Exploring Nuuksio National Park, Helsinki – Finland
I’m lucky enough to have a job where I get to do a decent bit of travelling and last week I was in Helsinki, Finland.
Sunday Night Supper Club with Nicky Patrick at BBC Surrey – Summer special
This time last week we appeared on Nicky Patrick’s BBC Surrey Sunday Night supper club, for the third time.
Ask Adam #7: You say tomato, I say potato…
Nick has written in with the following question…
My potatoes flowered and the flowers have produced what look like tomatoes. Is this to be expected?
The different ways to use a wheelie bin in the garden or allotment
Most of us have a garden waste wheelie bin at home, but the rules set out by your local council can be confusing – can you put food waste in there?What about small amounts of soil? Small twigs and branches…?
Minted potato salad
Minted potato salad
An easy potato salad recipe with only 4 ingredients
BBQ season is well and truly underway and this is the last potato salad recipe you’ll ever need…Probably…
This is a great way to use up tiny, marble like potatoes that you often find when you dig up potatoes – otherwise known as Fingerlings.
This really is one of those recipes that you adjust to suit your own tastes, so if you require more mint, simple add some more to the sauce, and likewise with the salad creme and mayonnaise.
Ask Adam #6: If you could do it all again…
Richard from Sharpen Your Spades has written in with the following:
If you were to take on a new allotment plot now, what would you do differently? What have you learned and experienced that would lead your approach to developing the allotment?
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Acknowledging the half way mark
As the old saying goes “Rome wasn’t built in a day” – and it’s exactly the same with allotments and gardening.
Ask Adam #5: Rookie mistakes
Hollie from the UK has not long started to grow their own fruit and veg, and she’s kindly asked this question:
What are the top 5 rookie mistakes you made at the beginning of your allotment journey?
The allotments of Berlin
This week I’m volunteering at WCEU which is being held in Berlin, Germany and I couldn’t go the whole week without squeezing in a teeny weeny bit of blogging while I’m here.
Ask Adam #4: Waiting for an allotment…
Siobhan in Wales has written in asking the following:
What would you recommend for a beginner on the (long!) waiting list for a new allotment? What can they do while they wait?
