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One of the happy successes this year was the mini cabbage. We got 2 different varieties at the suggestion of our daughter. We planted "Tiara" and "Caraflex" both from Johnnies. One is pointy and one is round, can't remember which is which.The small heads are great on the mandolin slicing for coleslaw.And now that the carrots are ready, we can make lots! The second planting really loved the cool, wet August.
#Gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#GYO
#GrowYourOwn
#Carrots
#Cabbage
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One of the happy successes this year was the mini cabbage. We got 2 different varieties at the suggestion of our daughter. We planted "Tiara" and "Caraflex" both from Johnnies. One is pointy and one is round, can't remember which is which.The small heads are great on the mandolin slicing for coleslaw.And now that the carrots are ready, we can make lots! The second planting really loved the cool, wet August.
#Gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#GYO
#GrowYourOwn
#Carrots
#Cabbage
#Coleslaw -
One of the happy successes this year was the mini cabbage. We got 2 different varieties at the suggestion of our daughter. We planted "Tiara" and "Caraflex" both from Johnnies. One is pointy and one is round, can't remember which is which.The small heads are great on the mandolin slicing for coleslaw.And now that the carrots are ready, we can make lots! The second planting really loved the cool, wet August.
#Gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#GYO
#GrowYourOwn
#Carrots
#Cabbage
#Coleslaw -
One of the happy successes this year was the mini cabbage. We got 2 different varieties at the suggestion of our daughter. We planted "Tiara" and "Caraflex" both from Johnnies. One is pointy and one is round, can't remember which is which.The small heads are great on the mandolin slicing for coleslaw.And now that the carrots are ready, we can make lots! The second planting really loved the cool, wet August.
#Gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#GYO
#GrowYourOwn
#Carrots
#Cabbage
#Coleslaw -
One of the happy successes this year was the mini cabbage. We got 2 different varieties at the suggestion of our daughter. We planted "Tiara" and "Caraflex" both from Johnnies. One is pointy and one is round, can't remember which is which.The small heads are great on the mandolin slicing for coleslaw.And now that the carrots are ready, we can make lots! The second planting really loved the cool, wet August.
#Gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#GYO
#GrowYourOwn
#Carrots
#Cabbage
#Coleslaw -
Planning the perfect Christmas dinner? Your homegrown Brussels sprouts are the star! 🌱
Top Tip: For bigger, more uniform sprouts, pinch out the main growing tip at the top of the plant in the next few weeks. This focuses all the plant's energy into fattening up the sprouts on the stalk. #gyo -
Planning the perfect Christmas dinner? Your homegrown Brussels sprouts are the star! 🌱
Top Tip: For bigger, more uniform sprouts, pinch out the main growing tip at the top of the plant in the next few weeks. This focuses all the plant's energy into fattening up the sprouts on the stalk. #gyo -
Planning the perfect Christmas dinner? Your homegrown Brussels sprouts are the star! 🌱
Top Tip: For bigger, more uniform sprouts, pinch out the main growing tip at the top of the plant in the next few weeks. This focuses all the plant's energy into fattening up the sprouts on the stalk. #gyo -
Planning the perfect Christmas dinner? Your homegrown Brussels sprouts are the star! 🌱
Top Tip: For bigger, more uniform sprouts, pinch out the main growing tip at the top of the plant in the next few weeks. This focuses all the plant's energy into fattening up the sprouts on the stalk. #gyo -
Planning the perfect Christmas dinner? Your homegrown Brussels sprouts are the star! 🌱
Top Tip: For bigger, more uniform sprouts, pinch out the main growing tip at the top of the plant in the next few weeks. This focuses all the plant's energy into fattening up the sprouts on the stalk. #gyo -
Planning the perfect Christmas dinner? Your homegrown Brussels sprouts are the star! 🌱
Top Tip: For bigger, more uniform sprouts, pinch out the main growing tip at the top of the plant in the next few weeks. This focuses all the plant's energy into fattening up the sprouts on the stalk. #gyo -
It's not ALL weeds and decay around here. There will be a sizeable crop of butternut squash ready for harvesting soon. Also the raspberries continue to ripen fruit and have been doing so since the beginning of July. Have been able to pick enough for dessert almost every day and it looks like they will continue for a while. They're still setting flowers and feeding the bees.
#Gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#GYO
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A couple of firsts in the #chilli department from the #allotment greenhouse.
The red one is a "Trepadeira Werner" - it isn't very spicy, has a thick sweet flesh, would probably be very nice as a sweet pickled chilli. Not sure we'll get enough though.
The yellow one is a "7 Pot Brainstrain Yellow" and is kinda spicy... but not actually as spicy as I was expecting. I'm nibbling through it at the moment. It has that nice fruity super-hot flavour of this kind of chilli. But all in all I am a little underwhelmed. The 7 Pot Primos we grew last year were tastier.
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I have effected an emergency repair… it’s not pretty. But the important thing is functional and hopefully not losing tomatoes at such an important point in the season, they are now secure and can hopefully ripen in situ ok. #polytunnel #GYO
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Drama in the polytunnel! The end of the bed collapsed. The exposed soil showed the culprits were ants - eating away at the wood and causing voids.
#ants #GYO #gardening -
A new day brings us.... more rain! This garden is done for the season, can we please send this water to where it is needed?
#Gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#GYO
#GrowYourOwn
#ClimateChange -
How wet was August this year? Well I just got my water bill and we used 4x less water this August compared to last August, measured in CCF (hundred cubic feet). This Aug: 1 CCF, last Aug. 4 CCF. Sole difference being water for the vegetables. Yes we have always collected rainwater and used that for the garden, but last year we could not collect enough.
#Gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#GYO
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Kind of damp and dreary day around here today, not at all like a typical mid-August day. More like autumn. Things are winding down in the veg. patch and looking mighty shabby all around, but still producing nonetheless. Here's today's surplus for the neighborhood. Took the day off from cornfest and just had pizza.
#Gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#GYO
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Another overcast and damp morning, but we got a fine harvest of Clemson spineless okra today. I must say that the okra has one of the prettiest flowers in the garden right now.
#Gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#GYO
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Yesterday, while I was setting out some surplus veg. by the road. One of the regular visitors dropped by and gave me this knife set as a gift because they had been enjoying the harvest. Am I right in thinking that this is quite an extravagant item in return for cucumbers and tomatoes? It's a Wüsthof set; 20cm, 16cm, & 9cm. 200th anniversary edition.
#Gardening
#allotment
#NewEngland
#GYO
#GrowYourOwn
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Decided to follow up the allotment plot tour with a similarly quick & rough home garden tour: https://youtu.be/zKrDix-K2H0
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Simmered down the sauce until it was about reduced by half and then into pint jars. Set up the canning pot on my outdoor burner and gave them a 20 minute bath in boiling water, a little cool down to make sure tops all "popped" and then in to the kitchen for BeetBear to inspect. Just a little over 5 pints. Not done a taste-test yet.
#Gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#GYO
#GrowYourOwn
#Onions
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Surprised to see a Ruby-throated Hummingbird probe a wilted, male Cucuzza flower.
The Cucuzza, a gourd, flowers at night, each flower lasting only one night. The flowers look beautiful in the twilight hours.
We've been giving away a lot of Cucuzzas, or we would have had to eat them every few days until next summer 😂. -
This year we grew three varieties of courgettes. All three are now fruiting well. I absolutely love them. #GYO #Courgette #vegetables #food
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Today's the day. Got together everything needed to make a batch of the old family "Chili Sauce" (see earlier posts). I rarely have the patience or energy to undertake this kind of thing anymore, but all the omens and portents were aligned just right this morning. The aroma of this simmering takes me back over sixty years in this very kitchen, when my father would conscript me into helping make this. Now to simmer for a few hours.
#Gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#GYO
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Hit me up with your favourite desserts involving blackcurrants. Looking for recipe suggestions please!! Please boost if you have none!
#Cooking #GYO #blackcurrants #Boost -
Corn. It's what's for dinner. Cornfest day 14. Still on second planting. Still clean and pest-free, although I think the Downy Woodpeckers are finding some snacks among the stalks now. Keep up the good work, guys. 😀 🌽
#BeetBear
#SweetCorn
#Gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#GYO
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Got out and did some more picking this morning and set out some more surplus for the passers-by. Found a very lovely note in the box later. Made my whole summer. There must be smoke in the air again, my eyes are all runny again.
#Gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#GYO
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I picked about half the row of regular-sized tomatoes which filled a tote & filled a small basket with cherry tomatoes from one of the two plants. Put out today's surplus for the neighbors again. 😀 🍅
#Gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#GYO
#GrowYourOwn
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#NewZealand #Aotearoa - #CommunityPantry Locations
"Finding community pantries near me is becoming a priority for many New Zealand families navigating the rising cost of living and seeking to reduce food waste through community-led sharing initiatives. These #PātakaKai (food storehouses) operate on the principle of ‘take what you need, leave what you can,’ providing a vital safety net that fosters #manaakitanga (hospitality and care) within our diverse neighborhoods from Northland to Southland.
The concept of the community pantry has evolved rapidly in Aotearoa. What started as a few informal ‘#SharingSheds’ has grown into a sophisticated national network of Pātaka Kai.
In the current economic climate, #FoodInsecurity affects a broad demographic of New Zealanders. These pantries provide immediate, #BarrierFreeAccess to nutrition without the stigma often associated with traditional #WelfareQueues.
Moreover, these locations are hubs for #sustainability. By redirecting surplus #garden produce and supermarket ‘best-before’ items, they play a critical role in the #CircularEconomy of our local regions.
'The Pātaka Kai movement is more than just food; it is about restoring dignity to our communities and ensuring that no one goes hungry while our land produces so much abundance.' — Community Leader, NZ #FoodSovereignty Project.
- Reduces local #FoodWaste significantly.
- Strengthens neighborhood social ties.
- Provides 24/7 access to emergency food supplies.
- Encourages the sharing of home-grown organic produce."Learn more:
https://nzfamilies.org.nz/community-pantry-locations/#SolarPunkSunday
#FoodSecurity #FoodSharing #ZeroHunger #ZeroWaste #MutualAid #FarmToTable #GardenToTable #BuildingCommunity #ManaakiKai #Kai #GrowYourOwnFood #GYO #GrowYourOwnKai #Sustainability
