Tag Archives: tomatoes

Roly poly sausage

Posted on December 7, 2017 by nicdempsey

It’s no secret that my mother doesn’t like cooking. She can cook, but years of having to do it and having to cater to my father’s odd tastes (he used to insist on putting hard boiled eggs in a steak … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Shutting up shop, harvesting and helping others

Posted on October 11, 2017 by nicdempsey

We missed a week on allotment last week, I was busy over the weekend and the plot had to fend for itself. However, in the week I popped down to get some chard and picked the last crookneck squashes as … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Cooking from the Allotment: Tomato Sauce

Posted on September 14, 2017 by nicdempsey

Not content with preserving whole tomatoes, I thought I’d branch out a bit. Last year, I made a fresh tomato sauce from the cherry tomatoes. This year I did the same, peeling them and really cooking them down with just … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Cooking from the Allotment: Preserving Tomatoes

Posted on September 7, 2017 by nicdempsey

Although I’ve found managing the produce that comes off the plot this year much more manageable. I’ve eaten a lot more veg as it comes off the plot, I love the idea of putting up food that I’ve grown. Probably … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: September

Posted on September 6, 2017 by nicdempsey

The food production on the plot is slowing down but not so you’d notice from the weekly produce shots.Courgettes, crookneck squash, a patty pan, salad, chard (the self seeded one next to the flowers at the top of the plot), … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Tomatoes…

Posted on August 30, 2017 by nicdempsey

This week we picked the last of the french beans. Said goodbye to some tomato plants and collected about 2 kilos of tomatoes. Some of the broccoli had flowered so we cut the rest and took the netting down. We’ll … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Usual work

Posted on August 23, 2017 by nicdempsey

We had a really good Saturday this week and were on the plot for a good long while but there is still so much work to do.We finally have patty pans! We harvested most of the green beans (1.774kg), there … Continue reading →

Allotment Adventures: State of the Plot

Posted on August 16, 2017 by nicdempsey

We’ve come a long way, this was the plot in August last year.This year there is more of everything and it’s much tidier. So let’s have a chat about what work we did on the plot over the last couple … Continue reading →