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Our chilli trial - the results
Our chilli trial ā the results
With the first indications that weāve had frost on the allotment and colder weather forecast for the end of the week, we decided it was time to harvest our chillies. How did they do?
As explained in an earlier post, we had acquired a number of chilli seeds and decided to trial them against each other. I would like to say that we nurtured our little seeds and gave them the best growing conditionsā¦
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Planting out seed potatoes
I know what youāre going to say. Isnāt it very late to be planting out seed potatoes? Especially first earlies? Especially an extra early variety such as Abbot?
Youāre right, of course. But circumstances have conspired to keep us away from the plot: major works on the flat, snow, rain, Andrewās condition, a kite flying weekend ā¦ Life, basically.
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Sowing French climbing beans in deep root trainers
Our climbing French beans were such a hit last year, that we were definitely keen to sow them again.
They were relatively easy to grow, looked great, tasted great and were even better with the recipe we found for preserving them. What more could you ask for? More beans, of course!
Learning from last year
We decided to stick with exactly what we did last year ā Suttonsā colourful climbing mix.
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The start of our chilli trials
Apparently, 2018 is the year of the chilli. When we went to Glee, the trade show of the garden industry, last September, several companies were featuring them.
Hereās part of the Thompson & Morgan display at Glee which has what we thought was a well-designed heat indicator.
We thought we would take the opportunity to do our own mini trial of a few varieties of chilli to see how they perform.
Sowiā¦
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Our 2018 gardening year begins
We were finally able to make it down to the greenhouse on the Easter weekend. But have our new tubers survived the long wait to be planted?
Major works at home kept us occupied for most of March. Not only that, snow and freezing temperatures made visiting the plot or the greenhouse even for a short while impossible. As a wheelchair user, Andrew canāt move around as readily as most of us, whichā¦
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Recipe: Roasted pumpkin wedges with oca
All too soon weāre down to our last pumpkin. We grew Invincible, a variety with an unusual bluish flesh and a lovely creamy flavour.
Ok, so ours didnāt turn out as dramatically blue-grey as on the seed packet. They were more of a pale green. But the contrast with the orange flesh is very pretty.
We didnāt get a huge crop and were through our harvest before we knew it. So how best to savour theā¦
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A shelving unit for the shed
You know how it is, you get a new shed and think youāve just built a Tardis. Look at all that space, you say. Oh, the possibilities.
Perhaps you will put in two (maybe even three!) easy chairs and there you will sit, making tea and bacon rolls over a camping stove, admiring your beautifully manicured allotment.
Perhaps there will be a Welsh dresser (painted a heritage colour) behind you, a rugā¦
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Thompson and Morgan blogged us
The good folks at Thompson and Morgan have included our Quest for Veg blog on their own blog.
Weāre thrilled to have been included in their feature, Blogs to inspire you to grow your own.
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Growing oca or New Zealand yam
If youāre growing vegetables and you havenāt tried oca (also known as New Zealand yams), youāre missing out. Theyāre easy to grow, easy to cook and super tasty!
When we took on the Quest For Veg plot, one of our goals was to grow unusual produce. So when we spotted oca in the Thompson and Morgancatalogue last year, we didnāt hesitate ā even though we knew nothing about how to grow them, how toā¦
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Our 10 allotment growing New Year resolutions
Or what we learned in our first year on the plot.
In no particular order:
1. Donāt over plant
Beets packed in with not much space to get in to harvest and weed
In a flower garden over-planting may help, on some occasions, to give you a better display. But vegetable plants need their space.
The Quest for Veg plot is not quite a half size plot. So, conscious of our limited space, we were tempted toā¦
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We have a shed!
It has taken us longer to get to this stage than we thought when we first took on the plot. But we are now the proud owners of a customised Topwood Robin shed.
Our new shed
Ā We need to give a big shout out to Sandraās mum, for a generous birthday present donation to the Quest for Veg project. And to our good friends Richard Anderson and Keith Boxallwho immediately and enthusiasticallyā¦
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We're back!
Weāre back!
We didnāt intend to take August off. It just sort of happened.
One of the things we do when weāre not on the plot is kite flying. We design, build and make kites. At the beginning of August we had three kite festivals in a row. I had thought we might be able to keep up with our plot and the blog in between but there was just too much to do.Ā (moreā¦)
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Recipe: beetroot leaves and spaghettiĀ
Almost without trying, we grew some beetroot. We bought a packet of Unwins Gourmet Mix from the garden centre, sprinkled them into the soil and, apart from a bit of watering, pretty much left them to it.
And look what they produced: stunning colourful orbs that tasted as good as they looked.
Their characteristic earthy flavour had a delicious sweetness. We immediately grated one of the whiteā¦
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Our first potato bag harvest
Our first potato bagĀ harvest
As well as planting potatoes directly into the soil, we grew some in potato bags that Andrew made. We wanted to compare the yields from direct- and bag-planted spuds.
Hereās how we got on: (moreā¦)
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Controlling slugs and snails
Controlling slugs andĀ snails
A patty pan seedling with its stem eaten through
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Weāve mentioned previously that we have a big problem with slugs and snails on the Quest for Veg allotment plot.
A few weeks ago we planted out the climbing beans we had been nurturing in the greenhouse only to return to the plot and find that the whole lot hadā¦
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Are our potatoes ready?
How do you know when its time to harvest potatoes? The general rule of thumb for first early potatoes seems to be that you start digging once the plants have flowered.
Well the first potatoes we put in ā Red Duke of York ā flowered some time ago. Could it be that they are ready to harvest? (moreā¦)
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Our first taste of cucamelon
Our first taste ofĀ cucamelon
We were intrigued when we spotted a packet of cucamelon seeds in the garden centre. But I have to admit that it was the invitation to āexplore their cocktail-enhancing prowessā that really piqued our interest.
The cucamelon seeds were in the Suttons/James Wong collection. From what we could gather, they look like tiny watermelons, are harvested when they are the size of grapes and have a flavourā¦
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