You must have the most amazing views, it sounds idyllic. We live a few miles away from RHS Hyde Hall Gardens, which I believe is reported to be the driest place in the UK. We have to do a lot of watering to keep the garden alive. There were a few casualties this summer. I built a raised garden in the front garden this year and had courgettes, cabbages, chillis and tomatoes growing. I will get a frame and netting next year as the cabbage whites spotted my cabbages. It seemed odd having it by the front door and driveway but it is the sunniest spot.The special lamps Neil bought for me seem to have helped the indoor plants - apart from the parsley. Maybe that has been the problem all along - low light levels. One day, I will manage to grow things indoors. Outdoor plants seem to do allright, which is why I have ordered all the fruit bushes. They will be grown in tubs - probably an issue in itself, because we are surrounded by grazing land and the grass/weeds just keep spreading into our garden and smothering everything planted - other than montbretia, willow, ferns and other tough plants. Even the mint was strangled.
Our Island is the Isle of Lewis - the most northern of the Outer Hebrides. It is soggy for much of the year but we have big skies. The land is fairly low lying and we can see a whole lot of sky at all times. Can't see much else when it's raining, of course. We have a saying here - if you can see the mainland, it's going to rain; and if you can't see it - it's raining already. A bit unfair, we do have our good days and it's actually been drier these last 2 or 3 years, than normal.
I'm still trying to find out how mine is going to be done on the phone! Even getting the surgeries to answer the phone is an achievement.for A1c - aren't they rarer than hen's teeth these days? Enjoy Tuesday's plat du jour
I first came across black garlic on Masterchef. Morrisons stock it now. It seems to be the latest "cheffie" thing to hit the streets.Evenin’ All,
anyone come across Black Garlic?
It was bought by my host in error, last week, and rejected as fairly horrific (based on nothing more than its appearance.
So I offered to cook again, and have used the whole bulb! Haha! (Except the two cloves I ate while cooking - heavenly in a soft, mature, almost sweet umami way, with the look and texture of licorice).
Today’s food:
B: Bovril
S: small Starbucks hot choc n cream
L: a lump of cheese and some wafer thin ham
D: lamb mince with black garlic, caramelised onion, lemon and black olives. On tasting, I decided the lemon was too sharp for wimpynon keto types, so I looked for dried apricots? No. Prunes? No. Sun dried toms? No. ended up stirring in a little mango chutney! Seems to have been acceptable though...
I first came across black garlic on Masterchef. Morrisons stock it now. It seems to be the latest "cheffie" thing to hit the streets.
That looks yummy @DCUKMod
Ate 3 meals today.
Breakfast was Greek yoghurt with 2 squares Lindt 90%
Lunch was Nando’s - 5 wings and halloumi
Dinner was oxtail - used the leftover gravy from the beef brisket to cook it in. Delicious.
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