Matthew Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 4 cabbages destined for the freezer Tips on freezing cabbage please? Does it work oK? We have 4 lovely ones which are going to end up as chook food otherwise and they are geting a bit bored with cabbage Washed Chopped blanchd for 1 1/2 mins cold water salad spinner to remove excess moisture... bagged into portions.. into freezer DONE... ... how well does it do? tell you in a few months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 3 corn cobs; 1 of which I ate raw, the other two were grilled at the very top of a red hot grill, until corn started popping. Served with a smatter of homemade butter. Absolutely gorgeous! 1 freakishly large courgette which, thinking it looked like a yellow marrow, I decided to bake. It was a disaster. Cur and comea again lettuce and some cherry toms for a side salad. And a fig, which I am baking, with some honey, in the oven right now. I'll be serving it with some home made yoghurt. Apart from the wine I'm drinking...and the olive oil I drizzled over my salad...and the cheese I grated to go over my courgarrow..and ignoring the disaster of the margette, , I feel very Tom-and-barbara today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiraz Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 My onions are drying on the conservatory wall in front of me at the moment and they look lovely ! I've picked cherry tomatoes and blueberries today - just enough blueberries to make a batch of blueberry and apricot muffins . I made some blueberry muffins on sunday , but turned into upside down cakes still kids and DW eat them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Licken Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 My first bit of sweetcorn (delicious with butter and pepper), potatoes, 2 melons from the greenhouse - lovely, some tomatoes and some runner beans - all delicious and all the better for being home grown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Most of our potato crop, some really big ones this year Last year we had mostly marbles They are drying on the garage floor at the moment, we have left the couple of half rows that are still green and growing, but harvested the rest because we were worried about slug damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 We dug half a row of our second earlies up on Sunday and they've done really well. The maincrops aren't ready yet though so we'll leave them for another few weeks. I picked 2 raspberries from the garden today along with a small bowl of blueberries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 7 courgettes which are now roasting in the oven before being frozen. When mum & dad come down at the end of next week we are going to dig the spuds and get busy roasting, mashing & sauteing them all so they can be frozen and used when Bean arrivies - instant dinners will be needed i think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Great idea, Em !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 (yesterday) 4 corn cobs. I ate one raw, and grilled the other three. 3.5 kilos of tomatoes, for the inevitable passata. We're getting to our limit of assigned space for passata now. Mind you, I read again today about how good tomatoes (especially in a sauce) are for you, so it's no real hassle. Might make a chilli tonight with some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 I picked some baby Carrots,which were thinnings, some lovely baby Parsnips,thinnings again & the last of my wonderful beetroot. Also a nice courgette & a decent handful of 'Sungold' & cherry plum tom-toes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little chickadee Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 runner beans (I can never get enough beans!!) French beans, courgettes, cucumbers, spuds, wineberries, blackcurrants and beetroot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 We went to the lottie yesterday and had to pick all of our tomatoes even though they are green as we've got blight again this year. The plants are all pulled up and waiting for a bonfire . The surviving tomatoes are sat on the conservatory windowsill in the hope that they'll ripen and not continue to go brown . We had loads too and such great plans to bottle them all ready for pasta sauce! Ho hum! Blight resistant seed varieties already bought for next year . On the brighter side, I picked runner beans, peas, a couple of courgettes and was given a tub of freshly picked raspberries as well. Yay !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahJo Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 A big bowl of cherry toms and some runner beans. The tomatoes have done really well this year, but the beans are on the slow side - lack of bees pollinating I think . Also - no sign of any sloes on my "stash" bushes - am I too early to be looking or is this just a rubbish year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Runner beans, cherry tomatoes, 3 courgettes and a medium tub trug FULL of potatoes!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Oooh Christian, snap!! We picked runner beans, French beans, a courgette and dug half of our maincrop potatoes from the allotment, picked cherry tomatoes and some plums from the garden and collected blackberries, crab apples, elderberries and some hazelnuts on a walk along country lanes later on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Oooh Kate, are the hazelnuts ready? *trots off down the lane* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 I think we picked them a bit early, Christian. They could do with another few weeks, I think, although the ones we've got will be fine when they've dried out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Check out the idea in the RC preserves book Kate! Hazelnuts in honey........ The squirrels always get to the nuts before I do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Christian! Stop it now! My Cube bum is already big enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Yesterday mum helped me collect half a tub trug of Charlotte spuds - we were both quite disappointed with our haul however they tasted delish Also discovered that one of the apple trees in the garden has proper eating apples on it and not just horrid crab apples. OH & mum ate a couple and then we stripped the tree and made batches of stewed apple, apple & cinnamon and apple & rhubarb. All in the freezer now and available for easy puddings when Bean arrives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 10 onions 9 strawberries 1 trug of spuds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 18 blackberries growing wild in the beech hedge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Monday I picked: 6 cucumbers 2 courgettes first of my tomatoes... bucket full of dried bolotti bean cases half a shopping bag of runner beans lifted a 24 onions with few more still to go Lovingly tended for my: king size pumpkin (its about 18" across now!!) my BNS (about 15 on two plants) my Harlequin squash which is invading my peas lol planted out some replacement strawberry plants for the gaps from this year weeded my new this year asparagus bed... 11 out of 12 with lovely ferns.. and one a little sorry for itself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 More potatoes, the last of the onions for drying, cherry tomatoes from the garden. Lots of blackberries and elderberries and a tub trug full of apples. Will turn the whole lot into hedgerow jelly this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahJo Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 A pile more tomatoes, and an apple off the "scrumptious" tree - which went home with outlaws along with some freshly made chutney. The plums, apples and onions came from their garden originally - and also made leek and potato soup from their produce - its good to be able to swap stuff around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
