tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977509261429741652.post3755804841945930499..comments2023-12-23T00:24:08.540+00:00Comments on An Organic Lifestyle (Organic Growing Pains): Fruit Day on the PlotPeggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16336168195436906219noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977509261429741652.post-75394190839072331942010-08-23T22:06:34.924+01:002010-08-23T22:06:34.924+01:00sweetcorn's been really disappointing here the...sweetcorn's been really disappointing here the last couple of years so I decided not to sow any this year. I also reasoned I needed the space back in May but of course have loads free now. Never mind, yours is thriving.<br />And the slugs here took a great fancy to my turnip seeds so no sign of mine. <br />Have fun foraging and jamming :o)nic @ nipitinthebudhttp://www.nipitinthebud.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977509261429741652.post-5804087672321453322010-08-22T13:15:03.075+01:002010-08-22T13:15:03.075+01:00Matron, one of the girls wrote Die, birds Die in u...Matron, one of the girls wrote Die, birds Die in unjoined writing, or scribble would be more like it!I had to lok closely myself to make out what it said.<br /><br />Cheryl, nothing more relaxing than out picking blackberries on a sunny day and the smell of them cooking in the kitchen later!Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16336168195436906219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977509261429741652.post-46645520113911424812010-08-21T20:47:46.656+01:002010-08-21T20:47:46.656+01:00looks like things are going well on your plot! I ...looks like things are going well on your plot! I am planning to walk along the lanes tomorrow and pick blackberries. I want to make a crumble for desert tomorrow, and also to make some bramble jelly.cherylhttp://www.redbusbingo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977509261429741652.post-2678769896367826472010-08-20T08:49:49.498+01:002010-08-20T08:49:49.498+01:00Now I've visited your plot, I can recognize yo...Now I've visited your plot, I can recognize your allotment! Tell me, what was written on the back of the scarecrow? It was in Gaelic and I couldn't read it!Matronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07705506930308472527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977509261429741652.post-34213063353298386662010-08-19T22:27:24.973+01:002010-08-19T22:27:24.973+01:00PeggyR,thanks we are, I love browsing around farme...PeggyR,thanks we are, I love browsing around farmer's markets too.<br /><br />Pam,Your crops were way ahead of ours so they are bound to be finished now, all canned and preserved too I should think!<br /><br />Lynda,we grow a large variety but not a large amount of any of them.I did'nt know either about checking until I was shown how, not that we have had anything worth checking in previous years!<br /><br />Jo, Goji berries are one of the 'new' super fruits, I don't know a lot abot them either until I do some checking.I love artichokes ,much like asparagus here they have a short season if you want to eat them in season and not imported ones.<br /><br />Matron, thanks for the commiserations!<br /><br />Ann, I have become the recycle bin for everyones jars! We always have lots of them under the table in the tea room on the allotments, I don't know hwo brings them in but they are apppreciated.Thanks again for the jam cover idea!Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16336168195436906219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977509261429741652.post-18014904361083185652010-08-19T20:22:35.451+01:002010-08-19T20:22:35.451+01:00Your corn and those beef tomatoes are huge Peggy, ...Your corn and those beef tomatoes are huge Peggy, hope you get the sun you need to ripen things.<br /><br />The gingham jar covers make the jame look special don't they - which it is of course! I had to buy some jars, no one seems to save them these days, since recycling, except one friend who is a hoarder thank goodness, and she gave me all her spares.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12502956712451039318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977509261429741652.post-47404574294219084862010-08-19T19:00:32.938+01:002010-08-19T19:00:32.938+01:00Sorry, couldn't help it.. was drawn straight t...Sorry, couldn't help it.. was drawn straight to your fingernails! I am very conscious of mine too, but it just proves to other gardeners out there that you are the real McCoy!Matronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07705506930308472527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977509261429741652.post-51801593529686622552010-08-19T16:39:41.426+01:002010-08-19T16:39:41.426+01:00I've never heard of Goji berries. And I LOVE a...I've never heard of Goji berries. And I LOVE artichokes. HAve never grown them but a friend around the corner from me does and regularly sends me a dishful (cooked with garlic and olive oil, yum) I love seeing what is in your garden and love the jams. You are such an industrious lady. Have a wonderful day. JoJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11666316882168582862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977509261429741652.post-85777779794552712012010-08-19T14:16:36.016+01:002010-08-19T14:16:36.016+01:00I always love to see what you are growing & ho...I always love to see what you are growing & how everything is doing -and am always amazed at the large variety of things that you grow. That's an interesting way of checking to see if sweetcorn is ready, I never knew that !Diary From Africahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15191543533838372003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977509261429741652.post-55720040496530884912010-08-19T13:54:10.813+01:002010-08-19T13:54:10.813+01:00Hi Peggy,
All of your produce looks so good.
Ours ...Hi Peggy,<br />All of your produce looks so good.<br />Ours finished up long ago and Jack, Betsy, and the goats are enjoying eating the weeds and the left over stalks.<br /><br />Just as soon as it cools down a little more I will be planting the fall greens.<br /><br />Oh yeah... your fingernails look just like mine. I like them just like that, too! <br />Have a great day.<br />PamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977509261429741652.post-18471371042297661582010-08-19T13:19:28.184+01:002010-08-19T13:19:28.184+01:00Sounds like you are having a bumper crop of things...Sounds like you are having a bumper crop of things! We've been enjoying the things we bought at the farm market last week.PeggyRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06079681533773249938noreply@blogger.com