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Summers here!

Posted on August 13, 2017 by Iwona

Lovely time of the year with everything growing really well in the polycrub – we’re eating salad, beets, carrots, courgettes, beans, tatties, beans, herbs and fruit. Waiting for the toms to ripen and the squash of course.        … Continue reading →

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Starting to look verdant 

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Neil

Despite the bitterly cold wind outside the polycrub is taking on a predominantly green hue as opposed to brown earth. The seeds have mainly sprouted, tatties are showing through and the rocket is growing faster than we can eat it. … Continue reading →

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More seeds sown 

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Neil

The beds in the polycrub are starting to get filled. Planted the following rows of seeds today along with a couple of rows of red onion sets: Carrots – Early Nantes Beetroot –  Moneta Spring onion – White Lisbon  Swiss … Continue reading →

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Carrot pickle

Posted on September 3, 2016 by Neil

Picked some of our carrots, rather large thinnings really, and have embarked on making some carrot pickle using a recipe from Oded Schwartz. All ingredients shredded and mixed, now needs to be left overnight to marinate before boiling and putting … Continue reading →

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