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Swiss Chard
Use it like spinach. I've got a recipe for a Swiss Chard tart ... will need to dig it out and post it later.Warning ..... I'm a peri-menopausal axe-wielding maniac
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mushroom spores are only £2 in poundstretchers. You need compost and straw which must be rotted before the spores are 'planted'
I'd have thought the cupboard under the sink would be ok for those.Member no.1 of the 'I'm not in a clique' group :rotfl:
I have done reading too!
To avoid all evil, to do good,
to purify the mind- that is the
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Sarahsaver wrote:mushroom spores are only £2 in poundstretchers. You need compost and straw which must be rotted before the spores are 'planted'
I'd have thought the cupboard under the sink would be ok for those.
Hmmmm sounds a little more involved than I thought ... doubt I could get all that online
"An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will"
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It is that what you do, good or bad,
will come back to you three times as strong!
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Debt_Free_Chick wrote:Swiss Chard
Use it like spinach. I've got a recipe for a Swiss Chard tart ... will need to dig it out and post it later.
That'd be great DFC, thanks.
Apparently it's very quick to grow and it's the earlier bits that you use like spinach. After about 60 days it's a little more rhubarb-like to look at and you can cook it (boil/steam) and serve it with butter as a veggie
Mink0 -
Swiss Chard recipes
Gary Rhodes likes it with cheese
It's really good for you too.
I might have to get some of this, it says it easy to grow too, which helps, I'm not very green fingered.
This year I am having a grow at:
Tomatoes (trailing and normal)
Corgettes
Aubergines
Lots of herbs
Garlic
Chillies
Peppers
They all have to go in pots because I've only got a tiny garden.
Last year I grew tomatoes, peppers and chillies. I got a handfull of trailing tomatoes and everything else died
I'm blaming the weather, we'll see how I do this year. When life hands you a lemon, make sure you ask for tequilla and salt0 -
Thanks for the links Galtizz!
I'm really excited (childish I know!) - I ate some really nice tomatoes last Saturday (10 days ago) so decided to try and dry the seeds and grow them. Got 28 seeds out of half a tomato and dried them (they are baby plums - Pomodorino) and ended up planting 21 on the Sunday. Today I've got 5 little tiny seedlings - woo hoo!
Hope some more of them grow mind you!Mink0 -
pol wrote:I grow my potatoes in compost bags. It's easy to start them off and just keep filling up the bag as they grow. Then when they are ready, no digging, just tip them out.
I grow my spuds in tyres !!! Went to Halfords and spoke to the guy on the Service and repair desk and told him I wanted some old tyres for growing potatoes. He was only too glad to get rid of them (so recycling and moneysaving all in one go, well done me !!)
I fill the bottom one three quarters with compost and stick about four or five seed potatoes in and cover them over upto the top of the tyre, then, as they grow, stick another tyre on top and keep filling it with compost as the plants keep poking through until they reach the top of the tyre. then just keep watering them until the stalks die off, and they are ready !!!
Harvesting them is a bit like the Bran Tub, a prize every time. I have a root around and just collect as many as I need for dinner and leave the rest in, they keep for ages!! So no need to store in sacks either.
Best thing is you can use them year after year, and you get loads of spuds out of them.0 -
great tip DSmiffy. have just finished a discussion with DP on how to grow in tubs, but this will save money on buying expensive pots. saw some seed potatoes in the warehouse store today, nice and cheap and some interesting varieties such as pink fir apple. Am I in time to chit and plant them?0
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Well I have the plot dug and the seeds in (hope they survived the last frost) but what I'm really interested in is storage. I put in a third of the seeds and plan to put in a second third in about 6 weeks. I should have a good supply (Carrots, onions, spring onions, beetroot) but whats the best way to store them? I have a small freezer but it gets over loaded already. Anyone have any tips on keeping stuff fresh for a month or more at a time? I don't want to pickle anything so thats an extra challenge.
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Xbigman, have you looked at the rivercottage site? Lots of stuff on the forum there in the fruit and vegetable and processing sections. Also here
in the section on building a potato clamp (and other methods).
HTH0
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