So a quick update on this year experimental crops. My grapes did brilliantly, see

8 bunches of loveliness. Not bad for the first year when the point was to get the plant established. The sweet potatoes remain in the ground as I type, the plant is still growing as it been more than a little warm recently, so I'll keep you informed.

So to the point of this quick posting. As you know I really like free food and again I point you in the direction of, probably, the best book on the subject, Food...

 So a while ago I told you of a useful upside of running i.e. that you get to see where stuff grows. Well yesterday I put this knowledge into practise.

 It was a beautiful day so I decided to make the most of it. With my rucksack on my back I mounted up. This little journey would require my bike.

 Firstly I headed out to the road that leaves Dorchester and heads towards Bere Regis (it's the A35 I think but I'm not sure as I'm n...

Does anyone one have any recipes to use up a lot of cherry tomatoes? It seems my experiment with a blight free tom has gone quite well. Seriously, I have fuck loads (I believe that is the expression I heard them use on Gardener's World.) and I made BBQ sauce and some tomato sauce for storing on Saturday but the BBQ one demanded skinning of the tomatoes which became very boring very quickly. It is very tasty though, do you want to rec...

Previous on Allotment blog,

“I’m impatient, is this melon ripe yet?”

“How do I know if it is ripe?”

Damn it! I’m just going to pick it and see!”

And now the concluding part of Melon of Destiny.

3 or 4 days after I picked the lovely looking melon I finally plucked up the courage to cut it in half and see what was inside. As the knife pierced the slightly unattractive skin of the melon juice flowed. This I took as a good sign.

 I cut it in half and gazed upon the o...