We all love beetroot in our house. Well at least the adults do. We eat it in salads, roasted with the sunday lunch and grated into Coleslaw. Most of all though we juice it. I would certainly attest that it makes me feel so much better and I drink it before I work out and [...]
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April just arrived out of the frost and starting blessing the garden with sunshine. Rush rush rush to get everything out of the deep freeze and winter and into a state to start growing. Tidied up the compost heap, sorted out the greenhouse and filled a few rows with some salads and roots. I’ve finally [...] This summer has been sodden so far. What started as a drought after a dry winter has become a lush weed fest. Its fascinating to see that in a dry summer you get completely different weeds from a wet one. Seeded poppies are sprouting where there were none before. You have to admire the opportunism [...] I work very long hours and often away from home. This makes the whole vegetable growing thing at this time of year really challenging. It is even more challenging when the rains simply do not come in Spring. When there is enough rain, all I have to do is sow the seeds and stay on [...] It’s that time of year when you can pore over the seed catalogues and pick what you’ll grow for the year. I now stick to a few basics rather than get carried away with wierd varieties. I want things i know will grow. I do always give in to one temptation. Some strange thing that [...] Well it was warme enough and sunny enough in the garden today to get out and spread some lovely muck around the beds in preparation for planting (soon!). I’m now thinking about what chillie peppers to grow and am thinking of focussing on the Scotch Bonnets as I think I’ve now got the measure of [...] So the garden has been blanketed in about 20cms of snow. It arrived one night and gave us enough for a fantastic day of sledding. The weather had been very cold for a few days and simply finished off any of the half tender plants in the garden. I know I’ve blogged about this before [...] It’s also the time of year to use up all those chillies that are sitting in your greenhouse. Frosts have already come to the north and they are coming south soon. Last weekend I went to the greenhouse to harvest the final fantastic bunch of scotch bonnet peppers. There are plenty of chilli sauce recipes [...] Now is the time to start getting your beg plot prepared for the next growing season. This means making sure the soil is in the best condition for whatever you’ll be growing in it. By laying down a thick mulch of well rotted manure you’ll be creating great conditions for your hungry veg next year. [...] You should be hearing a lot more from me now this is the first post from my iPhone app. Success!! |
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