Whilst harvesting swiss chard, found these.
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Cuckoo
We heard a cuckoo today, the first time for years
Recipe: Couscous & Halloumi Salad
Whilst this calls itself a salad, its really roasted vegetables with couscous. Its simple to make and the Halloumi cheese adds flavour and texture. Being wheat intolerant, we used a gluten-free couscous and the quantity of couscous should be whatever the couscous reckons is the right quantity for the number of people you are cooking…… Continue reading Recipe: Couscous & Halloumi Salad
Blue Tits in the Bird Box
Blue Tits setting up house. Hope their family survives
2019-Sowing Tomatoes
2019 Tomato Sowing Despite the weather, I’ve sorted out the tomatoes to grow in 2019. Its a 50/50 split between new varieties acquired from a seed swap and seeds I’ve saved from previous years. The full list is: Angelle, Aunt Ruby’s German Green, Balconi Red, Black and Brown Boar, Black Krim, Black Vernissage, Britain’s Breakfast,…… Continue reading 2019-Sowing Tomatoes
MYHarvest Report
A while ago, I posted a post that included a reference to MYHarvest. Well the group involved have published their first report and I think it makes interesting reading. You can find it here. They’ve taken some figures from us food gardeners (allotments and backgarden) to show what quantity of food we produce and it…… Continue reading MYHarvest Report
Recipe: Stir Fried Vegetables & Omelette
A nutritious, tasty, quick to prepare omelette. As usual things from our garden are in italics. Ingredients (for 2) 4 eggs 100g baby sweetcorn 100g carrots 100g mushrooms 100g green or white cabbage 1 small red onion 1tbsp light soy sauce 2 garlic cloves 1 tsp fish sauce 2tsp sugar 3 tbsp oil (peanut or similar for…… Continue reading Recipe: Stir Fried Vegetables & Omelette
Recipe: Pork & Cabbage Stir Fry
A quick and easy stir fry that goes well with brown rice or noodles. As usual things from our garden are in italics. Ingredients (for 4) 450g pork cut into small strips 1/2 tsp Chinese five spice 1 x Onion sliced finely garlic (according to taste) 1 x large carrot cut into batons 1/2 white cabbage shredded…… Continue reading Recipe: Pork & Cabbage Stir Fry
Garden Birds – RSPB Birdwatch
Every year I sit down for an hour or so at the end of January and do the Garden Birdwatch for the RSPB. This year I did it again and (as always seems to be the case) the weather was windy and cold. The number and varieties of birds in my garden always seem to…… Continue reading Garden Birds – RSPB Birdwatch
Tomato Blight
Blight is one of the killers for anybody who wants to grow tomatoes. The problem is that many other problems (sunburn, windburn, magnesium deficiency) show similar symptoms to the early stages of blight so any grower has to make a decision whether to remove the infected plants to try and save the rest of the…… Continue reading Tomato Blight