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Squash – Sweet Dumpling

I nearly cried when I saw a neighbour displaying these in their front garden for Halloween, probably to be discarded once the frost had turned them to mush. What a waste of one of the best tasting squashes you can grow.

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Finally! A sourdough wholemeal crumb shot I don’t mind putting on Instagram! It’s taken three years to get this! 400g wholemeal strong flour, 100g white strong plus 400g water. 2 hour autolase. 100g Levan, 10g salt. Lightly kneed. Light lift and fold after half a hour, repeat half an hour later. Preshape and leave to prove at room temp for 2 hours. Shape and refrigerate in boule for 8 hours. Preheat oven to 240c with a Dutch oven or casserole dish. Sprinkle flour on to grease proof and empty boule on to the freeze proof. Slash and bake in casserole for half an hour. Remove lid and turn down to 200. Bake for another 15-20 mins until a mid brown crust.

It’s about nowish that it is a good idea to sow tomato seeds, a few weeks later for outdoor. These are Brads Atomic Grape which I got from @bakercreekseeds full review in bio link.

Sorting through the last of the stored potatoes in front of a log fire warming up after a very blowy walk on the Heath. What remains are Anya, Arran Victory and Picasso. The Second early Anya has done fantastically well so if you want a salad potato that stores it is a good one. The other two were a bit disappointing this year as tubers were very small, probably affected by a poor summer and early blight. The arran victory did make very good wedges though!

This is a flash back of the first bunch of carrots grown that were at all Instagram worthy. After years of failure I finally had success after building a raised bed filled with sandy topsoil. They seem a lot happier in it than my cold clay and it’s kept the carrot flay away a bit too. This is chanteney red core which I love for the flavour. I bought the seed from @mrfothergills and accidentally ordered three packets so the whole allotment are growing them! Full review in bio link.

Hurrah. I finally found a pair of wellies that fit my chubby calves from @jileon_wellies and not only that they are a lovely colour. Because of Brexit covid Felixstowe madness they have taken a long time to come but here they are and worth the wait.

I popped to the allotment even though it was freezing to see if I could harvest any parsnips or if the self blanching celery had survived against the odds given the hard frost. The answer to both was a resounding nope but this is a flash back to my September harvest of blush celery. Quite impressed for my first time growing celery. Full review in bio link. .

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