Carrots are looking good. Hopefully enough to last until Christmas. I might adjust the planting plan for next year and include some parsnips as well, I think.
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That's the green tomatoes sorted. Next, pumpkin chutney when the jars arrive.
#gardening report: Garlics arrived!
Russian Red and California Early. These go into the garage until at least the last week of Oct, maybe later, depending on weather and chores. #garlic #GrowFood #GrowOwnFood
Home grown potatoes, carrots, celery, onion, leeks, and some very chonky looking baby corn. The fundament of a nice meal with some chickpeas, and crusty homemade seeded baguettes. It's nice to think almost everything here came from the garden (I was too late for onions and garlic this year). Next year, I aim to grow it all.
I may have accidentally veganed the whole thing, which is fine by me.
The garden has entered tomato harvest season. Some will be sauce, some will be eaten fresh, some will be dried and stored in olive oil.
Breaking Ground
September is just around the corner, and work in the Shedlandia garden continues. A lot of this year's gardening has been about breaking the ground, and making things ready for next year. It can feel a bit strange sometimes to be working so far in advance, but the work we're doing in the garden this year will mean that next year will be much easier. We've spent a lot of time levelling ground and putting in raised beds, but we've really been clearing away several years worth of neglect. It's […]
That's another area almost ready to plant, just waiting for some rain to expand the coir. Once that's happened I'll dig everything over again to mix the manure and coir well into the existing soil before planting the autumn crops.
This year has mostly been about doing the hard work of getting beds in place and recovering lost ground to grow in. Next year should be easier
I'm giving away plums from my garden on the bus. #GrowOwnFood #Plums
Not a bad haul of potatoes today from the #garden, but haven't had time to weigh them yet. Also more soft fruits and squashes coming along.
Edit: There's just over 8kg. Combined with the 5 and a bit kilo we harvested last week and the odd volunteer plant, there's about 3 or 4 months worth of potatoes for us.
The Garden in August
t’s approaching the middle of August, and we are getting bounty from the garden. Although some things are starting to die off, we’re looking forward to putting in crops for next year and expanding into the front garden. Until then, Garlic, broad beans, potatoes, and plenty of brassicas should help keep us ticking over the cold season until next spring.
How it started, how it's going. Next, raspberry jam.
The home-grown aubergine is a completely different thing to the supermarket version - so much creamier in texture and taste - and they are easy to grow (proven by the fact I have done it) if you sew them early indoors and have enough summer sunshine, which we do in East Anglia. We have a few small plants in containers, they don't produce loads and the fruit aren't very big, but they are such a treat.
Yes, it IS very good, but I said I needed a job with a decent *salary*.
Crunchy Courgette Sheets
There are still a lot of courgettes knocking about in the garden. Here’s yet another suggestion for using them up.
Courgette Bhajis
As the non-stop deluge of courgette/zucchini continues, here’s spicy option for you. Bhajis: the perfect way to use up the ever increasing curcubita bounty with the maximum of flavour.
Ingredients
100g of gram flour
6 spring onions
1 or 2 courgettes
1 brown onion
Half cup of peas
2 tbsp Garam masala
1 tsp smoked garlic powder
1 tsp ginger paste
1 tsp salt
150ml water
2 tsp turmeric (optional)
1 tbsp mustard powder (optional)
1 tbsp paprika (optional)
2 tbsp chilli flakes […]
This summer squash tastes weird because it's a cucumber. It's even labelled as a cucumber and I planted it in the garden with the other cucumbers. It looked like a cucumber when I cut into it.
I still thought it was a squash when I cooked it. I'm just tired, okay?
My #pepper cutting is going to a new home.
My wife's friend liked my #hydroponic pepper setup , so when I trimmed it, I cut a branch and put it in the pot with a tomato growing in it.
Now it's 60cm tall, fully grown and ready to be replanted, so it goes to a new home soon.
I'm not sure what type it is, probably #Habanero or #Jalapeno, but even #Serrano. The label I put their faded away in the strong sunshine of south of #France.
#Gardening #Plants #BalconyGarden @plants #GrowOwnFood
The #garden at the start of August. Gaps are starting to appear, and will be used to grow quick crops before being filled with the winter plantings. A generous helping of fertiliser and possibly manure will go down before the next lot of plants.
