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Post by Olave H on Sept 5, 2024 10:49:04 GMT 1
We grow very little veggy stuff these days as it's a lot of work when, being only the two of us, we give most of the stuff away. One half of our 8 x 5m polytunnel gives us peppers, chillis & a bit of salad. A few spuds planted in our old dung heap give enough for our needs. Mme planted a wigwam full of runner beans & I'm fed up with 'em already. Roscoff onions can be bought reasonably priced by the sackfull from local producers. Anything else fresh & in season is readily available to buy locally. Dried & ground up chillis give excellent chilli powder & sweet chilli sauce always goes down well. Our own trees provide apples, plums, pears peaches, cherries & walnuts provided Jack Frost hasn't been 'at it'. Figs never seem to ripen but we live in hope. We find frozen stuff is a great compliment to our limited efforts & regularly keep frozen supermarket produce for when items are not available fresh or we've just forgot to buy it. Peas, french beans, mushrooms, mixed chopped peppers, onions,cauliflower, broccoli plus other stuff I've probably forgot are always in stock & work well in most recipes. No waste, no hassle with this stuff & anyone who condemms it either can't cook or hasn't tried it.
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Post by cernunnos on Sept 5, 2024 18:10:36 GMT 1
The only fruit that we are certain of this year is the figs , the trees produce in abundance every year,beautiful raw or frozen and make great jam. Own grown is far superior to anything that is offered in the shops . Nearly time for cepes too!
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Post by JohnnyD on Sept 14, 2024 9:27:35 GMT 1
I rake the fallen rotten apples up when we get out here, around the stump of the tree, and this morning I counted 10 large Red admirals on the pile of apples, looked amazing.......
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Post by jardiniere on Sept 14, 2024 9:39:26 GMT 1
My garden's doing better now we've had some rain but I couldn't keep up in the dry spell. Have to make some changes before next summer. Get rid of the remaining cannas, one of the few flowers here when I moved in, and STOP BUYING NEW PLANTS! Except for those lovely spikey dahlias the commune's been planting on the roundabouts ......
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