[jamima]

I've picked loads of red tomatoes tastes deliciuos, got lots of chillies coming not so many peppers though 

[Bizzi Lizzi]

I've picked loads of red tomatoes tastes deliciuos, got lots of chillies coming not so many peppers though 

Am very jealous of your tomatoes :blink:, mine aren't ripening but having fantastic success with peppers and third lot of lettuce.

[jamima]

Have a south facing garden , greenhouse  had to  be  covered   in the heatwave, grow the lettuce in the garden 

[rob51]

Didnt go again today, daughter still not well, so we stayed in and made another four batches of chutney and jam 

after making chutney when is the best time to use it.

[boosh]

Just got back from the plot, gave it a real good soaking as i'm off on holiday tommorow   
camping with the OH and Squidlys just outside Poole in Dorset,        

[Yorkie]

after making chutney when is the best time to use it.

Welcome to the site Rob 

Feel free to pop over to the Welcome forum to introduce yourself properly 

Chutney often tastes better after a couple of months or more, when the vinegar softens a little.

There's lots more info on chutneys on the Cooking / Storing / Preserving board on the forum, and the Recipes part of the main site (see links below banner at top of page).

[plotc4]

We've had our allotment for approx 8 months and it's the first time we've had a chance at growing anything as we live in a 4th floor flat. It's been a brilliant and frustrating learning curve for both of us having not grown anything on this scale but we're enjoying the discovery of planting and seeing our harvest.  We've had some strawberries, French dwarf beans, COURGETTES(!!), some herbs (coriander and fennel in our raised bed), lettuce and onions! Quite a lot of the seeds we planted have not come to anything which is very frustrating but we're perserving with starting them off at home on our bathroom, kitchen and sitting room window sills before transporting them to our greenhouse and then into the soil - 'You're going outside!' is what they get told!! We're having a bolognese for our tea with our courgettes tonight!!! Mmmmmm - they taste good raw - really juicy!! Good stuff, this allotment malarky! Great site this - will be back for more! Speak soon Ady & Carole Ann

[jamima]

Picked yet more beans and planted about 50 leeks out also weeded good couple hours .

[mumofstig]

Cut down pea tops and hoed the space, sowed purple top milan turnips.
Watered the pumpkins and the climbing beans........the soil is dry and like sand 
The main crop spuds even look as if they are beginning to die back and they've only been in since the beginning of May

[dexyblue]

cleared salad bed of bolted lettuce, slimey lettuce and slug eaten lettuce  took netting off strawberry bed and weeded, potted up some strawberry runners, sowed some red and green lettuce leaves. Watered everything, gave corgettes, pumpkins and squash a liquid feed.
Just got home now and am cream crackered 

[kingdhesiii]

Nothing still full of cold 

[digalotty]

i also took netting off and weeded the strawberry bed , and boy it needed it , trying to get on top of the weeds and pulled a massive carrot 8)will be potting up more runners as i have millionsand fed the sweetcorn and cougette plants

[Christo]

Just back form holiday this afternoon, so went to the allotment and harvested, then just enjoyed the peace. Beautiful!

[Beetroot queen]

Nothing yet again, three days running, I had to work this morning and only finished uploading all 66 pieces of childrens art work to the website about 2 minutes ago. Too late to go now 

I am sulking I need some plot time   

[Dan78]

Drove for 7 hours today to Manchester and then back again. was hoping to get to the allotment but was shattered after!

Going down tomorrow after work to check and water. Even though rain is always predicted we have hardly seen any in the last few weeks!