This post was nearly called ‘bloody beetroot’ as I was almost literally knee deep in the stuff. Obviously there are worse problems to have, but I was a little taken aback when Mr C and his dad went to the allotment and returned with this. I emptied it all out onto the kitchen floor to…… Continue reading A Beetroot Bounty
Yesterday I made a chutney using the last of our beetroot, but there wasn’t quite enough for any of the recipes I found and I didn’t see the point in reducing the quantities and making a tiny pan full as it seems to take just as long to be fully cooked anyway! I looked at…… Continue reading Recipe Post-Beetroot Chutney
I’m counting the start of September as Autumn here, and the weather seems to as well because it’s getting quite chilly, even on sunny days. The majority of our gluts of produce are over, though there are a few things still to harvest. The beans are still flowering, but fortunately they have slowed down a…… Continue reading Early Autumn Allotment Update
The arrival of the school holidays also marks the start of harvesting crops from the allotment more. On Friday morning, the children and I headed to the allotment bright and early, armed with a full petrol can for me to put in the lawn mower and a few tubs to collect harvested items in. I…… Continue reading Picking, Peeling and Pickling
In case you hadn’t got the pun, this is a long awaited allotment update. It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve had a long stint there, though Dave has done some weeding and harvesting on his way home from work on the odd occasion. I was fully expecting a jungle, so I wasn’t at…… Continue reading Trying Not to Lose the Plot
