tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175705803411962047.post4840011505678008287..comments2016-03-11T09:46:14.027+00:00Comments on Fork it ... a Gloucester allotment: Summer time! (...and it's hot, hot, hot!)glosterwomblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00967824493114417111noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175705803411962047.post-36916708085054938322009-07-24T12:04:51.579+00:002009-07-24T12:04:51.579+00:00Hi 'Couture de Papier' and Charlotte, glad...Hi 'Couture de Papier' and Charlotte, glad you both like my blog! Nice to have some new follows :)glosterwomblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00967824493114417111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175705803411962047.post-11109985772718537842009-07-24T04:51:44.939+00:002009-07-24T04:51:44.939+00:00Ooh - what a lovely blog and with such great pictu...Ooh - what a lovely blog and with such great pictures - have only just found you, but am really glad I did!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01132389688299815526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175705803411962047.post-9499605513593425882009-07-19T21:40:35.571+00:002009-07-19T21:40:35.571+00:00Love your garden....which I could have a garden li...Love your garden....which I could have a garden like that....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175705803411962047.post-49951726280440106492009-07-06T07:12:10.181+00:002009-07-06T07:12:10.181+00:00oh, and here's a recipe you might like to try ...oh, and here's a recipe you might like to try (uses, Chard, another staple of the allotment)<br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jun/13/vegetarian-recipe-globe-artichoke-chardNichttp://nipitinthebud.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175705803411962047.post-80556935303910339802009-07-05T07:48:32.161+00:002009-07-05T07:48:32.161+00:00Hi, I'm in Gloucester too! (I found you via Po...Hi, I'm in Gloucester too! (I found you via Poppy's blog). I'm amazed at how brilliant your garden looks...as well as having a great allotment. Which site are you on? I'm new to all this blogging lark but if you'd like to take a look you'll probably be able to work out where in the city we are.<br />We've had problems with vandalism too but it helps get people on the plot talking to each other at least.<br />cheerio and enjoy the sunshine, NicNichttp://nipitinthebud.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175705803411962047.post-40119830021192290332009-07-05T00:01:56.359+00:002009-07-05T00:01:56.359+00:00Hi Poppy, thanks for the comment, you must grow Ar...Hi Poppy, thanks for the comment, you must grow Artichokes if you can they are so delicious.<br /> Nice to have another Gloucestershire person following the blog!glosterwomblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00967824493114417111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175705803411962047.post-68084160725763783662009-07-04T19:07:49.383+00:002009-07-04T19:07:49.383+00:00Never tried Globe Artichokes either but might, I g...Never tried Globe Artichokes either but might, I get sent some seeds for them in a swap but it was to late to start them off so maybe next year.<br />Glad to see you are back blogging, I found it a few months ago and bookmarked it as we are both Gloucestershire and had began to think you had given up! But know how life can take over.Poppyhttp://www.alifelesssimple.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175705803411962047.post-7384734475564783242009-07-03T14:35:06.244+00:002009-07-03T14:35:06.244+00:00Hi Simon, thanks for the welcome back!! Sometimes ...Hi Simon, thanks for the welcome back!! Sometimes life takes over doesn't it and you can't do everything so the blog had to be on the back burner for a while! Glad to be back though!<br /> Double podding means to remove the 'skin' on the beans when cooked, the skin tends to be the slightly bitter bit so if you are using them in a salad or something then you can cook them, let them cool a bit then slip them out of their skins to use just the sweeter tasting inside bean. A bit fussy but worth it, look here http://www.waitrose.com/food/cookingandrecipes/cookinglibraries/stepbystep/broadbeans.aspxglosterwomblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00967824493114417111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175705803411962047.post-54380896616997852622009-07-03T11:42:58.999+00:002009-07-03T11:42:58.999+00:00Good to see you back again, I was wondering where ...Good to see you back again, I was wondering where you'd disappeared to! What do you mean by double podding broad beans?Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15701564285878578782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175705803411962047.post-66777692160112117552009-07-02T20:29:24.409+00:002009-07-02T20:29:24.409+00:00Thanks Rachel, I always look at our neighbours plo...Thanks Rachel, I always look at our neighbours plot and worry that ours are smaller! You can test manure to see if it is risk free, put potting compost in 3 pots (control pots) and compost with manure that you want to test in others. Sow broad beans in each pot to see how they develop, the ones in manure will have damaged leaves/fern like wrinkled leaves if manure is bad!glosterwomblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00967824493114417111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175705803411962047.post-35451159622861421362009-07-02T20:12:56.627+00:002009-07-02T20:12:56.627+00:00Artichokes are really easy Jo, I agree I thought t...Artichokes are really easy Jo, I agree I thought they were hard work by the sound of it but have a go!!!glosterwomblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00967824493114417111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175705803411962047.post-92002771570480138172009-07-02T15:28:51.474+00:002009-07-02T15:28:51.474+00:00It's looking very good - bad news about the va...It's looking very good - bad news about the vandalism, I have suffered quite a bit of this recently too - so annoying. My plants are all looking inferior compared to my neighbours' so maybe I should follow your example and dig in some manure, I'm just a bit put off by the aminopyralid scare.Rachaelhttp://weedybeanz.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175705803411962047.post-19544040794243171642009-07-02T11:23:07.667+00:002009-07-02T11:23:07.667+00:00I've never tried globe artichokes. They always...I've never tried globe artichokes. They always sound so fiddly to me.<br />Sorry to hear about your vandalism. It must be so disheartening after all the work you put in.<br />I want to get lots of good stuff in the soil this autumn. I got my allotment in March this year, so it's really been a case of bunging things in and hoping for the best. Everything seems to be doing ok so far though. Next year I want to give them a better chance.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.com