So I have been to the allotment this weekend but have to admit if wasn't overly productive. I did get a fair bit of land cleared around where the brassicas are planted and took the netting off them to give them more room for growth over the winter. I have to say I was very excited to see some lovely head forming on the calabrese....not sure if this is the right time of year for them to be doing it but I am sure we will enjoy them anyway!!
I have got my garlic ready for planting and I am also trying autumn onion sets this year so I will let you know how that goes. I have also bought my broad beans ready to plant. I know a lot of people don't plant them until spring but I find autumn planted ones never suffer as badly from blackfly!!
Currently in the dehydrator I have my garlic and some tomatoes. These will all be ground to powder to be used later in cooking. I did this last year and it was a huge success and it is so much easier to have one kilner jar of tomato powder than hundreds of jars of tomato sauces!!
No pics of the plot today unfortunately but I do have this to share with you.....
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| Trojan with his pigs ear. |
I had shares in a quarter of a pig which came last week. I had asked for an ear too as Trojan loves them and here he is tucking into one of his favourite treats after it has spent 12 hours in the dehydrator. Picture is a little blurry as he was far to busy eating to pose.....there was nothing going to stop him tucking in!!
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We never seem troubled by blackfly on our beans - oh dear why did I write that?
ReplyDeleteYou really have opened a can of worms there Sue...lol
DeleteCan't blame Trojan for not wanting to stop for pictures when he had such a tasty treat :)
ReplyDeleteToo true Ann!!
DeleteTrojan looks to be enjoying that. Archie loves pigs ears but he's so greedy with them, he literally bolts them down and then promptly brings them up again so he's banned.
ReplyDeleteWe used to have a boxer dog just like that Jo..only once he threw them up he would chomp them back down again...disgusting!!
DeleteI have never heard of tomato powder nor a dehydrator. Every day is a school day ! Blight got my tomatoes however second year running so looking to grow blight resistant (Just on market @ Suttons) which was the answer for potatoes this year - Sarpo which were very sucessful.
ReplyDeleteFingers crossed for blight free tomatoes next year Danny. I will take some pics of the dehydrator and post soon for you to have a look at...the tomato powder too!! :-)
DeleteTrojan looks very happy. Sigh! my plot needs a weed, I think I'll be glad when winter arrives now just to stop the weed growth xx
ReplyDeleteMy weeds manage to grow no matter what the weather. :-(
DeleteI keep saying how I wish I would plant a good vegetable garden. My neighbor came over recently with a basket full of tomatoes for me from his. He told me he had plenty of them, but with all the rain the weeds were terrible. The tomatoes were all that survived.
ReplyDeleteWe had plenty of rain this year too...and I certainly had plenty of weeds Ratty. You really should try planting a few bits next year ...you might enjoy it!! Also it could give you some great photo shots!!
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