The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

euronorris

If the seed potato has disappeared entirely, I would be inclined to think that some kind of critter has dug it up and had it away?!

Greenglockenspiel

Euronorris could be right- we had a fox digging around our potatoes at the allotment and left half a rabbit behind once, semi-buried. Fortunately it was gone the next time we went and the potatoes were still there though!

On the topic of pulses, I am growing borlotti and cannellini beans for drying, as well as edamame and broad beans. I’m planning to try chickpeas next year too and was also tempted by lentils but thought it might be a bit of a faff to harvest them. 

I use an instant pot electric pressure cooker to cook dried pulses (kidney beans excepted as they do need boiling) as I’m lazy and it does away with the need to soak and also massively cuts down cooking time vs on the hob. As a vegan I eat a lot of pulses but also like variety so I pretty much have a bag of most things they sell in mainstream supermarkets with the most commonly used ones (red lentils, black beans, chickpeas, split yellow peas, puy lentils, pearl barley) stored in glass jars and the rest just in their bags carefully resealed. If you’ve had stuff knocking about for quite a while then you might find they need soaking for longer but I don’t worry about expiry dates on dried.

GaleSF63

3secondmemory said:

My neighbour has not touched his garden for years – there’s two of those in the near vicinity! 

He’s given me the go-ahead to plan and plant it next year!😃

I knew he wouldn’t be able to resist my sweetcorn and strawberries! 

One garden and lots of benefit. You get room for lots more produce; he gets some of the produce and a tidy useful garden and there's more left in the shops for people who don't produce their own!

florain

For those worried about blight search for  'blight + aspirin'.  Have used this for the last 3 years on tomatoes and spuds and only had blight very late in the season.
It's basically a 1/4 of a 300g tablet per litre of water, sprayed on.

florain

Should have said soluble aspirin!

MingVase

Looking for nice veg recipes for a person who hates veggies... anybody?

Nargleblast

Make a tasty veg curry with rice and naans?

Chop up mixed root veg (carrots, swede, turnips, squash, sweet potatoes, onions, potatoes, beetroot) and roast in a baking tray with oil and salt?

Veg stew with dumplings?

Stir chopped spinach or kale (excuse me swearing) into a homemade chicken curry?

Use assorted green and root veg with kidney beans to make a veggie chilli?

Nargleblast

Also Greek-style green beans. Gently cook green beans in a generous amount of olive oil (at least enough to cover the bottom of the pan.) When nearly done combine with chopped tomatoes, add salt and black pepper to taste, even basil or oregano if you feel adventurous. Heat through then serve as a side dish, It might work with other green veg too.

missychrissy

MingVase said:

Looking for nice veg recipes for a person who hates veggies... anybody?

I used to whizz cooked cauliflower and sometimes cooked but not brown onions in my children’s macaroni cheese. If they didn’t know they were in there you might not. I only whizzed the cauliflower and onion in the food processor not the sauce. I then used to top the Mac n cheese with sliced tomatoes and some more grated cheese before putting in the oven for 10 mins or under the grill.

MingVase

Stir chopped spinach or kale (excuse me swearing) into a homemade chicken curry?

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Nargs, I'm sorry but that's you off the xmas card list, you've dunnit now