July 2008

Wild Rocket Pesto

July 22, 2008
Wild Rocket Pesto

I have a substantial glut of ever so slightly over the hill rocket, last year I attempted to use it up by boiling the rocket but I won’t be making that mistake again. Yesterday I thought I’d risk a handful in a batch of home made pesto. Eliane recommended The New Penguin Cookery book a [...]

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Cold Birthday Drinks

July 16, 2008
Cold Birthday Drinks

I was intrigued yesterday to see a recipe for a shed beer fridge in Allotment Growing Diary Plus, and as it’s my birthday today I thought it was a fine excuse for enjoying cold beer on the plot. The idea is that the terracotta pot cools following evaporation of the absorbed water. It certainly seemed [...]

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Joint Awards

July 16, 2008
Joint Awards

A long, long, time ago, easygardener gave me a very welcome award – the E for Excellent award and recently Rhiannon from GreenPatch spoiled me further with the Arte y Pico award. Now it’s time to pass these treats on to some great bloggers who have entertained me over the last few months. Apparently I [...]

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Soggy July Evening

July 9, 2008
Soggy July Evening

It’s been pouring with rain fairly solidly for last 3 days but perversely I had to go down to the plot this evening to do some watering. That’s the trouble of having some crops under cover. The plot looked satisfyingly lush and the seed heads were majestic. I left absolutely soaked but satisfied with my [...]

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Carrot – £1.20

July 9, 2008
Carrot - £1.20

I couldn’t wait any longer so pulled the anxiety causing carrot out of the ground this weekend. It was completely blemish free and was chomped almost immediately – delightful, although excessively expensive. Out of the 3 packs of seeds I sowed in early spring, I managed to persuade 5 carrots to grow to maturity which [...]

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Month in Pictures – June

July 4, 2008
Month in Pictures - June

So June has been and gone and I can’t believe I managed to miss the summer solstice. I was pleased to discover while putting together this months – Month in Pictures, that I was at least on the plot on the 21st – sowing more carrots. If the summer solstice is also known as midsummers [...]

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Plain Shed, Colourful Bike

July 2, 2008
Plain Shed, Colourful Bike

Thanks for all the graffiti advice in the comments to the last post. I took the train to the plot at the weekend and discovered that every single flat surface (mostly sheds) facing the platform had been scrawled over with the silver spray paint. It looked a bit grim and so I decided that the [...]

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