Two sweet baking recipes using redcurrants: pancakes & stuffed shortbread
Rachel prepares two sweet baking recipes using redcurrants : Redcurrant & almond scotch pancakes Redcurrant & Lemon curd stuffed shortbread.
Use redcurrants to replace pomegranate in this Middle Eastern inspired salad
Rachel uses redcurrants to make a freekah grain salad with fresh greens and halloumi. Redcurrants make a brilliant replacement where pomegranate may have been traditionally used. From plot to plate Rachel harvests the ingredients and prepares the meal.
How long does it take to weed a 250sqm ‘No Dig’ vegetable plot: weekly
Here Rachel completes a tour with a difference where she discusses the crops grown on plot four whilst demonstrating the weed managment techniques used on our ‘no dig’ garden in real time. Plot four is half our allotment space on our allotment in Manchester, UK.
July tour of our 500 square metre established vegetable garden
A full tour of our 500 square metre allotment plot in Manchester, UK – including polytunnel, greenhouse, coldframes, fruitcage, mini fruit orchard, summerhouse, raised bed vegetable garden, wildlife pond and flowerborders.
We use NoDig gardening techniques to manage the garden that produces most of our (plant based) annual food needs.
Polytunnel tour – our first season with a polytunnel
Although we have had a plot for around 15 years last winter we erected a #polytunnel. This season we are using the tunnel to trial growing sweetcorn, melons and (more tropical) beans alongside standard ‘greenhouse’ crops. Here rachel has a look at what is growing in early July.
Keeping a tidy plot
“Wow your plot is so tidy, you must be there all the time?”. I have had this said to me numerous times so I would like to share some tips and advice that I hope will help those aiming to keep their allotment neat, tidy and productive without spending hours every day there.
Tour of the pressure canned food store
Rachel does a tour of our home canned food stores in preparation for this season’s cropping in the coming months. We pressure can vegetables, meals in a jar and cooking ingredients alongside pickling, jam and chutney making.
Harvesting new potatoes grown in 30L pots
Today Rachel harvests the first tub of new #potatoes. We grow all our potatoes in 30L pots and demonstrate the technique we have used to support the crop.
Summerhouse: Final Touches
The summerhouse project started in November 2019 and was mostly finished in spring 2020. The summerhouse was mostly done, and was weatherproof, just lacking the final details. We finally managed to get the timber we needed to put the final touches on the summerhouse (almost).
Full plot tour