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Kath Middleton replied to Clairetweet's discussion Late Borlotti Beans - Shall I harvest?"I've seen beetle holes on broadies that I'm saving for seed - I just discard any with little holes in. But I've not come upon them in any french bean and I save lots both for seed and for eating."
Kath Middleton replied to Clairetweet's discussion Late Borlotti Beans - Shall I harvest?"Although I know they exist I've never had an infestation of these beetles so I wouldn't panic yet! And I've gorwn loads of types for many years."
Kath Middleton replied to Clairetweet's discussion Late Borlotti Beans - Shall I harvest?"You can use them in this un-coloured state though they will clour up if left a bit longer - they are known as shelly beans. Shell them out and cook them like this - they don't take as long as they do when dried and re-hydrated. I also freeze…"
Kath Middleton replied to Jade Hwang's discussion Solution for brown fingers, please!"We collect from a local tree when they have fallen - the husk is softer then. The first year we did it we had brown hands for 3 weeks! Rubber gloves since then! An old chap near us told me that he and a friend had found a walnut tree during the war…"
Kath Middleton replied to Clive Scoggins's discussion What's this?"It's horseradish, you're right. It's the root you need to make a relish - grated. You'll find recipes on Google no doubt."
Kath Middleton commented on Michael Hudson's blog post The garden this summer"Unless the beans were runners you can successfully save the seeds - let a few pods ripen and when they start to go leathery bring the whole pods indoors. Finish them on a sheet of newspaper in a sunny wildowsill and pop them out when the pods are…"
Kath Middleton replied to Ally's discussion What are these mystery apples/fruit?"I think they are a quince too. You can make various edible goodies with them. Grate the fruit - they are very hard! Jelly is the obvious one as they need some cooking to get the fruit softened.
2 lb fruit to about 2 pints water and 4 tablespons of…"
Kath Middleton replied to vegman's discussion Plums"Crumble is a favourite here too, and the batches of cooked fruit can be frozen to make up when you like.
Get more jars though! Another fave is pickled plums. Sounds dreadful but they are fantastic.
Choose firm fruit as they soften easily.
2lb…"
Kath Middleton replied to Sue Gollop's discussion allotment rents"I'm in E Yorks too - but ours are on land owned by the village church. We pay £14 per year but the plots are about half a standard allotment. No water on either, except an underground tank that fills from church-roof run-off - so when you…"
Kath Middleton replied to vegman's discussion Which vegetable do you enjoy growing the most?"Very occasionally we get blight here. Most seasons you get away with it. i grow most of my tomatoes in the greenhouse but supernumerary toms (it's SO HARD not to sow to many!) end up in the garden. So far so good this year. I grow early spuds…"
Kath Middleton replied to vegman's discussion Which soup do you enjoy making the most with produce from the garden?"I have one called Garden Soup (or Allotment Soup) which doesn't have a recipe! You take a slack handful of whatever you have to spare, sweat it with onions, add stock, simmer for about half an hour, then whizz up in the blender. Adjust…"
Kath Middleton replied to Alessio's discussion Cloudberry plants"I know them as a wild plant, like a sort of lax looking blackberry. I didn't know they could be bought for domestic growing. I would think if blackberries grow well where you are, cloudberries should?"
Kath Middleton commented on Kath Middleton's blog post Vegetable breeding"The patience is only needed to get a cross Damo. Once you've managed that, assuming you only bother trying to cross varieties that you really like, you will always get something enjoyable to eat.
When I was growing out the seeds I put 4 to a…"
Damo commented on Kath Middleton's blog post Vegetable breeding"This was a subject I was quite interested in at college and you've certainly had great results. Not sure I have the patience for it though but I'm going to give it a go."
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Vegetable breeding
Posted on August 22, 2010 at 19:42 3 Comments 0 Likes
With the encouragement of Magic Cochin I thought I'd write a bit about vegetable breeding. If you want to see what I've been up to in greater detail, the additional pages on my blog - www.vegheaven.blogspot.com will give you more.
I won't try and say it all - you'd nod off! This time I'll do tomatoes. I didn't find it terribly easy when I did my first tomato cross 2 years ago. Since then I've been prescribed reading glasses! You…
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