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Top 5: Things to grow more of next summer

1. Drying beans – After the success of this years Borlotti crop I have definitely become a drying bean convert.  I’m calling them drying beans but the truth is I don’t have any left to dry having eaten them all … Continue reading

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The Mechanics of Reproduction – Hand Pollinating Pumpkins

I was thinking of a range of different titles for this particular post – but then I thought of the disappointment that any number of 13 year boys would feel when they pulled up a site about gardening rather than … Continue reading

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Pumpkin Everyday – Pumpkin & Feta in Filo

This is Number 7 in my series of posts called Pumpkin Everyday which makes me happy as now the title has more meaning – now by using this blog alone you can eat a different pumpkin dish every day of the … Continue reading

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Pumpkin Everyday – Roast Pumpkin & Cauliflower Salad with Lentils

After my weekend of deep frying I felt the need for something a bit healthier so I turned back to my slowly diminishing pumpkin stash and made this wholesome but delicious salad.  You will note the presence of my vegetable of the … Continue reading

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Pumpkin Everyday – Spicy Pumpkin – South Indian Style

I cut open another pumpkin today, so time for another pumpkin recipe.  This is number 5 (for the others click on the pumpkin category or see the recipe index) and as I’ve called the posts pumpkin everyday I guess I should really do 7.  Regardless … Continue reading

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Pumpkin Everyday – Pumpkin, Orange & Quinoa Salad

My 4 year old is on at me to make more progress through our mound of pumpkins.  This despite the fact that she is usually nonplussed when actually served some.  In this dish the pumpkin is not that easily recognisable … Continue reading

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Pumpkin Everyday – Soup

Its cold today and I have a lot of pumpkin to get through. Time for soup. I love pumpkin soup, I love the velvety texture and its warming qualities.  It was the first thing I ever learnt to cook.  I … Continue reading

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Pumpkin Everyday – Savoury Muffins

According to www.thepumpkinnook.com , which bills itself as “the internet shrine and library for pumpkins”, so therefore must be a reliable source…. Pumpkins were once used as a remedy for freckles, as a treatment for snake bite and as a … Continue reading

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Pumpkin, pumpkin everywhere

The plant: My four year old has hair the colour of the inside of a ripe pumpkin so you’d think she’d have an affinity with it, but alas she won’t touch the stuff.   Of course not everyone likes pumpkin – … Continue reading

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