Anyone else had a really rainy start to November? It was so rainy on Sunday that we had to shelter in the car when we got back from the allotment! The rain was streaming down the road. While we were on the plot it felt quite warm and we even saw the Sun for aContinue reading “Bitter Tears”
Category Archives: Salad
Lazy Sunday Afternoon
I remembered we have cucumber moulds, so the continuous supply of Baby cucumbers are now looking different. As long as they’re sealed in a plastic bag in the fridge they are still perfect after 3 days. I’ve seen some tasty recipes for them, but we’ve mostly been having them in sandwiches or with hummus dips. Jamie hasContinue reading “Lazy Sunday Afternoon”
Rinse and Repeat
What a sunny scene of home-sown flowers 😊. I must remember to sow lobelia into modules next year. It’ll make it far easier to pot them on. Zinnia seem to be the flower of the moment. And ours are appearing. They’re multi-coloured so some of the orange flowers are zinnia rather than marigolds. I’m seeing themContinue reading “Rinse and Repeat”
Superstition
It’s colourful-meal-time! No colour enhancement necessary for Salad Blue potatoes (they’re actually a maincrop). Fabulous looking and great flavour. The one Salad Blue plant that we pulled provided enough potatoes for several meals and there are still a few little ones left. These veggies were fried in chilli oil and included garlic so was totally delicious thoughContinue reading “Superstition”
I’m Free
I have more than a week off work – Yippee! And the weather is good – Hooray! Actually the weather has been beautiful continuously since my last post. The photo above was from last Sunday when the clouds put on a marvellous display throughout the day. And look at these beauties. We spent most ofContinue reading “I’m Free”
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