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Tag Archives: rhubarb
Rhubarb Recipes – Part 1
With rhubarb being in season and there always being plenty to bring home from the allotment, I decided to invest in a few good recipes in which to use my produce. I cannot take credit for any of the recipes … Continue reading →
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Tagged cake bars, chutney, ginger, jam, rhubarb, rhubarb and ginger bars, rhubarb and ginger cake, rhubarb and ginger jam, Rhubarb chutney
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Rhubarb Custard Pie
As usual at this time of year I have a glut of rhubarb from my allotment. Bored with the traditional rhubarb crumble, worried that the neighbours won’t want me to deliver any more armfuls to them, I thought that it … Continue reading →
That warm and snuggly feeling!
I’m so excited that February has finally arrived. From a GYO person’s point of view; Let the growing season commence!!! I have spent the last few weeks raring to get growing; especially after my new Christmas present of a heated … Continue reading →
Posted in Allotment, recycle
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Tagged chilli seeds, electric blanket, growing, growing season, heated greenhouse, heated mat, heated propagator, Plant propagation, plant protection, plants, protection, rhubarb, Seed, seed protection, seeds, shallot seeds, shallots, shed, Sowing, vegetables
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What to do now in January
Happy New Year to you all and my apologies for the late posting for what jobs to do now for January. The Christmas holiday period is always a busy affair at my home and I have struggled to find the … Continue reading →
Posted in Allotment, What to do this month
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Tagged Allotment, brassicas, cabbage, Chilli, christmas holiday period, compost, growing, kale, kohlrabi, manure, overwintering onions, plants, potato, protection, rhubarb, Seed, seeds, shallots, Sowing, spring, turnips, vegetables, winter, winter vegetable
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What to do now in October
Jobs to do………in October Save money by saving vegetable seeds Continue water winter crops Remove dead leaves from winter brassicas This is the best month to turn the contents of the compost bin and cover for winter. You can still … Continue reading →
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Tagged apples, asparagus, brassicas, cauliflowers, compost, frosts, fruit bushes. Pruning, green manures, greenhouse, hardy, lime, manure, pears, protection, rhubarb, seeds, spring, spring flowering bulbs, tomatoes, trenches, turnips, vegetable, winter, worms
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Veg protection
Ok – back up the allotment today inbetween the showers. My hubby managed to cut some old scaffold boards into sections and helped create my raised beds. I have decided to have a mixture of 6ft and 8ft long beds. … Continue reading →
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Tagged Allotment, garden, kale, kohlrabi, lime, rhubarb, scaffold board, vegetable
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Let the growing commence
Today I managed to plant 3 rows each of round cabbage, pointed cabbage and calabrese (not sure of the type as I bought these from a very friendly gentlemen and I didn’t get the name of the variety). All are … Continue reading →
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