Raspberries
Written by: adekun on 5 October, 2007 5:34 am - Filed under: food — No Comments »
Planted six dead canes 75 cm from a wall, 60 cm apart. They have disappeared amongst a sea of weeds. I’m still hopeful that they will re-emerge next year.
Beetroot
Written by: adekun on 7 August, 2007 1:00 pm - Filed under: food — No Comments »
Sown some seeds 07-Aug an inch deep, expecting it take a week or two for these to germinate. Hopefully be able to make some babyfood from these.
Spinach
Written by: adekun on 6 August, 2007 1:00 pm - Filed under: food — No Comments »
Not really grown much leafy greens yet, spinach is easy and can be grown any time of the year. First seeds got sown 06-Aug.
Sweetcorn
Written by: adekun on 4 May, 2007 7:12 am - Filed under: food — No Comments »
I’m giving a common variety of maize a trial run. Four seedlings were transplanted 45cm apart and the end of April in a sunny part of the plot.
Carrots
Written by: adekun on 1 February, 2007 7:41 am - Filed under: food — No Comments »
Along with the second potatoes, these were sown at the end of September which should be too late.
This time around, trying a double row, the row being 30 cm across. Appear to be doing well, although the root is tiny in comparsion to my neighbours.
The first batch came out fairly poor, the ground having been dug a spade deep.
Started to thin these out. It would appear to be a bad idea to move them. I think I need a third attempt.
Shiitake
Written by: adekun on 25 January, 2007 6:54 am - Filed under: food — No Comments »
One of the most popular of gourmet mushrooms. The first Shiitake were said to have been cultivated over a thousand years ago.
Normally the fungus will fruit in the spring and in the autumn. It can be forced by submersion in cold water for 24-48 hours.
All being well, the log should fruit about a week after the soak. Forcing it too often will stress the mycelium.
It can be done every two months, the spawn should recover after the flush.
My adventure started with the purchase of an inoculated log for about
Broccoli
Written by: adekun on 6:54 am - Filed under: food — No Comments »
Mid September, I transfered six plants that were given as a gift. Early October, one was lost one to a typhoon, left devoid of everything except a leaf.
Soon afterwards, I discovered one of the remainders was a cabbage. Being on it’s own, I replaced the topless plant with another cabbage.
There has been the odd lacewing cocooned on the sides and a few caterpillars crawling about. A couple of weeks into January the harvesting began.
Never a fan of Broccoli, having grown it I can say I am quite fond of it.
The first head went into a pasta dish, now there are only two plants left, it would be worthwhile exploring some different ways it prepare it.
One of the plants went straight into flower.
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