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AE-NMidlands wrote: Wed Sep 21, 2022 6:40 pm
Joeboy wrote: Wed Sep 21, 2022 6:33 pm 1st plum crumble of the season. :D
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And custard!
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and we have just had date and walnut loaf (which turned out a bit dry) and stewed damsons - collected off the non-towpath side of a canal from a narrow-boat yesterday - and custard! Lovely!!
Nice one, homegrown or foraged is an outstanding way to do it. As an aside the airfryer really keeps the baked hoods moist. SWMBO threw together our second banana & coconut loaf and it has been.outstabding both times.
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Joeboy wrote: Wed Sep 21, 2022 6:33 pm
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That does look fine with the custard. :mrgreen:
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Fintray wrote: Wed Sep 21, 2022 7:25 pm
Joeboy wrote: Wed Sep 21, 2022 6:33 pm
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That does look fine with the custard. :mrgreen:
It was brilliant! Still taking kilos of apples off the 3rd tree. Chest freezer is about 2/3rds full mostly from garden! :shock:
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Coming to the end of the season in the polytunnel but there are still some tomatoes.
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The squash are ready to pick.

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The grapes are nearly there,

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And I started cutting oats today, I'm glad my survival doesn't depend on me cutting a lot of oats with a scythe!!

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That looks like a well productive polytunnel, what size is it?
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Not bad for a few spuds chucked in a container of horse poo !
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ecogeorge wrote: Sat Sep 24, 2022 9:06 pm Not bad for a few spuds chucked in a container of horse poo !
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Impressive! :D
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Fintray wrote: Sat Sep 24, 2022 8:22 pm That looks like a well productive polytunnel, what size is it?
7.5m X 13m.
It's brilliant. 'Cos we are at 300m in the North and we often get lying snow in May, growing outdoors is a struggle for pretty much anything beyond kale and blackcurrants. The tunnel is a whole different and wonderful world!
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The first pork roast from this years pigs. After a few years of trying, I really think I've got the feeding down this year. They're Berkshires and run to fat easily so you have to feed them much less than other breeds. Plus, they've been getting all the spare produce from the allotment and all the unused apples from last year that were in one of the freezers. Plus home grown spuds and apple sauce.

Bit short on the veg this year, need to plan better for next year.
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SafetyThird wrote: Mon Sep 26, 2022 11:51 am Image

The first pork roast from this years pigs. After a few years of trying, I really think I've got the feeding down this year. They're Berkshires and run to fat easily so you have to feed them much less than other breeds. Plus, they've been getting all the spare produce from the allotment and all the unused apples from last year that were in one of the freezers. Plus home grown spuds and apple sauce.

Bit short on the veg this year, need to plan better for next year.
That looks wonderful!
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