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Uncle Toms Cabin, asked for 'classic' books and this is what I got. Was on my list so very happy.

Chilli made with turkey mince. peppers from the freezer, allotment onions and chillies harvested from greenhouse last weekend. baked beans and not kidney beans (the devils food) with a big jacket spud, (ours again).

Belly filling food too warm you up

A friend of mine was friends with an archeologist working on a dig in New Mexico. One of the artifacts found there was a large sealed clay pot, with dried beans inside, roughly 1500 years old. As a test, they took a few beans and tried to grow them, and took a few more (not many) and cooked them up...

Corn beef pasties Found a suede on the allotment today so made a batch... put in corn beef, suede, potato and onion. worcester sauce and s&p for flavour. Along with leftover baked chocolate cheese cake. Our local freezer shop has been selling 5 choc philly tubs for £1.00 so with the free range e...

Hello

We have just been given a similar market garden greenhouse, it is 15 x 12ft. It was from the garden of a local commercial cucumber grower (scaled down version). What to you grow in yours?

What I like...

Sweet peas, never see them in shops....

Also Delphinium Pacific Giant, esp blue/ purple never see them being sold. they look fab in a big vase.

and, dinner plate dahliahs.

Anyone do anything with the extra hour we had today? Ok maybe not extra but like to think of positives..

Used to spend it in bed, but spend today baking and filling up the freezer.

8 pasties and a couple of pies ready for cold days.

No £200. dont know what type, but deff £200.

Friend of ours has told us a farmer has informed him ..... last year farmers got £15 a ton this year £200.

Gas companies who think I'm a liar. Units used for last 2 months.... used 3 units last month and 2 the month before that.. They have tried to increase my D/D twice in the last 3 weeks for 'winter', would add I am approx £95.00 in credit! Have told them twice in the last 2 weeks I have another heat s...

skips for wood. Have a friend who works for the council, let's me know of any wood dumped so it does not go to the tip. We get free heat and i pass on wine and jam as a thanks.

What about a Rumtopf?

http://www.germandeli.com/index.html

Great with ice cream or on it's own...........

Look up recepie for a blue lagoon...

1 part vodka

1 part blue curaco

half part lime cord.

fill up glass with lemonade or sprite and ice...

big pub chain I know sells this in jugs, offers one with absynth and one with vodka .

Cant remember the name when spirit is changed but goes down well.

Howdy

Where in manchester? Any allotments or community gardens near you?

Have been reading your blog for a couple of years now.

Keeping my fingers crossed for your sale. Hope you are felling better.