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Busy day in the sun
A very busy day making the most of the sunshine to get caught up with all the field and footpath mowing but the highlight was cutting our first pumpkins of the season. It usually gets to September before the PR people remember to think about Halloween but quite a few have been making enquiries already. The…
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Roast Tomato and Pepper Soup
As we hit ‘peak tomato’ in the polytunnel we try and prepare as many portions of our favourite soup; freezing portions of our delicious roast tomato and pepper soup for a hearty warming meal later in the autumn. In fact every time the oven goes on, a tray of roughly chopped tomatoes, peppers, garlic and…
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Rosemary Twigs for flavour on the BBQ or Smoker
In response to a Wood Chunks Customer request I have been today been bundling Rosemary twigs for use in the smoker or on the BBQ. As a rule resinous woods are not favoured for use in smokers but as these burn so quickly they are used to provide an instant hit of the herbs distinctive…
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July Poly Tunnel Update
A few snapshots of the more interesting crops growing in the polytunnel.
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NFT and Aeroponic Hydroponic Trials
A new greenhouse with an electric supply has allowed us to trial growing lemongrass plants in some NFT and Aeroponic hydroponic systems. We now have Lemongrass plants in a Nutriculture NFT hydroponic grow tank, some Fennel in a smaller NFT system and some ‘mother’ lemongrass plants in an aeroponics tank. I have no idea if Fennel will grow…
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The great Chuck masacre
Two attacks over three days have seen our much loved hens have suffered badly at the hands of one or more foxes. On both occasions, the attacks were made early evening well before dusk. Whilst the hens have enjoyed spending the days roaming around the woodland the down side is not being able to offer them…
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New season Garlic
Today we started selectively harvesting our home grown garlic which has been grown over winter inside a polytunnel. Whilst we still have quite a bit of last seasons crop left to use up, there is nothing like the taste of new season garlic and this one ended up in an omelette for lunch.
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2016 Lemongrass Plants
It’s a bit late but today I eventually got around to separating out the overwintered clumps of Lemongrass and re-potting them as single stems to make this years crop. All these lemongrass stems are from a one clump which in turn was a single stick of Lemongrass a year ago. You tend to get around…
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Polytunnel Progress
Having caught out with the very late frost last year I have delayed the sowing of outdoor crops by two weeks which has allowed me more time to get the polytunnel better organised. We have used reservoir trays for the tomatoes for a few years now and, by maintaining the compost moisture levels, they have proved…
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Hurrah for Cow Muck!
Cow muck is THE essential ingredient for our big pumpkins and giant vegetables. The delivery of the cow muck always heralds the start of a new growing season. We work one year ahead so this muck heap will be piled up and left to rot for use next year. The muck pile from last year has…