I'm seriously considering bringing the plants into the conservatory @Obelixx to give them a boost of light/heat , it might be too much for them though.🤔
Ours will stay in the PT. Doors wide open at both ends at the mo as we've been warm enough nearly all summer and expect 35C tomorrow. I gave it all a good long drink today so I hope they get going soon.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
If anyone's struggling to make bread because of a dearth of yeast in the shops, tthere's always Beer Bread ......... I'd temporarily forgotten about it but it's easy as pie (well easier to be honest).
And with off licenses being deemed 'essential' you should be able to find some beer even if you don't have a stash in the garage like my OH ... and you don't even need strong flour ... ordinary SR will do
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
If you make a sourdough starter then yeast is not needed for a nice crusty loaf. Making a sourdough loaf is a bit more faff - but I've got time on my hands atm...
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Yes, we usually make all our bread, so I have plans to switch to sourdough shortly ... but I need to make a starter first. as mine 'died' when I broke my foot that long hot summer, and although I keep meaning to make another I've not got a round tuit. 🙄
The great thing about beer bread is you have a readymade starter 🍺 hic!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My last starter lasted about 4 years then last summer is started smelling of acetone, i carried on using it but after a couple more months the smell of acetone was so strong I chucked it and started again. The bread was still fine tho as acetone boils-off at 55c. The starter changes smell and taste all the time. Sometimes it's a bit cheesy which I like at the mo it smells of meadow flowers with a hint of beer - almost spring-like.
I'll save my beer and drink it
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
You bread bakers might like to try this. At one time OH and I bought our fruit and veg from a local organic box scheme. No picking and choosing, they just sent whatever was in season, which often included more leafy greens than we wanted to eat. I was already baking bread for OH as he has high blood pressure and needs to limit his salt intake. So I began incorporating the surplus greens into the bread. Roughly chop the raw veg, put it in the blender with half a litre of warm water, and blitz it to smithereens. Empty it into a mixing bowl, add yeast and flour and proceed as usual. Also useful if you're feeding a picky eater who doesn't get their five a day.
We're not eating bread at the mo and when we do it tends to be a multi-cereal baguette with chia which I buy at the SM and freeze in chunks but sometimes the only thing that will do is a good, wholemeal loaf which, of course, I can't get here.
As of yesterday, yeast was still available from the bakery at our local Tesco (I only know because the lady at the next self-service till asked the assistant how to put it through (they were well over 2 m apart so loud enough to overhear without trying, even from my 2 m or more away).
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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And with off licenses being deemed 'essential' you should be able to find some beer even if you don't have a stash in the garage like my OH ... and you don't even need strong flour ... ordinary SR will do
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Making a sourdough loaf is a bit more faff - but I've got time on my hands atm...
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
The great thing about beer bread is you have a readymade starter 🍺 hic!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The starter changes smell and taste all the time. Sometimes it's a bit cheesy which I like at the mo it smells of meadow flowers with a hint of beer - almost spring-like.
I'll save my beer and drink it
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Then I make soda bread for speed or, if I have time, a new recipe using a poolish which @Dovefromabove kindly explained to me - https://www.olivemagazine.com/recipes/baking-and-desserts/spelt-bread/
Lots of soda bread variations on BBC Good Food and BBC Food websites. Great with soup.