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Growing Lemon grass and other seedlings
The lemon grass that I bought in a supermarket has finally taken root! It took quite a bit longer than I thought it would to actually root but it is now planted up and I wait see if it will grow on to be a useful supply, oh I really hope it will. It is fantastic ingredient in the Tom Yam soup, and I can only believe that cut fresh will be even better. The chili seeds taken from one bought in a supermarket have sprouted and now on the second set of leaves, today I potted them on and so far they look fine. Hopefully they will reproduce themselves or something resembling the original. I’m doing the same with a ‘scotch bonnet’ chili too. At this rate I will be … Read entire article »
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All in a day, ironing to the world of Twitter
What a strange day, re-decorating the bedroom, well, that’ll be some of it, shopping where I forgot the tomatoes. I have a brain like a sieve sometimes. A visit from a friend. Then finishing with the ironing, (completed, thank goodness). Giving me just enough time to check on tweets near and far. I love Twitter, it gives me an insight on the world. It’s full of information some good and very interesting some bad and can only be described as dull. For all that, I am a fan. When I was young we thought ourselves lucky if we had a pen pal to write to, now you can have thousands if you want, and write to people you would never have been able to reach with any other sort of media. … Read entire article »
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What’s the weight of a ‘quartem’
Today William Wright of Radio Lincolnshire, UK 94.90 fm (also known as mrwilliam on twitter) very kindly asked his audience if anyone knew what the weight of a ‘quartem’ was, alas not one listener out there seems to have a clue. Perhaps it should go to the eggheads of the world. Hey are I downcast …not at all I will use my powers of deduction and come to some conclusion. I much appreciated his attempt to answer the question. [Translate] … Read entire article »
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It’s cold out there and the squash thinks so too..
Today I have had to utilise all of one huge squash aside of the bits the frost got to first. Boo.. Decided to make some soup, just an ordinary ‘run of the mill’ vegetable soup and then inspiration, yes… risotto . It was great, and will definately make it again! Now, must try to find a better way of storing our vegetable squash through the frost. This year I think I’ll try to make a wire cage and line with straw placed in the outside shed and see if that will work . As always if anyone has any other tips they would care to share I would only be pleased to have your views. [Translate] … Read entire article »
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The Vegetable Plot
Today, it’s time to start planning the vegetable plot. Our aim always is to make the plot work year round, giving us something fresh throughout the seasons. Now in the midst of winter we have American land cress still going strong also Jerusalem artichokes which can be dug up when needed. The Swiss chard is hanging in there too. We had a few varieties of squash in the plot last year, which are greatly satisfying to grow and also keep well, as you can see I am still using them in the soup. We grew carrots in large planters as an experiment, in the past just sown the seeds straight into the earth but we had problems with the carrots forking and carrot fly. Sieving the soil to remove the stones and the height of the planters stopped … Read entire article »
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Is it over yet?
It’s the season to be jolly, well that’s what we are told. Who tells us that, I want to know, do they know of the pressure cooker we all live in during the season to be ‘jolly’? I don’t think so! I look forward and there is the light at the end of the tunnel and it is ….. the celebration of the New Year, giving us all a fresh start which is full of hope and the relief of knowing yet another season to be ‘jolly’ has ended. It’s not bah, humbug to the jolliness, its bah, humbug to the rubbish, the commercialism, to the specials that aren’t, to the money making machine. The expectations of the New Year are that we will mostly fail to keep our resolutions but we give it … Read entire article »
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