Bean Growing Notes French Beans are beans picked young and green, and eaten in the pod. Also known as Green Beans, String Beans, or Snap Beans. Flageolets are picked before full maturity, and dried in the dark to preserve a young green colour. Haricot Beans are specific type of bean, but the name is used for many mature, dried beans, picked at full maturity, either dried on the plant or after picking. Variety Sown Germination Harvest Black Hopi 1st May 24 Borlotti 1st May 24 Cannellini 1st May 24 Canadian Wonder (Kidney Bean) 1st May 24 Yin Yang 1st May 24 Black Ho ..read more

Swede Growing Notes Variety Sown Harvested Apr wk 2, 2024 Swede Diary 2024 April, Week 2 Seeds sown direct into root veg bed. Good germination with all seeds germinating quickly, awaiting thinning. The post Swede appeared first on Mimi Codd ..read more

Sweetcorn Notes Date Variety Germination Harvest 2021 Swift F1 Patchy, slow 2022 Swift F1 Patchy, slow 2023 Incredible F1 Good 15 Apr 2024 Tyson F1 Swift F1 3.7 out of 10 Both attempts at growing Swift have been unsuccessful in my garden, mostly due to the mis-timing that appears to happen during pollination. Both attempts at growing what is often seen as this most reliable variety have resulted in the male flowers appearing a number of weeks before the silks emerge, therefore resulting in there being no male flowers available for pollination. One years growing Swift, we ..read more

Fig Growing Notes Variety Planted Figs Brown Turkey 2023 Rouge De Bordeaux 2023 Fig Diary 2023 Two surprise figs sent by Direct Plants to replace pistachios that had arrived with one of the twin male/female planting not alive. I had said just to send something that they had an overstock of, and to surprise me, and two healthy fig varieties arrived. Towards the end of Autumn, they had produced a few pea-sized figs in bud, but they were not strong enough to go over winter. Plants were left outside over the mild winter, but I’ll move them into the floppy greenhouse in future year ..read more

Spring Onion Growing Notes Variety Sown First Harvest White Lisbon 21st Mar 2024 Spring Onion Diary 2024 March, Week 3 Spring Onions sown into individual cells in a mini module tray, placed into garden cloche to germinate. The post Spring Onions appeared first on Mimi Codd ..read more

I was looking for something to satisfy my savoury craving, and decided I wanted something filling, and similar to the little pudla that I sometimes make up to accompany a meal. I made a quick batch of gram flour waffles, adding in some caramelised, finely chopped onion for the sweetness of an onion bhaji, as well as a few spices which wouldn’t overpower the taste and would also work as a side dish with the dinner I was preparing for the evening meal. Print Bhaffles (Bhaji Waffles) Savoury gram (chickpea flour) waffles with onions and spices Course Side Dish Cuisine British, Indian Keyword ..read more

Parsnip Growing Notes Variety Sown Palace F1 14th Mar 2024 Halflong White Mar 2023 Gladiator Mar 2022 Albion 14th Mar 2021 Parsnip Diary 2024 In an attempt to get more regulated spacing for my parsnips this year I am pre-germinating my seeds by soaking them in some warm water for an hour or two and then laying the seeds in some damp paper towel sealed in a plastic bag until the radical emerges. Once the seeds have started to germinate I will sow them using the seeding square into the deep root veg bed. The post Parsnips appeared first on Mimi Codd ..read more

Peanut Growing Notes Peanuts can be autumn sown, or sown in late winter/early spring (February to March). Sown Harvested № of Peanuts 13th March 2024 Peanut Diary 2024 March, Week 2 Peanuts from Thompson & Morgan sown into individual cells of a silicone-base seed module tray. I have sown 12 peanuts, one in each cell, into fine compost covered with vermiculite. The post Peanuts appeared first on Mimi Codd ..read more

Carrot Growing Notes Variety Sown Germination Rating Autumn King 8th March 2024 Nantes 5 8th March 2024 Autumn King 2022 ★★★★★ Creampak 2022 ☆★★★★ Gold Nugget 2022 ☆☆★★★ Early Nantes 2022 ★★★★★ Purple Sun 2022 ☆☆★★★ Red Samurai 2022 ☆☆☆☆☆ Carrot Diary 2024 March, Week 1 Have started a new carrot bed along the left border for some garden delineation and to provide a deep planting space. Have sown 3cm squares of two varieties, Nantes 5 and Autumn King, and will do another 2-3 rounds of sowing at various points in the season. 2022 We decided to try a select ..read more

Calabrese Growing Notes Variety Sown/Bought First Harvest Marathon F1 3rd March 2024 Calabrese Diary 2024 March, Week 1 I have bought a small strip of cells of ready-planted Marathon F1 Calabrese from Dobbies for £2.99, which I chose over the seeds as the seeds, though far more numerous, were priced at nearly £5, and I decided to save myself the effort. I must look up the better sowing times for my brassicas ahead of next year as I always feel I am not sure when to sow this family of seeds. The post Calabrese appeared first on Mimi Codd ..read more