Busy busy busy busy. I am absolutely loving this time of year, all the harvesting and preserving. I've developed an addiction to chutneys and relish that have seen all of our tomato glut used up, and have my recipe for chilli jam ready to go for the red chilli glut..when they decide to ripen.
The red onion that we left to seed had two good seed heads mature. As well as seeds, little cloves/sets seem to have developed. They look pretty funky and hopefully mean we'll get a good harvest next year :D
Lavender hung up, chives frozen and sage, oregano, rosemary and thyme hung up too.
Abi showing off her funky wellies.
Squash and aubergine update
Toby update ;)
Caterpillars trying to eat my PSB :(
The two potato plants we planted recently seem to be taking off :D I'll cover these up as the weather cools down.
Some repairs made to the polythene panes
Curious cat
Abi helping with the weeding
Mutant red onion :o
Time for tea! Lovely Lovely Teapigs English Breakfast, I think I'm addicted. I have a code for 20% off, if you'd like it just email me, or leave a comment and I'll get back to you.
Jalapenos - more on these later ;)
Nosy child ;)
Jalapenos ;) Jarred up in white vinegar and the some of the seed harvested for next year.
Home made piri piri ketchup :) Cheap ketchup + sugar +birds eye chillies = Nom
The dehydrator arrived! So dried and stored the lavender ready for the hops to mature.
The hops are doing really well :) The lupulin glands are maturing and should be ready to harvest in a fortnight or so
Homemade apple rings :)
And the first habanero harvest. I picked the smallest ripe ones ready to chop and store in oil. They spent 4 hours in the dehydrator first to break down the flesh a little.
Om nom, the first 1/4 tsp of this is in a large batch of chicken and mushroom massala, will update on the effects next time ;)
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