tagine but it has all the taste of a Moroccan dish. When we first made it we were nervous of the spice quantities and we reduced them from the recipe we started with and ended … Continue reading
Posted in Recipe, Vegetables
Tagged carrots, garlic, Onion, Tagine, Tomatoes, white fish
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End of October 2019 – Review
Well, we’ve got to the end of October, the clocks have gone back and fireworks are beginning to sound in advance of Guy Fawkes Night. I tend to think about now as the end of the productive year and start … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Garden, Greenhouse
Tagged Allotment, apples, French Beans, growing plants, growing vegetables, Tomatoes, vegetables
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Recipe: Tomato and Bean Soup
A relish to use the glut of beans early in the season. Continue reading
Recipe: Courgette, Ham & Cheese
A relish to use the glut of beans early in the season. Continue reading
End of July Update – 2019
We’ve come to the end of July and the garden/polytunnel are both doing well with decent harvests of French Beans, Cucumbers and Courgettes adding to the Lettuce (which are still going well). However, the Radishes, Broad Beans and Peas have … Continue reading
Posted in Allotment, Blog, Garden, Greenhouse, Vegetables
Tagged alpine strawberries, blueberries, courgettes, cucumber, French Beans, raspberries, Tomatoes
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End of June update
We’re at the end of June and the garden is looking OK. The vegetables are beginning to deliver with Sugar Snap Peas, Broad Beans and French Beans adding to the Lettuce and Radishes that we’ve been harvesting for a while. … Continue reading
Posted in Allotment, Blog, Garden, Greenhouse
Tagged beetroot, Broad beans, cabbage, courgette, lettuce, radishes, square foot gardening, sugar snap peas, Swiss Chard, Tomatoes, vegetables
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Tomato Lemon Tree
A medium sized yellow tomato Description We got this from the Lost Gardens of Heligan when we visited in June 2019. Obviously too late to try in 2019 so we’ll be growing this in 2020 (hopefully). Looking around the web … Continue reading
Posted in Tomato Cultivars
Tagged Lemon Tree, Standard Tomatoes, Tomato, Tomato Cultivar, Tomatoes, Yellow Tomato
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Polytunnel Activity, Planting Tomatoes, Garden Birdlife, etc..
Last year I gave up my allotment. It was too far away and not doing what I wanted (unlike many allotments, despite the fact there are over 100 plots, rarely are there any people about. Everybody seems to go on … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Garden, Greenhouse, Nature, Vegetables
Tagged Blue Tits, Ducks, gardening, Polytunnel, raspberries, Tomatoes
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