My courgettes are massive marrows, but all my green leafy veg are diminutive specimens

I need to ensure better protection for them next time around I think.
I suspect birds are the culprits, although mice are also suspects. It’s disappointing, but, too late to remedy it now. My peppers have taken off now though, and I have plenty of various types of tomatoes that are swelling, and will hopefully start [...]

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Homemade Blackcurrant Jam

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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A quick trip to the allotment that turned into a two hour visit

I didn’t mean to be long……..
But, I wanted to plant the 3 aubergine plants that I’d been propagating at home, particularly since they were starting to suffer from life in the small pots they were housed in.
So, off I went, and ended up spending about an hour pulling out more bindweed (if only all my [...]

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