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28-07-2008, 04:33 PM
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 I picked mangetout, some of which had gone a bit mad and so I shelled them - lovely sweet peas inside. I also harvested the first pod of my cross-breeding project - one drying seed inside! The others are still green and fresh so I'm leaving them on. After the first attempt I got a bit better at it so they have more seeds in the pod! Also picked crimson flowered beans. They are short pods with only 3 or 4 beans per pod but what a fabulous colour! They are a gorgeous jewel-like green. Weeded front garden. Still got all the back to do!
__________________ Earth laughs in flowers. Ralph Waldo Emerson www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated November 30th - Mr Stinky's Excellent Adventure (and a Christmas Cake)      |
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29-07-2008, 05:49 PM
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| I picked one cucumber (which was absolutely gorgeous), 2 tomatoes (again really lovely), sprig of parsley and 2 potatoes. I am so impressed with all this veg growing - I will certainly be growing again next year. kwa50 CraftChallenge.co.uk - Home |
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30-07-2008, 12:59 AM
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| I made homemade coleslaw, which I had for lunch. Little did I know that the cat had the same idea! Came back in the kitchen to see her munching away on it! Now she is apologisingby sitting on my lap and making it difficult to type! |
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30-07-2008, 08:08 PM
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| Lifted 25kg Lady Christl, 25kg Red Duke of York, 50kg of Charlotte. Pulled 2.75kg of Climbing French Bean Blue Lake Harvested 37 cucumbers. Cut approximately 40kg courgettes. Cut 42 Sweetheart Cabbages Made delivery to local seafood / healthfood shop - 7 cukes, 5 x 100g bags Salad Rocket, 5 x 1kg bags of baby salad potatoes (Lady Christl) 6 Sweetheart Cabbages. Weeded my swedes (5 drills of 50m) Planted 100 lettuce (50 each of Amorina and Charita) in Tunnel. Cut another 40 strawberry runners. Watered tunnel ! Came home - now off to deliver some Lady Christl to a friend who is making potato salalds to sell at Farmers Market on Saturday.
__________________ Rat British by birth Scottish by the Grace of God  Blog updated Wednesday November 13th |
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30-07-2008, 10:07 PM
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__________________ My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE) |
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31-07-2008, 09:11 AM
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. Funny thing is that at the time, I feel as if I haven't got much done - probably cause there is so much to do and only one of me to do it.
__________________ Rat British by birth Scottish by the Grace of God Blog updated Wednesday November 13th |
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31-07-2008, 09:35 AM
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| Not quite up to Sewer Rats harvest  , I went to the allotment and picked:3lb's runner beans 3lb's dwarf french beans 4lb's of peas lettuce leaf 3 Kohl Rabi rhubarb 3 globe artichokes 5 courgettes Weeded three buckets worth and added to compost bins, noted that summer onion stems have fallen and will now wait for a good dry forecast and lift them and dry them.
__________________ 'People don't learn and grow from doing everything right the first time... we only grow by making mistakes and learning from them. It's those who don't acknowledge their mistakes who are bound to repeat them and do no learn and grow. None of us are done making mistakes or overflowing with righteous wisdom. Humility is the key.' - Thomas Howard |
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01-08-2008, 09:50 AM
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| picked handful of runner beans, 3 courgettes ( then 2 more in evening!), 850g arran pilot, mint , salad leaves and 5 huge strawberries, enough for a wee strawberry flan. Did some weeding round raised beds. Just been out this morning and cut a round courgette for stuffing. Weighed 2lb and was 18" in diameter(it was too early for metric thinking!!) |
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01-08-2008, 04:10 PM
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| picked my first Barlottis, loads of Purple Teepee (frenchies). transplanted my de Carantaan leeks, and did lots of weeding. Again.
__________________ ~ What do I think of Western civilisation? I think it would be a very good idea ~ Gandhi |
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03-08-2008, 12:22 PM
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| Cut the grass - unfortunately didn't have any weighing scales to weigh the clippings!! Would have been cheating as the grass was still wet from last nights rain but my McCulloch Lawnmower did the job without any clogging up!! |
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03-08-2008, 12:59 PM
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| Well sorry to say I've not done much at all. Recovering after a local Beer Festival last night at the Unicorn in Newton Solney, Derbyshire. I am probably going to clean the pond out later and clear an area of the garden ready for some chickens. |
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03-08-2008, 08:46 PM
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| The dog and I had a walk to the paper shop and back (about 5 mile!) this morning followed by me getting the bike out and riding to the allotment (about 4 mile each way) Fed and watered the chooks. Still no eggs. Lifted the last of my Charlotte spuds and after manuring the area planted 2 rows of Musselburgh leeks! A bit of weeding and general pottering about followed by watering indoor stuff and harvesting some red broadies+ Cucumber and it was time to cycle home with my backpack filled with swag. Must admit, this cycling lark is getting a bit easier and more enjoyable now!
__________________ My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE) |
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03-08-2008, 10:46 PM
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| Planted 4 Purple & 2 White Sprouting Broccoli plants and erected netting for them today, then harvested & ate 5 Red Robin Cherry toms! Not much done but had a great lazy weekend reading my new book!
__________________ Newbie, keen but clueless |
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03-08-2008, 11:06 PM
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| Actually more what I did yesterday ! Got home from Door Steward job about 2:30 am, did a bit of work on the 'puta, then at about 4am, went out to my field and harvested veggies for my local Farmers Market at Dornoch (Dornoch Farmers` Market | Home). I took crates of the following - carrots, onions, potatoes (Red Duke of York, Lady Christl, Charlotte), broad beans, peas, chard, spinach, lettuce, french beans, cabbages, herbs in 3" pots, kale (red and green) radishes, rocket, cucumbers and courgettes (green and yellow) and shallots. I had my best ever market, practically selling everything I took - came home with two cukes, 4 courgettes, and a few tatties. Went straight back to my field and unloaded my crates, tidied my shed and then had loads of customers arrive to pick peas and broadies (one couple picked about 10 kg of broadies !!) so managed to sell loads of other stuff too. Closed to the public at 5pm, watered tunnel, went home, had supper, went back to Door Steward job at 10 pm.
__________________ Rat British by birth Scottish by the Grace of God Blog updated Wednesday November 13th |
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04-08-2008, 10:12 AM
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| Yesterday I nipped to the lottie just after lunch because it looked like raining. (It didn't, as it happens.) I picked the pods of the Lancashire Lad purple podded peas (Heritage Seed Library) and only just in time. One or two split as I picked them. Another couple of days and I've have been scratting around in the dirt for them.  I have plenty of seed now so if anyone fancies trying them, send me a pm.
__________________ Earth laughs in flowers. Ralph Waldo Emerson www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated November 30th - Mr Stinky's Excellent Adventure (and a Christmas Cake) |
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06-08-2008, 12:41 AM
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| Want something done? Ask a Busy Person, that's my motto... eh SR?! Personally, I can't claim anything remotely as busy, because I'd been advised that we were due to be fitted a new gas meter today, and so naturally, I stayed home all day. I refuse to insult your intelligence by finishing my story..... but, suffice to say, with no new gas meter in the pipeline by mid-morning, nor lunchtime, nor clotted cream tea time, Wellie put her underpants firmly on the outside of her skirt, and put her cooking pinny on? By the end of the 'No Noo Meter ToDay', we had: Cauliflower & Stilton Soup Courgette & Lovage Soup Cauliflower Cheese (4 with Stilton, 2 with Mature Cheddar) Lamb Mince with Slow-Roasted Tomatoes and Fresh Basil Courgette & Herb Tarts Beef Bourgignon Courgette Cake Butternut Squash Breakfast Muffins Nigella Brekkie Pancakes and a dinner 'fit for a Trousers': Dennis Cotter's 'Leek & Sorrel Fritters', with some 'barely cooked' baby courgettes and a small piece of Salmon, which was nice..... No surprise I didn't get the ironing done then! You?
__________________ With Love, Wellie Give it some.... http://hollycottagegarden.blogspot.com BLOG UPDATED Sunday 2nd November at 19.30hrs |
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06-08-2008, 01:28 AM
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| Today was a much quieter day - delivered my veg to local seafood / healthfood shop, dug up 25kg each of King Edward and Lady Christl, dealt with some customers, was asked to supply local greengrocer with some produce for an area of shop set aside specifically for locally grown stuff, planted up 60 or so strawberry runners, then had trail run erecting my market stall as it will be getting another airing on 14th of the month at local Highland Gathering (sponsored by Glenmorangie Distillery  )
__________________ Rat British by birth Scottish by the Grace of God Blog updated Wednesday November 13th |
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06-08-2008, 07:41 AM
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| Yesterday evening I got my first egg and that eclipsed everything!
__________________ My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE) |
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07-08-2008, 12:31 AM
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| Spent half the afternoon fuming after a pointless argument with a man who thought it was ok to park his van at the bottom of my drive because 'well, the gates were shut, wasn't like you could get in anyway'  The discussion had the potential to go on for hours, but Paddy decided to see what all the fuss was about & as soon as she trotted down the drive (hackles up - she doesn't like people shouting at her mum ) the nice gentleman jumped in his van with surprising haste Apart from that, I've walked the dog, watered 2 greenhouses, fed the pumpkin, checked over the potatoes & dead headed the roses.
__________________ Sarah “Tell me one last thing,” said Harry. “Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?” “Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” |
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07-08-2008, 12:10 PM
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| What I didn't do today because ... I have not been to the allotment for 2 days because I got an insect bite and it became infected! My left arm swelled alarmingly and it was very painful, itchy and hot. I had to go and get antibiotics from the GP. This has happened before but only as a result of mozzie bites in the Med on holiday. So, a word of warning to all grapes - take care! My OH heard a doctor on Radio 4 saying that this was happening more frequently and that we ought to be using some kind of insect repellent here in UK. |