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Snow Road

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

This is a dangerous road near me – too many trees with flowers on. The snow and ice made it worse.

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Snow Tree

Monday, March 8th, 2010

It has been cold of late round here and I have only just had a chance to put these pics up from last month.
Brrr. Cold.

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Corn

Friday, October 16th, 2009

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Beans

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

These beans have come really late on. It looked like they would never flower and show beans, but now they have. I cant remember where I got these from. I think there were a gift as seeds and I thought I would try them anyway.
They are not yet big enough to pick and I'm not [...]

Pumpkin

Monday, October 12th, 2009

Here is the latest big pumpkin. I'm thinking of sculpting it this year, but am in two minds about it. You see, pumpkin pie and soup is really tasty and I'm loathe to waste any.

Here is a recipe for pumpkin:
Putrid Pumpkin Pie
Ingredients:
For the pastry:
Sweet short crust pastry case or a packet of ready made sweet [...]

Butternut Squash

Saturday, October 10th, 2009

I grew these Butternut Squash from seeds I took from a supermarket bought one. I didn't for one minute think that I would be able to, but I was wrong, and happily so.
They have given me quite a lot of fruit so I am pleased all round. Squash is so good this time of year [...]

Squash More

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

I thought I would take some more pictures of my squash. I cant for the life of me remember where I got these from or what they are called. If anyone knows then let me know. So far I have let them grow the size of a child's head, but they will go bigger if [...]

Spinach Leaves

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Well, the last day of August is here, shame, it has been such a good month for veg.
Below is the spinach which has not got overgrown this year. I have been taking the leaves as often as possible for salad, cooking or freezing so the plants look good.

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Beetroot Bush

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

There was a lot of beetroot this year. I have been bottling it as fast as I can, but it just seems to keep on coming and coming. I made chutney with some of it this time and that has gone down well at home.
There is a recipe for sautéed beetroot that I want [...]

Big Courgette

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

This is how big the courgettes can get if you leave them for just a few days. The large one was the size of the smaller one four days ago from this picture! I can’t believe it either, but it’s true.
It’s not a loss though as I find that the bigger ones make a great [...]

Beans (Egypt)

Friday, August 28th, 2009

I have to admit that I didn’t go to Egypt to get these beans. I took a few from a botanical garden which shall remain nameless as I loved the colour. And got told off for it, but they didn’t take the beans back.
Anyway, I dried them out last year and hey presto, they have [...]

Pumpkin

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Here are a selection of my pumpkins. I know they are not orange this year, but I do have a track record of growing green ones as well.
One of these was a seed planted from a pumpkin I bought in a supermarket! Well you have to try don’t you.

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