That is some amount you have picked. I'm just about to go and pick our tomatoes as it's very windy here but sunny and warmish. Just laid the shingle down for son to help me move the cold fram to. Where it is at the moment it gets to wet and doesn't drain easy.
Just used some of the Roma sauce to make lasagne a bit sweet for me but the hubby loved it. Now making some raspberry jam, without pips, for me as already made him some with.😁
Thanks philippa smith2, I'm looking forward to try different ones to what we have next year, it good when people recommend and tell you how they taste wish I'd asked last year.
I have two raspberry plants trouble is there wasn't enough to make jam, someone kept pulling them and eating them, ME lol. Did you put the seed from yours in to OH's well why waste them if he like to pips.
No made his batch a couple of days ago, had to wait for enough to ripen for my jam as I only have three crowns myself. It's been a good year for raspberries ( my plants are only two years old) so very pleased with the big berries. Had enough to do two lots of jam, two bottles of flavoured gin, with enough for breakfast most days too.😁
the river cottage books in general are good, i have the mushroom one as it has the edible ones, the poisonous ones and recipes at the back (for the edible ones, its not a poisoners guide lol)
It's also very funny.
Just to be clear @NannaBoo, these are the River Cottage Handbooks, not River Cottage cookbooks. The latter are written by Hugh FW, the handbooks are written by specialists in the subjects. I've got several of them (I think there are about 20 in the series). John Wright's ones are hilarious as well as useful - I'm particularly fond of the 'hedgerow' one because it has lots of information on the edible weeds in the garden.
Pam Corbin's one on preserves is probably the one I refer to most (I recommend her ketchup recipe if you have a tomato surplus), although her one on cakes is also well thumbed and slightly sticky. 'Bread' by Dan Stevens is the other one on the kitchen shelf. I've also got 'Fruit Garden' and 'Herbs', both of which have recipes as well as how to grow information.
@Dovefromabove The Veg Patch one is very good, although it's superseded by Mark Diacono's later book, 'The New Kitchen Garden' as his ideas developed - also a really interesting read.
I'm old fashioned enough to still really like books
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
purplerallim, I only have two plants they did well but but not good. So I'll look a getting some new one next year and also some late fruiting one ours are all summer fruiting. When I read the last part f you reply I was so glad to see you put a comma in as I had to read it twice I read it as. so very pleased with the big berries. Had enough to do two lots of jam, two bottles of flavoured gin, with enough for breakfast most days too. The last part of the sentence got me worried, Raspberry gin for breakfast. I had to go and re read it. No offence intended just me not awake and reading properly.
raisingirl, Thank you for the clarification. Son has said he will get it for me for my birthday if I can send him a link which I'd do to make sure I get the correct one. Thanks for the info re Pan Corbin I'm about to make some ketchup today so will look her up and see if there is something one line. I can see I'm going to be buy more than a couple of book but I do like to snuggle up on the settee over winter on the wet or snowy days when you can't get into the garden with a book.
raisingirl, Thank you for the clarification. Son has said he will get it for me for my birthday if I can send him a link which I'd do to make sure I get the correct one.
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Now making some raspberry jam, without pips, for me as already made him some with.😁
I have two raspberry plants trouble is there wasn't enough to make jam, someone kept pulling them and eating them, ME lol. Did you put the seed from yours in to OH's well why waste them if he like to pips.
Just to be clear @NannaBoo, these are the River Cottage Handbooks, not River Cottage cookbooks. The latter are written by Hugh FW, the handbooks are written by specialists in the subjects. I've got several of them (I think there are about 20 in the series). John Wright's ones are hilarious as well as useful - I'm particularly fond of the 'hedgerow' one because it has lots of information on the edible weeds in the garden.
Pam Corbin's one on preserves is probably the one I refer to most (I recommend her ketchup recipe if you have a tomato surplus), although her one on cakes is also well thumbed and slightly sticky. 'Bread' by Dan Stevens is the other one on the kitchen shelf. I've also got 'Fruit Garden' and 'Herbs', both of which have recipes as well as how to grow information.
@Dovefromabove The Veg Patch one is very good, although it's superseded by Mark Diacono's later book, 'The New Kitchen Garden' as his ideas developed - also a really interesting read.
I'm old fashioned enough to still really like books
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
so very pleased with the big berries. Had enough to do two lots of jam, two bottles of flavoured gin, with enough for breakfast most days too. The last part of the sentence got me worried, Raspberry gin for breakfast. I had to go and re read it. No offence intended just me not awake and reading properly.
https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/roasted-tomato-ketchup-389469
Must be an American site because they've converted all the measurements to cups, but hopefully you'll get the gist
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Thankyou @raisingirl for the book clarification as I was thinking of the wrong thing too. 😁