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{Vegalicious} Breaded aubergine with spicy walnut yoghurt sauce

September 30, 2009
by F&F
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It’s a funny thing about aubergines, most dids don’t like them, but suddenly when one becomes an adult, they’re considered quite tasty. Aubergine, also called eggplant, or brinjal belongs to the night shade family. The fruit is botanically classified
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Lally picking

September 29, 2009
by F&F
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When Toby was a child, he used to ramble over the South Downs with his siblings and pick lallies. Lallies are berries, any berry really, which you can pop in your mouth when no-one is looking. As a child, I used to sneak up to our vegetable patch and
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Poo, or how to make good compost

September 28, 2009
by F&F
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What do you do when you have a week off? Today was my first day off in a while, and I spent it shovelling poo. After Toby built our compost heap from crates last year, we haven’t had to buy in any soil for the garden. But a hot-pile compost heap requ
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No use shutting the stable door…

September 26, 2009
by F&F
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Generally, a bolting lettuce is a bad thing. The leaves are so sour you can’t eat them, and all your efforts in watering the plant and protecting it from slugs are entirely wasted. But some people grow lettuces just to see them bolt. Why?
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Seed saving

September 22, 2009
by F&F
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Last weekend, I sat myself down and worked very hard to harvest a great deal of garden produce. But this harvest was not an edible one. It is seed-saving time, and I have got plenty of work ahead if I want to increase my stocks for next year.
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Spectacular sedum spectabile

September 22, 2009
by F&F
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Remember how I nearly wept as I pruned my Sedum spectabile a few months ago? Well, it is in flower now, and my goodness, that hard cutting back was worth it. Not only has the plant avoided a doughnut-shaped belly-flop outwards, but it is covered in m
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A round of applause

September 21, 2009
by F&F
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How do you know when sweetcorn is ready to harvest? First, the peroxide blonde tops of the cobs age to matted brown. Then, when you pull back the leaves swaddling the corn, stick one nail into seed. If a little clear liquid runs out, it isn’t ready y
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Real gardening, by Lucy

September 14, 2009
by F&F
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Have you ever arrived home from work to find your garden looking a little grumpy? Ever envied the lives of those gardeners who don’t have trains to catch, intrays to empty, or late nights in the office? Chances are most people reading this blog don’t
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{Green Lane Allotments} September 2

September 13, 2009
by F&F
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September has continued the theme of strong winds and rain. Yet another cardoon has been battered to the ground. Work on the plot has been frequently interrupted by sudden heavy rain but despite that that we have managed to spend some time on the plo
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Green tomato chutney by Matt Williams

September 8, 2009
by F&F
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Matt Williams is a marvellous cook. I know this because I spent a year watching his wife happily eating the extraordinarily delicious soups he had cooked her for lunch at work. His recipes are worth catching hold of, if you ever get the chance. And h
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Verbena bonariensis

September 7, 2009
by F&F
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Another one of my late summer staples is Verbena bonariensis. It is a perfect plant for a small garden as it takes up very little room in the border while creating a dreamy purple cloud of flowers when planted en masse. It also self-seeds very enthus
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{Green Lane Allotments} September #1

September 6, 2009
by F&F
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This week’s talking point has to be our largest tomato which weighed in at almost 1.1kg or 2½lbs. It’s another Brandywine beefsteak variety (or maybe buffalo steak in this case) which is known to produce huge fruits although I haven’t come across one
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