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Mothhawks post from chat.

https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...30#post2535030

http://https://bakinginfranglais.blo...tury-tart.html

https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...82#post2532982

https://www.recipetineats.com/orecch...-tomato-sauce/

https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/grapevine/forum/in-the-kitchen/season-to-taste/2532422-soupe-à-l-oignon-gratinée?p=2532440#post2532440

https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/grapevine/forum/in-the-kitchen/making-the-most/2532188-green-tomatoes#post2532188...

Assessment after the recent extremely hot and windy weather: overall, things could be a lot worse, though I guess some problems may not show up for a few days.

Four Brussels sprouts plants totally and utterly frazzled. Have replacements I can put in in their place tonight. So could be worse....

I've started picking cherry toms and some of the big toms are starting to ripen. I had to remove some from one of the plants on the south-side of the double row due to blossom end rot. It's the only plant with problems. Looking at the state of it, I'm guessing it can't get enough water up in these hot...

Thanks to Mr Snoop's help, no more work preparing beds is required this year.

I currently have two empty beds waiting for winter cabbages, caulis and the like, plus another small winter veg bed, possibly late-sown parsnips. One of the empty beds will have French beans as well, while the...

Am already coming to some conclusions about no-dig and using sheep muck as surface mulch in the conditions we have here. Some things are thriving, other things are not.

Climbing beans never do well here, but even the dwarf French beans are not happy in the conditions. And neither are the...

Haven't updated this for a bit, so thought I'd catch up.

Still got a bit more land to clear, but the veg patch up by the house is getting towards sorted. Some plants are behind but that's par for the course for me. Still can't make my mind up about clearing a couple of beds down in the...

Not very much to report but keen to keep a record.

All the peppers and aubergines have taken. Courgettes looking fine. Home-grown toms and basil have taken to the new bed with maybe 7-10 cm of muck on top very well. Shop bought ones looking a bit less happy, but they're quite tall in comparison...