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Im making marrow chutney. Im making marrow and sultana and marrow and raisin.Ive made several jars.
Ive got some pumpkins ready for halloween so will be making a pumpkin and raisin chutney in a couple of weeks too.

Ive never thought of putting bleach in the water, im going to look into that (no offence to your maths) as its a great idea but i would hate to ruin my 1000litres.
I remember my dad putting sacks of sheep muck in his barrels of water when i was a kid.

Ive got one IBC on my allotment. Builders were finishing a house off near me and i got chatting and he said he was looking to dump it so i got mine for free. It didnt fit into the back of my van so me and my dad walked it through town to my allotment. It filled up in no time from the rainwater from ...

Green Aura wrote:Now, trappa!

Now then!!

I would seriously consider eating the squirrel. Ive had them several times and they are delicious.

i would say swede. Easy to grow big and not much maintenance, dont take up much space, yet cost a bomb in the shops.
My asparagus bed was only planted last year so still cant really comment but i guess once its up and running 'proper' it might just slip into first place.

My rhubarb was a disaster this year but im pretty sure it was the distinct lack of water this spring. Im going to dig it up and half it as its been where it is for about a million years. Not sure when to dig it up though.

We have booked our solar panels for the end of the month. At the moment its a win/win. Its costing us around £6000 for them but should see a return of about £1100 a year for next 25 years. Its a no brainer in my book. The company were telling me about the air heat pumps, the government are doing a s...

Ive just been down to my allotment to do some "pre winter tidying" and found a half decent crop of strawberries, some green too so i will be eating them next week as well! I was quite surprised!

Ye thats COTW. I tried it cut into chunks, dropped in batter and deep fried. Its nice!

Not very exciting but im going to try to grow asparagus this year. I realise it wont be until next year that i can sample it but i like to think ahead.
Last year i tried jerusalem artichokes for the first time. I wasnt mad keen to be honest, but we ate most of them.

Thanks for the welcome!

Hi all. Im hoping i will be a regular on here. Im a professional moletrapper and have been into my allotment for quite a bit now. Im mad keen on making jams, chutneys and pickling. I also keep hens and have a good selection of marans, light sussex, white leghorns, wellsummers and some crosses. I wam...