We have been doing some work on the allotment (video)

Uses for your last bits of wine

So, I appreciate some will deride the notion that there would ever be a 'last bit of wine' left in a bottle. But this is a familiar theme in our household and I hate waste. So, one option is to freeze the last bits in an ice-cube tray and use later for cooking. However, our freezer is chock-a-block full of frozen wild garlic pesto and other foraged goodies. So, here is how you can make your own wine vinegar if you have some apple cider vinegar (with mother). This is rather nice for salads or fancy pickles. In fact, it could be an endless supply with a bit of tlc. You need: Wine Apple cider vinegar with mother (organic vinegars work best) Clean glass jar Muslin or clean cloth Elastic band ACV with mother ("pure" or "live") means that it is unpasteurised and unfiltered, so the vinegar will look cloudy and may well have some clumps floating around in it. Pour the leftover wine into the jar. You can mix wines if you want, but the vinegar does ...

Fat hen!

We seem to be constantly 'weeding' at the moment. Someone told me once that a 'weed' is a plant growing in a place you don't want it to grow. I have a number of potato plants that fit that description which keep popping up in the leeks and onions. I struggle with the word 'weed' (at least, insofar as it is used in a negative manner) for that very reason... When we 'weed' I am always on the look out for edibles. It might be growing in an unhelpful place, but that doesn't stop some plants being delicious - including fat hen (also called lamb's quarters). Scientific name : Chenopodium album When to see : April - October Grows : seemingly everywhere. Parks, waste ground, hedgerows, roadsides, my allotment... Height : up to about 50cm How to identify : The leaves are distinctive in shape with a silvery sheen - if you look closely these are wax-like crystals that repel water. Further identification help from Wild Food UK Lookalikes : ...

We made a vertical garden from a pallet

So, we haven't done. this on. the allotment yet - just the back garden. However, we are creating a compost area and plan to shore it up with pallets eventually, so will create vertical herb walls when we do so. We painted the pallet, put in some wood on the verticals to create the wells for planting. We then stapled in compost bags to seal the wells. Here, you can see we have planted some parsley, thyme and other herbs. This was from two years ago and it's still going strong! More ideas for using a pallet for vertical planting areas from Houzz

Bohemian Raspberry

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