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Butternut Squash & Almond Butter Curry
All of my Butternut Squash seem to be getting to harvest time together, so I was looking for a recipe to use/adapt to suit my tastes. Thankfully I came across this one from Emma Porter (www.paleowithmrsp.com). Her original recipe had no heat just the classic curry flavours, however, the addition of some powdered chilli to …
Roasted Pepper & Tomato Soup
With the season on the turn, it is time to look at soups to use up this years crops. This very tasty and warming soup uses up any surplus tomatoes and peppers from the greenhouse. As with any recipe, this can be adjusted to suit personal taste and availabilty of produce. Serves 6 Ingredients: Peppers, …
Polytunnel
From the time of getting the allotment plot, my aim had always been to add a Polytunnel. I have a small 1.8m x 1.8m greenhouse at home which is packed in summer with tomatoes, cucumbers, chillies, and peppers, and in the winter storing non-hardy perenials and bringing on trays of seeds for early planting out. …
August 2022
As a result of the ongoing heat and the draught, August has been primarily dedicated to watering and cropping. It was too hot to do too much manual work and what there was to do could wait. Therefore, there was insufficient material to create the usual weekly blog, so I have elected for a monthly …
Creating a Baseline
When I sat down to make plans for my new allotment layout, I made the assumption that the plot was rectangular! Well this, as most will know, is rarely correct and, in the case of my allotment it was, most definitely, on rectangular. The back and the two sides boundaries were square with each other …
Week 26
The past three weeks have been very disruptive and have severely restricted the amount of time I could spend at the allotment and what I could do. So, I was determined to get this job done this weekend, I had hoped to have had it done a couple of weeks ago but that was never …
Six Months On
The 26 July 2022 marks 6 months since I first started working on plot 8B. I had received the email from the local Parish Council on the 7 January to advise me that a plot had become available. Following site inspections, acceptance of the offer and the signing of the Tenancy Agreement, my first day …
Week 25
Since acquiring the plot back in January, this has been the longest period of time that I have not been able to get to the plot. Apart from post eye operation recovery, I am also having to work full time for holiday cover (I normally work 3 days a week). This was also the week …
Week 23/24
This has been a very frustrating week but one I expected. Last Saturday I had eye surgery and was unable to do anything for 7 days except relax and take it easy. Sounds great, but not when you are someone who cannot sit still for more than 5 minutes, especially when the allotment is in …
Cucumber Salsa
It always gets to this time of year when the cucumbers are in full production and I am producing more than I can eat in the usual manner with lettuce and tomato! (classic English boring salad). One of my favourite ways to vary the use is to make a simple and quick Cucumber Salsa to …
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