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I prefer french beans so we stopped growing runners.
I like french beans too - but 'er indoors prefers runners so I grow both - usually Cobra - five or six plants on a wigwam will feed an army ! They are climbers and seem to do much better for me than dwarf ones .. They freeze really well as well. I think the key to growing good beans is lots of compost in the soil ... and big crops are encouraged by regular picking,I prefer french beans so we stopped growing runners.
Our quinces are way too hard to eat fresh but interested in how you bake them and eat themQuinces are back on the menu.. Fresh or baked.. Autumn is here..
My mother bakes the apples at 150°C until they turn a toasted color. If they are acidic, remove the stem and make a conical cut in the upper part that you fill with a little sugar.Our quinces are way too hard to eat fresh but interested in how you bake them and eat them
Washing quinces, then put them dry on cooking paper in backing plate - in the oven. Temperature first at 200C then later reduce to 180C. They will get some brownish color, but real test when they are baked is to just stab with fork - if is still hard, let it bake for some time. When they are finished they get soft inside ( after peeling off, we eat them with small spoon later).Our quinces are way too hard to eat fresh but interested in how you bake them and eat them
Speaking of pears. We had a couple of Honeywarden trees among the orchard. They grew to a huge height and were heavy croppers BUT the fruit was round like a cricket ball and even harder. I was told they could be used to make a perry drink but not much else. Most of the rest of the pear trees were conference, two trees of Comice and we had a wall covered in Pitmaston Duchess which were huge and exceedingly juicy.Washing quinces, then put them dry on cooking paper in backing plate - in the oven. Temperature first at 200C then later reduce to 180C. They will get some brownish color, but real test when they are baked is to just stab with fork - if is still hard, let it bake for some time. When they are finished they get soft inside ( after peeling off, we eat them with small spoon later).
Right now we have cooked pears on our table ( some old variety - when fresh hard as rock and odd taste, but when cooked so tasty and sweet).. As I said autumn is here..
We inherited two different pear trees. One ripens on the tree and is so juicy you have to eat it naked in the bath the other ripen off the tree and can store in a fridge until Christmas. No idea what they areSpeaking of pears. We had a couple of Honeywarden trees among the orchard. They grew to a huge height and were heavy croppers BUT the fruit was round like a cricket ball and even harder. I was told they could be used to make a perry drink but not much else. Most of the rest of the pear trees were conference, two trees of Comice and we had a wall covered in Pitmaston Duchess which were huge and exceedingly juicy.
What are the long thin chillies?Last harvest of this year's chiles. That there were enough to be worth harvesting at this time of year came as a pleasant surprise. I expected the ones I picked a few weeks back to be the last. Photobombed by jars of honey for "rent".
And another slightly different harvest. This was a sycamore that I had cut down last Winter. Didn't do it myself as it was overhanging some outbuildings and a greenhouse, so it had to be climbed and taken down piece by piece. Soon to be this Winter's heating. To cut the cordwood into suitable size logs I used my new battery-powered chainsaw which I bought because it was cheaper than getting the Stihl (which has decided it absolutely isn't going to start) serviced and shares batteries with my InstantVap amongst other things. I wasn't entirely sure what to expect of it, but generally I think it does pretty well. Not sure what it will be like for actually felling trees. I guess I'll find out in a few months time. I am going to need a few more batteries, but that's hardly the end of the world when I have other tools that also use them. This lot was enough to fill a 6'x4' trailer to overflowing twice over and the cutting ran two 4Ah and two 2.5Ah batteries from full to empty twice each (the saw uses two 18V batteries at a time).
James
Underfed short fat ones !What are the long thin chillies?
Got loads left to pick, mostly the carolina reapers and apache now they've turned red, a shedful of jalapenos, although still green and also some mahoosive red pointy sweet peppers now they've turned colour.Last harvest of this year's chiles.
What are the long thin chillies?
Got loads left to pick, mostly the carolina reapers and apache now they've turned red, a shedful of jalapenos, although still green and also some mahoosive red pointy sweet peppers now they've turned colour.
Underfed short fat ones !
Last harvest of this year's chiles. That there were enough to be worth harvesting at this time of year came as a pleasant surprise. I expected the ones I picked a few weeks back to be the last. Photobombed by jars of honey for "rent".
And another slightly different harvest. This was a sycamore that I had cut down last Winter. Didn't do it myself as it was overhanging some outbuildings and a greenhouse, so it had to be climbed and taken down piece by piece. Soon to be this Winter's heating. To cut the cordwood into suitable size logs I used my new battery-powered chainsaw which I bought because it was cheaper than getting the Stihl (which has decided it absolutely isn't going to start) serviced and shares batteries with my InstantVap amongst other things. I wasn't entirely sure what to expect of it, but generally I think it does pretty well. Not sure what it will be like for actually felling trees. I guess I'll find out in a few months time. I am going to need a few more batteries, but that's hardly the end of the world when I have other tools that also use them. This lot was enough to fill a 6'x4' trailer to overflowing twice over and the cutting ran two 4Ah and two 2.5Ah batteries from full to empty twice each (the saw uses two 18V batteries at a time).
James
What's the name of your battery-powered chainsaw, James. I'm trying to interest my husband in buying one but he says they're not worth it, not powerful enough. Those logs look pretty useful.
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