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Homemade Blackcurrant Jam

Posted in Hints Tips and Other Stuff, Recipes, tagged , , , , , , , on July 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I harvested enough blackcurrants to make some jam, so here’s the recipe:
I had 1lb 10oz of blackcurrants
so, an equal quantity of caster sugar – 1lb 10z
1.5 pints of water.
Remove all the stalks from the blackcurrants and stick in a large, deep saucepan. Add the water. Bring to the boil and then simmer for 30 minutes.
Then, [...]

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Gooseberries Galore, Rampant Raspberries and Burgeoning Blackcurrants

Posted in In The Garden This Week, my allotment, tagged , , , , , , , on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

We went fruit picking on the plot on Sunday. I’d been itching to go and pick some fruit for about a week because I knew that there was plenty ready.
So, my husband and two children and I went over to the allotment armed with a few baskets to collect fruit.
The raspberries were in absolute abundance. [...]

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NEWSFLASH for all Allotment Growers – Traces of herbicide Aminopyralid made by Dow Agrosciences found in manure

Posted in Ask Me Anything - Gardening Questions and Answers, Hints Tips and Other Stuff, In The Garden This Week, my allotment, tagged , , , , , on July 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »

See here http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jun/29/food.agriculture
Thankfully I’m not affected by this, nor any of my fellow allotmenteers on our site. But, it seems to be a pretty widespread problem and very upsetting for those affected.
How could this product be allowed to be used?

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