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Asian Hornet Identification Sheet
by Jessie | January 27, 2024 | Pests and Diseases, THINKING, Uncategorized | 0 Comments
THE ASIAN HORNET I am lucky enough to be a member of a group called BRAAG (the Borough of Richmond Allotment Action Group) and occasionally we have someone come and speak to us about specific, allotment-relevant subjects. A couple of weeks ago a man from the...
Seeds to Sow in July
by Jessie | July 3, 2021 | GROWING | 0 Comments
Seeds to Sow in JulySeeds to sow in July to keep you harvesting all year round. There are masses of things to sow in the vegetable garden at this time of year; a mix of continued successional sowing, new things to get started and also a few things that you have a last...
The Polytunnel: The Review
by Jessie | April 22, 2021 | All Blog Posts, BUILDING | 0 Comments
THE POLYTUNNEL: The Review, One Year On. The the build of the polytunnel was a completely 'Make it up as you go along' type build and so i thought i'd better do a review of it nearly a year after it went up. Things that have worked, things that haven't works so well...
The Polytunnel: The Build
by Jessie | April 22, 2021 | All Blog Posts, BUILDING, GROWING | 0 Comments
BUILDING THE POLYTUNNEL (or more acurately the Polyhouse) In April 2020 i set about building a Polytunnel on our plot, from scratch and with mostly salvaged materials. The one thing we knew we would have to spend on was the poly cover sheeting and so thats where the...
What is Green Manure – and why we should all be growing it!
by Jessie | August 26, 2020 | GROWING | 1 Comment
WHAT IS GREEN MANURE and why we should all be using it! Although the majority of our city is on famous London Clay on our allotment, our soil is so sandy we may as well be trying to grow in a child's sand pit! This has lead to a constant battle to increase the organic...
Chard. The two-in-one vegetable of the gods…
by Jessie | August 19, 2020 | GROWING | 1 Comment
CHARD. The two-in-one vegetable of the gods... If any of you follow me on Instagram you will know how much I love chard... but we haven't always seen eye to eye. The problem was that i hadn't realised that it needs to be treated like two separate vegetables. The...
Cima di Rapa! – if a turnip had a baby with spinach and its cousins were chicory and mustard….
by Jessie | August 15, 2020 | GROWING | 0 Comments
Cima Di Rapa - if a turnip had a baby with spinach and its cousins were chichory and mastard... The summer months generally a time for picking. Being inundated with beans and courgettes, preserving, jam making and pickling. But its important not to forget that many of...
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING?
Oooh… HUNGRY?
Chard and Cheese Stuffed Potato Skins
Asparagus and Almond Salad
by Jessie | May 18, 2021 | EATING | 0 Comments
ASPARAGUS & ALMOND SALAD with balsamic dressingBLURB I've long been a tad suspisous of throwing nuts into things, especially salads. I love nuts but I like them on their own. That was until I got into the Rocket & Pinenut salad phenomonon. Since then i've...
How to make Homemade Chilli Powder
by Jessie | December 2, 2020 | EATING, STORING | 1 Comment
Homemade Chilli Powder Making your own chilli powder is so easy and blows shop bought ones out of the water. If you make it with homegrown chillis - even better! So how do you make Chilli Powder from fresh Chillies? The first thing that you have to do is...
Perfect Borlotti Bean stew with Tomatoes
by Jessie | November 7, 2020 | EATING | 1 Comment
BORLOTTI BEAN STEW with Tomatoes THE BLURB: Sometimes simple really is the best. This recipe features in VLOG 30 at timestamp 22.13. Click here to view it VIEW This is just about as simple as it gets but its an absolute gem. Its rich but tastes clean at the sma etime,...
Freezing Basil for the winter months!
by Jessie | October 3, 2020 | STORING | 1 Comment
How to FREEZE BASIL for use during the winter months! Over the years i've really struggled with basil but during the summer of 2019, something seemed to click and suddenly it wasn't difficult any more. In fact this year (2020) we have been inundated with the stuff....
Orange and Saffron Gin
by Jessie | July 27, 2020 | DRINKING | 0 Comments
ORANGE AND SAFFRON GIN This is one of my favorite gin flavorings but these things are all very personal and Mum really doesn't like this one! She is one of those people who mysteriously can neither taste nor small saffron and that's what really make this special and...
Freezing Soft Fruit
by Jessie | July 27, 2020 | STORING | 0 Comments
FREEZING SOFT FRUIT This is something i'm sure many of you do already but I only really discovered the benefits of freezing fruit separately before bagging a few years ago and it really helped! Because soft fruit tends to arrive all at once, we've suddenly got a years...
The sort of cheating way to make gin… but its great!
by Jessie | July 27, 2020 | DRINKING | 4 Comments
The sort of cheating way to MAKE YOUR OWN GIN, but it's great! I've always been rather partial to a Gin and Tonic but the explosion of the Craft Gin culture has really opened my eyes up to what gin can be. Last year my sister and I went to The Gin Fair and the range...
Italian Bean Soup. Yes.
by Jessie | July 26, 2020 | EATING | 0 Comments
ITALIAN BEAN SOUP. Yes THE BLURB: This is such a good allotment use-up dish for beans and brasiccas. In this case I’ve used Greek Gigantese and Borlotti for beans and Cavolo Nero and Asturian Tree Cabbage as the greens but anything along the same lines is fine. If you...
Runnerbean soup, with mint and feta.
by Jessie | July 26, 2020 | EATING | 0 Comments
RUNNER BEAN SOUP with Mint and Feta Soups an obvious choice when faced with an allotment glut but we tend to freeze most of ours and have them in the colder months. Not the case with this one though, its a decidedly Summer soup. Its bright and light and the mint gives...