Posted in Fruit on Oct 25th, 2010
I have apples dancing before my eyes. Big apples, small apples, red apples, yellow apples, apples with peculiar bumps on them and apples with names straight out of a mediaeval pageant (‘Coeur de Boeuf’ or ‘Langton’s Nonesuch’, anyone?) The world has gone apple mad. Probably something to do with Apple Day, which was celebrating its [...]
Posted in Allotments, Hard landscaping on Oct 19th, 2010
Cute, isn’t he? Actually, no, he’s not. He is a ruthless, insatiable vegetable murderer (sundry fruit trees are on his conscience too) and he is my sworn enemy. It doesn’t take too many beds of cabbages, or lettuces, or beans razed to the ground before you become impermeable to cuddly fluffiness and start to narrow [...]
Posted in Allotments, Rogues' Gallery on Oct 16th, 2010
Here’s a sight to strike fear into the hearts of allotment-owners everywhere. If you’re taking on an allotment this season – give yourself a pat on the back, by the way, for getting past those eyewatering waiting lists – this is, more than likely, what you’ll be faced with. Brambles are the number one allotment [...]
Posted in Allotments, Other stuff on Oct 12th, 2010
The light is dimming, the air is chilling, and though it is still unseasonably mild here (much to my delight as I’m doing a lot of digging at the moment), there is little doubt that autumn has come and the 2010 growing season has come to an end. So how has your year gone? Mine [...]
Posted in Allotments, Harvesting on Oct 9th, 2010
Purple power for two of the last three of my eight potato varieties: all maincrops, and the most colourful spuds I’ve ever grown (or eaten, for that matter). Blue Danube: The first of my purple potatoes, this one comes from the Sarvari research station, originally from Hungary but now with an outpost in Wales. They’re churning out [...]
Green cabbage, leeks, purple sprouting broccoli, salad leaves (from greenhouse), seakale (forced), spring greens
