The garden is beginning to look neglected but is nonetheless very productive with apples, courgettes, tomatoes, parsley, runner beans, cavello nero kale, perpetual spinach and carrots looking and tasting well. I’m lucky to get time just to keep the grass cut, under glass plants and potted plants watered. Most garden work these days is done late at night [...]
Posts Tagged ‘September’
9 Sep
ORDERING SEEDS FOR AUTUMN PLANTING – SECOND WEEK IN SEPTEMBER 2009
The ‘Indian summer’ has arrived and high pressure from mid-week on is good news for harvesting and sowing. I open up the seed catalogues therefore and order seeds for autumn sowing such as: 1. Radar – autumn onion sets, 2. autumn shallots, 3. garlic, 4. Aquadulce – broad beans, 5. cress, 6. mustard. Seeing these sets and seeds [...]
31 Aug
BOTTLING BEETROOT AND FREEZING COURGETTE SOUP – FIRST WEEK IN SEPTEMBER 2009
Last chance before political work takes over to store up the beetroot and courgette crop. I need the ground where the beetroot has been growing to plant autumn onion sets. It suits me therefore to harvest the lot, boil and bottle them in vinegar with some onion and herbs from the garden in each jar. [...]
