Please do not make this if you are under age and without parental supervision. My mother was present through out.
The plan is to steep them both in vodka or another dark liqueur. Which ever is cheapest. The blackberries contain sugar and vanilla essence. The rhubarb has cloves, cassia bark as I had no cinnamon.
Popping into a cold dark place for occasional inversion.
My thanks to @bobleponge216 and @haywayne and @notjustjams for their advice.
Have never had two on the same vine before. But here we have it. Two large fruit growing beneath the sprawling mass of leaves. Think these are the ones that were assisted in being pollinated. They are still growing, and rapidly at that.
The tomatoes are coming thick and fast. Just not very red, as you can see. There are also sorts here, my favourite by far are the knobbly marmande. I strongly recommend these as a a variety. Some smaller F1 rainbow mix are there; as well as a cascading sunstripe.
This the one fruit that appears to have been pollinated. It’s still there and hasn’t dropped off! The plant is vining all over the place and there are a few more yellow flowers.
Not sure however just how productive this will be.
With another batch of green tomatoes, its another opportunity to experiment. So we have gone for green tomato chutney proper. I have omitted the raisins, I can never get my head around their presence in chutneys. I don’t even understand why they are in coronation chicken! There are however also some additions, as we are experimenting.
Has quite a tart, crunchy flavour at the moment, with a background of coriander that keeps it quite bollywood. The cooking apples in question are bramleys, and I have used fresh root ginger rather than powder that would give it a zing. The zing in question, comes from Mango powder, and there is a burst of fresh mint as well.
It’s here! This seasons must have accessory. Courtesy of @loldeantimber; a personalised trug for trips to the plot. As you can see it has already been put to good use. Very very happy!
Rumour has it, it is national allotment week. So here we have a snap shot of my little patch.
No idea what this is, but it’s growing rather well at the moment. A small gourd that is a vine in a raised bed. Any ideas?
You have to wipe down your glasses after stepping in as the temperature rises in there.
Is burgeoning in there with blooming aubergines. There are cascades of lilac flowers. If you look closely, having delicately stepped inside; there are a few white chilli and pepper flowers. Still don’t fancy even touching the habanero or naga plants at risk of dropping the flowers.
The crimson sweet water melon is vining all over that place and today i spotted two fruit in need of pollinating. Sweet potatoes are also sprawling everywhere.
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