Chutney Blog

Take plums, not too ripe: A big bendy squash (this one’s a Tromba di Albenga): Small onions, stunted by the shade of a cherry tree: A selection of spices (looking disproportionately large) and some muslin or cheesecloth: Now, chop up the fruit and vegetables, put all the ingredients into a pan and — chutney! This [...]

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Spring Changes

Busy times. Suddenly there’s a month of work and photos to show, with ample proof of the arrival of spring. The last post ended with Jerusalem artichokes going into the ground. One has made its first appearance out of it, photo taken on 18 April: The rhubarb on 29 March, in a bed infested with [...]

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Early Plums and Second-Generation Potatoes

So much of this year’s fruit crop has disappeared in the interval between it being almost ripe and my next visit to the plot that I decided to act promptly today. I brought all of the Victoria plums home, a few loganberries (which could have done with another day or two) and a couple of [...]

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