Tag Archives: rhubarb

Too much rhubarb? Make gin

Posted on May 15, 2018 by nicdempsey

This weekend I started some rhubarb gin. I had 777g of washed, chopped rhubarb (this actually isn’t from my plants, it’s from Dionne’s massive plants!), I added 350g of sugar and then covered with 900ml gin*.It’s in a dark cupboard, … Continue reading →

Posted in Booze | Tagged gin, homegrown, rhubarb, rhubarb gin | 1 Comment

Allotment Adventures: Winter returns

Posted on May 2, 2018 by nicdempsey

Ma and I went to the plot on Sunday and it was so cold. Despite that, things were happening…Cornflowers…Carrots and radishesRaspberriesPlums The warm and then wet weather meant that the grass had gone nuts and needed cutting, so that was … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment | Tagged allotment, allotment adventures, beetroot, carrots, chard, grass cutting, lettuce, netting, peas, plums, potatoes, raspberries, rhubarb, spinach, spring, strawberries, the fox, weeding | 1 Comment

Allotment Adventures: The War on Raspberries

Posted on April 24, 2018 by nicdempsey

It was hot this week, and everything in the allotment decided to pop up, the raspberries especially. So Ma and I spent a good hour digging the ones that weren’t where we wanted them to be..We also watered everything. The … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment | Tagged allotment, allotment adventures, blossom, blueberries, broad beans, chard, plum tree, rhubarb, strawberries, sunshine | 5 Comments

Allotment Adventures: Ready to grow

Posted on April 11, 2018 by nicdempsey

The weather is getting everyone down, my lovely allotment neighbour Joe, says that he thinks it’s been the worse spring he can remember since he had the plot and he’s had the plot as long as I’ve been alive! We … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment | Tagged allotment, allotment adventures, broad beans, compost, no dig beds, ready to grow, rhubarb, spring, weeding | 3 Comments

Allotment Adventures: It’s raining, it’s pouring

Posted on January 23, 2018 by nicdempsey

It rained for most of the weekend. So we went to the plot to check damage and re-up the bird feeders. Then we planned. We worked out want we want to grow and then went through all the seeds we … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment, Cooking, Food, Gardening, Goals | Tagged afgan poppies, allotment, allotment adventures, anemones, basil, beans, beetroot, borage, borlotti beans, californian poppies, carrots, chard, chives, coriander, cornflowers, courgettes, cucamelons, cucumbers, day lily, dill, flowers, freesias, french beans, Gardening, gooseberries, grape hyacinth, grow your own, grow your own food, gypsohylla, iris, kale, lavender, leeks, lemon verbena, marigolds, oregano, parsley, patty pans, peas, peppers, plans for 2018, plums, potatoes, radishes, raspberries, rhubarb, rosemary, sage, salad, stock, summer squash, sweet peas, sweetcorn, tarragon, thyme, tomatoes, what I want to grow, winter squash | 2 Comments

Allotment Adventures: A Tidy Up

Posted on September 20, 2017 by nicdempsey

My loss of nephew time this weekend was definitely my allotment’s gain. It’s been about a month since I’ve done any work beyond collection and watering. So it was past time for a tidy up. The first thing to do … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment | Tagged allotment adventures, anemones, borage, butternut squash, california poppies, chives, cosmos, courgettes, crookneck, flowers, freesias, grape hyacinth, herbs, lavender, lemon verbena, Love Lies Bleeding, marigolds, Nasturtiums, oregano, patty pans, peas, plums, raspberries, rhubarb, rosemary, russian tarragon, sage, strawberries, summer squash, sweet peppers, thyme, tomatoes, what we've grown, winter squash | 3 Comments

Allotment Adventures: Achievement

Posted on September 13, 2017 by nicdempsey

We didn’t spend much time at the plot this weekend, I collected tomatoes on Wednesday and we had leeks, kale, tomatoes, summer squash and some spring onions and carrots at the at the weekend but we were only on the … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment | Tagged afgan poppies, allotment adventures, amish paste, amish paste tomatatoes, anemones, baby blue hubbard, basil, beetroot, black russian, boothbys blond cucumbers, borage, boston squash, broad beans, broccoli, butternut squash, california poppies, carrots, chard, chives, coriander, cosmos, courgettes, crookneck, cucumbers, dill, flowers, freesias, french beans, gardener's delight, garlic, grape hyacinth, herbs, jen's tangerine cherry, kale, lavender, lemon verbena, Love Lies Bleeding, marigolds, mint, moneymaker, Nasturtiums, onions, oregano, parsley, patty pans, peas, plums, potates, radishes, raspberries, red cherry, rhubarb, rosemary, russian tarragon, sage, salad leaves, spinach, spring onions, stock, strawberries, summer squash, sweet peas, sweet peppers, thyme, tomatoes, what we've grown, winter squash | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: rhubarb

Too much rhubarb? Make gin

Allotment Adventures: Winter returns

Allotment Adventures: The War on Raspberries

Allotment Adventures: Ready to grow

Allotment Adventures: It’s raining, it’s pouring

Allotment Adventures: A Tidy Up

Allotment Adventures: Achievement

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