The Mulberry Experience – Charlotte Russe
Before Fran moved to a Bedfordshire village I’d never eaten a mulberry. Not an unusual thing, I don’t know many people who have. But she has a beautiful specimen in […]
Variety reviews 2016 (chilli, squash, tomato)
I am really looking forward to another growing season. Rattly envelopes of seeds are arriving thick and fast at Mudandgluts Towers. 2016 has not been the easiest of growing years […]
Tomato reviews 2015
I love tomatoes. Even now, at the height of glut season, when nearly every kitchen surface is littered with bowls of glowing, ripe fruit, and the greenhouse plants are still […]
And we’re off!
I’m back from Amsterdam and can now fire up the propagator. Sown today: 4 Tsygansky Baron pepper, 4 Lipstick peppers, 12 Padron peppers, 4 Big Jim (didn’t germinate last year, fingers crossed!), 4 Hot Fish, 5 Royal Black, 4 Joe’s Long, 4 Lemon Drop, 5 Aji Fantasy, 5 Piquante/Pepperdew, 4 […]
Squash review – rouge vif d’etamps
The whopper was roasted last night, though annoyingly I forgot to take pictures of any of the process. They are much thinner-fleshed (relative to their size) than any of the others so far, with a huge cavity in the middle, which was a little disappointing. Will try to remember to […]
Oca harvest
The oca is all up now. So, notes for this year: The tubers were all small to begin with which I think makes the harvest pretty amazing. They were part […]
2014 – a review
This was my third year of having a plot – which is still not fully up and running, but there is a lot more to show for this year’s growing than last. I had a go at weighing the harvests and totting up what it would be worth if I’d […]
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