20 April 2012

The Garden Chronicles...Part 1

...I figured it was probably a good idea to call this series of garden and growing based posts by a title that will link them all...so welcome to "The Garden Chronicles"...


A week has past since my last garden update...and with all the rain we've been having, a few little seeds have already sprouted in the veggie patch!! (when I say little, I really do mean little...the pictures were taken with a rather large zoom!!)


This is a Little Gem Lettuce coming up...
A bit blurry, but a French Breakfast Radish... 
A Globe Radish shoot...

Small they may be, but signs of new life in the garden are always encouraging...and the seeds (or rather seedlings now) in the mini greenhouse on the patio are going great guns...there has been a lot of growing going on in there!!

 Alex's Squash (Butternut) and Red Onions are doing well...these are both a first for us...
 ...as are his Cucumbers...as I said last week, the Cucumbers we planted last year failed to even e germinate...so let's see how we do with the two that are growing now...
 ...hi little Lupin has started it's second lot of leaves growing now...
 ...and a few more of his Runner Beans have sprouted away over the past week...
 ...four of the five Tomatoes we planted are growing now...They are Alicante...a medium sized one...we want to grow some of the berry sized ones too...so I better buy some soon...
 Emily's Lupin is pushing through a second set of leaves too...
 ...and four of the five new variety of Courgette (Astia F1) are growing, and need potting on very soon...
 ...her Runner Beans (the seeds form our crop ast year) are doing much better than the ones form the packet!!
 ...and the Mange Tout have nine out of ten growing (the ninth is very tiny and can't really be seen here)...
...another newbie for us, Aubergine...we have a teeny tiny little shoot just starting...fingers crossed it grows well...as we love aubergines!!

So all in all a good week in the garden and greenhouse...next jobs on the "to do" list will be potting on the seedlings and preparing the beds for the tomatoes and cucumbers...keep watching and reading...

Ice-Cream Cup Cone Cupcakes...



...I've been wanting to have a go at these for a while now, I bought the cup cones ages ago...(in fact they are going to need eating up soon!! That's how long ago it was!!)...


Well with the stormy weather we've been having here, I figured it was the perfect time to make some for the smallish people...

19 April 2012

Julie's Spanish Chicken...



...Remember a while ago we went out to "Dinner In With Friends"?? Well here is the recipe for the Spanish Chicken Jules made for us...


Did I tell you?...

...that there is a new movement in town?


If you pop over to Vanessa's here...you can read all about it...I'm going to join in...are you?

Another Speedy Supper Risotto...



..using leftover chicken...but not the same as here...or here...We're going with Chicken, Bacon and Mushroom Risotto this time!

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