I am blanching and freezing our home grown courgettes and also the runner beans. I find cooking some of the courgettes and sliced onion in butter and olive oil, then freezing them keeps the texture well for bolognese souces etc.
This past 18 months have been very bad for our soil and crops. The severe winter of 2017/18 and then the long very dry summer, plus a relatively dry winter last year has not given the ground chance to recover. Its been unusually dry for 18 months continuously.There is always problems in the UK with our weather, it's either, especially in 'summer time', so dry, hot and parched, or more likely rain, rain and more rain and we get through it.
This past 18 months have been very bad for our soil and crops. The severe winter of 2017/18 and then the long very dry summer, plus a relatively dry winter last year has not given the ground chance to recover. Its been unusually dry for 18 months continuously.
This has compacted the soil, making it hard for the rain to penetrate when it does rain, and the deluges run off the ground, causing flooding, and the ground under the first cm or so remains dry and parched. Plus the hotter summers make much of the rain evaporate before it has chance to sink in.
But aren't farmers being encouraged to get rid of Cattle, Pigs, Sheep and plant trees to soak up all that carbon? I can't afford to loose any more weight . There's a lot of squirrels around and that tail would make a great David Crocket hat. Sorry all you Squirrel lovers only joking and I hear they don't taste nice anyway.A great time to experiment with carnivore?
You use the whole pelt to make a Davey Crocket hat, my two boys had one each made from feral cats.There's a lot of squirrels around and that tail would make a great David Crocket hat.
There was butcher in Reigate Surrey during WW2 who was alleged to have put squirrel meat in his sausages.Sorry all you Squirrel lovers only joking and I hear they don't taste nice anyway.
I have a cauliflower in our fridge, it must now be worth its weight in gold, any offers?Any excuse for a hike in price when demand soars!
Is it up for auction??? Ha haI have a cauliflower in our fridge, it must now be worth its weight in gold, any offers?
Sorry it's well and truly eaten for lunch. Cauliflower, melted cheese and bacon delicious.Is it up for auction??? Ha ha
A pity that on this forum brexit twaddle is appearing...Wait till brexit and see what is in short supply...
Why? It’s very pertinent to food conversations...A pity that on this forum brexit twaddle is appearing...
I have not seen that word "twaddle" for eons.A pity that on this forum brexit twaddle is appearing...