Garden Year in Pictures

Just thought i'd do a summary while its wintery



Start off with the Badger under the shed.



Early Cos Lettuce in the Hotbed.



Water Cress in the greenhouse, this had been frozen solid in the winter but still came back.



Drying Dandelion roots for coffee.



Making Daisey Capers.





First decent box of the season.



A moth for Clare.



A bit later in the Season.





Boxes picking up now.



The onion in a pot that broke my foot.





The Melplash Show.



The Puffball.



The Pump.



And the Poppie



The Tomato Family.



And finally, the sheep helping themselves to the Walking Stick Cabbage.

 

Great to see the pictures Ziggy! You certainly had a good healthy crop.

Summer seems such a long time ago now.........roll on spring!

 

Still eating it Sheal, store cuboard is still packed, freezer is bearing up, still got spuds, parsnips, sugar beet, artichokes & beetroot in the ground.

Only things I have to buy in are bread, milk, butter, oil, vegie protein & fish, when i've not been fishing of course.

Miraflores even tried a taste of my dandelion coffee when she visited, didn't pass comment though:D

 

Brilliant Zigs!! Great reminder of things to come too!!

 

I'm intrigued by the 'Daisy Capers' bit. What's going on there Zig?

 

Just salting down the flower heads Dave, use them in pasta meals, on pizzas etc.

Whole plant is edible but thats the best bit

 

I didn't know that Zig. Just plain old ordinary daisy flowers that appear in the lawn?

 

Yep, Bellis Perenis or something like that

 

Bumping this one so newer members can see where i'm moving to for the short term

 

Aye up Zigs. Managed to miss this thread. Interested in the Caper thingies. How did they turn out? I quite like Capers

 

Can someone describe what Daisy capers are - intriguing

 

@Zigs

Please tell

 

Just the flower buds salted down same way you'd salt runner beans. Just rinse the salt off and lob them on your Pizza or Pasta meal.

When I first tried Capers they were salted, from an Italian Deli. Only see pickled ones nowdays, @Loofah would probably know if you can still get them

 

Waitrose

 

@Zigs

what was the badger doing under the shed was it ok or had it been in a fight with the younger tougher brocks !!! as I know they get kicked out when old