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Tonya's Edible garden
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14 Nov 2009Coriander bolting to seed 2 Coriander Bolting and Edible garden
In the last few weeks the coriander has grown tremendously, but the sudden heat has meant that it has bolted to flower, so I will need to use as much as I can before it seeds.
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14 Nov 2009I have snowpeas! 3 snowpea roi de carouby Setting Fruit and Edible garden
All of a sudden I have lots of snowpeas. At least enough for a stirfry. They develop so quickly that the flowers were finished before I took a photo. They flowers seem to be a mix of purples and pinks. Really nice compared to the cream flowers of the last variety i grew.
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14 Nov 2009Raspberries starting to flower 1 Rasberry heritage Flowering and Edible garden
This is really early, as they are autumn fruiting ones, but I think the sudden hot weather has affected them. So far, just the original ones i put in are flowering. I am not sure how long it takes the suckers to flower. Will have to see how they go.
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14 Nov 2009Harvested most of the broad beans 3 Broad bean crimson flowering Harvesting and Edible gardenI left one plant in to collect the seeds for next year, otherwise made a batch of spicy broad bean fritters, and blanched and froze the rest. I used a lot of coriander and mint from the garden in the fritters as well, and really enjoyed them, so definitely a recipe I will use again. These seem to...33°C / 91°F
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04 Nov 2009Harvested last of the onion red florence 2 1 Onion long red florence Harvesting and Edible garden17°C / 63°F
I really like these onions and have put in a few bunches for next year.
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02 Nov 2009First tomato! 6 3 Tomato rid fig dwarf Setting Fruit and Edible garden22°C / 72°F
Just noticed that the first tomato has appeared on one of the cherry tomatoes. At least half of the tomato bushes have started flowering. The ones in the no-dig bed are doing better than the others.
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26 Oct 2009Potatoes growing like mad 5 4 Potato cranberry red , Edible garden , Potato purple congo , potato King edward , and potato dutch creamOvercast 19°C / 66°F
With all the rain we have had, the potatoes have grown tremendously in s short time
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