Monday 30 May 2016
Sunday 29 May 2016
From plot to plate.
From plot to plate: chefs' kitchen garden secrets | Life and style | The Guardian
Kitchen garden secrets:
Hazel tipis: Train indeterminate tomatoes up hazel tipis, growing four plants against each tipi.
Simon allows the first side shoot of each plant to grow, tying it against the main shoot.
This way he gets eight productive shoots from four plants.
Sun and shade: Shade can often inhibit flowering in some plants, but it does not stop them trying to develop leaves.
So plant fruiting crops in the sun and place salad leaves in the shadier parts of your plot.
Sowing deadline: Winter crops such as cavolo nero should be started in early summer.
Sowing any later than midsummer is pointless as plants do not have time to reach a worthwhile size before the chills of autumn curtail their growth.
Big cavolo nero plants in autumn will provide plenty of big healthy leaves for ribollita in winter.
Three crops from the same plant: Sow autumn broad beans in late summer, so you can then harvest the tips of already sturdy plants for a warm, mid-autumn day's salad.
The chefs at the River Cafe also serve the growing tips of broad beans in early summer, followed by the beans.
Vertical courgettes: If you are short of space in your garden sow climbing courgettes.
The Black Forest variety will reach 1.75m.
Vertically grown courgettes are much easier to pick than those on bushy plants, so you will not end up overlooking some of the fruits.
Double duty: A good example of companion planting is placing nasturtiums (Tropaeolum majus) next to your brassicas.
Not only does this look colourful but the nasturtiums also attract cabbage white butterflies, and hopefully they will lay their eggs on the flowers and not on your precious cabbages.
Confine roots: Grow chillies, sweet peppers and aubergines in 25cm/10in pots rather than in open ground, as a restricted root space will encourage plants to produce a heavier and healthier crop.
Baby leeks: A nice summer alternative to spring onions.
Sow as normal but do not thin out.
Choosing a variety: Look out for nurseries' specialist vegetable days around the country – they often provide tastings of different varieties.
Tomatoes: Raymond's favourite tomatoes are Roma, Marmande, Costoluto Fiorentino, Coeur de Boeuf and San Marzano.
Anne-Marie gives them as much space as possible as this helps develop a healthy bushy plant as opposed to a leggy specimen.
She supports plants with canes and pinches out the growing tip of each plant when it reaches 1.75m tall.
To aid pollination, she taps the plants when in flower.
Two is company: Dill is planted next to brassicas and left to flower and attract hoverflies.
Geraniums (Pelargonium) also attract beneficial insects.
Successional sowing: Sow spinach and radish every 10 days or so from mid‑spring to midsummer.
Replace summer radishes with the winter variety from then onwards.
Perfect soil: To grow plants successfully you must look after your soil.
For most plants in the veg patch, aim towards the holy grail of a free-draining, moisture-retentive soil of pH 6.5–7.0.
Water sparingly: Water only when absolutely necessary.
If needed, water very heavily but infrequently.
Grow hard: Plants given little extra water or nutrition are able to withstand pests and diseases better than soft pampered ones.
Make the soil and the plants do the work.
Take stock: View the garden, plants, soil and the animals within it as an interconnected ecosystem.
Learn the life cycles of your plants, about beneficial insects and pests, and discover how to grow well in an environmentally responsible way.
Play safe: Use seed compost for container sowing – potting or multipurpose compost is too rich in nutrients, and makes the seedlings develop too fast.
Water first: Always water your seed trays and modules before sowing, allowing the water to soak through and completely moisten the compost.
Start small: Plant just a few herbs that you are going to use in the kitchen.
This way you will be able to maintain them and harvest them regularly.
Cut back: Trim thyme, sage, lavender, mint, oregano, hyssop and savoury after flowering to encourage the plants to put on new growth for late season pickings.
It also helps to protect the plants from heavy rain, gales and snow.
Kitchen garden secrets:
Hazel tipis: Train indeterminate tomatoes up hazel tipis, growing four plants against each tipi.
Simon allows the first side shoot of each plant to grow, tying it against the main shoot.
This way he gets eight productive shoots from four plants.
Sun and shade: Shade can often inhibit flowering in some plants, but it does not stop them trying to develop leaves.
So plant fruiting crops in the sun and place salad leaves in the shadier parts of your plot.
Sowing deadline: Winter crops such as cavolo nero should be started in early summer.
Sowing any later than midsummer is pointless as plants do not have time to reach a worthwhile size before the chills of autumn curtail their growth.
Big cavolo nero plants in autumn will provide plenty of big healthy leaves for ribollita in winter.
Three crops from the same plant: Sow autumn broad beans in late summer, so you can then harvest the tips of already sturdy plants for a warm, mid-autumn day's salad.
The chefs at the River Cafe also serve the growing tips of broad beans in early summer, followed by the beans.
Vertical courgettes: If you are short of space in your garden sow climbing courgettes.
The Black Forest variety will reach 1.75m.
Vertically grown courgettes are much easier to pick than those on bushy plants, so you will not end up overlooking some of the fruits.
Double duty: A good example of companion planting is placing nasturtiums (Tropaeolum majus) next to your brassicas.
Not only does this look colourful but the nasturtiums also attract cabbage white butterflies, and hopefully they will lay their eggs on the flowers and not on your precious cabbages.
Confine roots: Grow chillies, sweet peppers and aubergines in 25cm/10in pots rather than in open ground, as a restricted root space will encourage plants to produce a heavier and healthier crop.
Baby leeks: A nice summer alternative to spring onions.
Sow as normal but do not thin out.
Choosing a variety: Look out for nurseries' specialist vegetable days around the country – they often provide tastings of different varieties.
Tomatoes: Raymond's favourite tomatoes are Roma, Marmande, Costoluto Fiorentino, Coeur de Boeuf and San Marzano.
Anne-Marie gives them as much space as possible as this helps develop a healthy bushy plant as opposed to a leggy specimen.
She supports plants with canes and pinches out the growing tip of each plant when it reaches 1.75m tall.
To aid pollination, she taps the plants when in flower.
Two is company: Dill is planted next to brassicas and left to flower and attract hoverflies.
Geraniums (Pelargonium) also attract beneficial insects.
Successional sowing: Sow spinach and radish every 10 days or so from mid‑spring to midsummer.
Replace summer radishes with the winter variety from then onwards.
Perfect soil: To grow plants successfully you must look after your soil.
For most plants in the veg patch, aim towards the holy grail of a free-draining, moisture-retentive soil of pH 6.5–7.0.
Water sparingly: Water only when absolutely necessary.
If needed, water very heavily but infrequently.
Grow hard: Plants given little extra water or nutrition are able to withstand pests and diseases better than soft pampered ones.
Make the soil and the plants do the work.
Take stock: View the garden, plants, soil and the animals within it as an interconnected ecosystem.
Learn the life cycles of your plants, about beneficial insects and pests, and discover how to grow well in an environmentally responsible way.
Play safe: Use seed compost for container sowing – potting or multipurpose compost is too rich in nutrients, and makes the seedlings develop too fast.
Water first: Always water your seed trays and modules before sowing, allowing the water to soak through and completely moisten the compost.
Start small: Plant just a few herbs that you are going to use in the kitchen.
This way you will be able to maintain them and harvest them regularly.
Cut back: Trim thyme, sage, lavender, mint, oregano, hyssop and savoury after flowering to encourage the plants to put on new growth for late season pickings.
It also helps to protect the plants from heavy rain, gales and snow.
Monday 23 May 2016
Tuesday 17 May 2016
Wednesday 11 May 2016
Trollius. Globe flower.
From Holme Nurseries. Holme for Gardens!
- BBC - Gardening: Plant Finder - Globe flower
- How to grow: T. chinensis 'Golden Queen' - Telegraph
Suppliers
- Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants Priory Lane Nursery, Freefolk Priors, Whitchurch, Hants RG28 7NJ (01256 896533; www.hardys-plants.co.uk).
- The Beth Chatto Gardens Elmstead Market, Colchester, Essex CO7 7DB (01206 822007; www.bethchatto.co.uk, mail order from September).
- Yes, rabbits will eat trollius
- I use chicken wire cages around things they traditionally go for.
Seems to work and the wire eventually disappears into the foliage backgrounds (so I don't buy the argument that it ruins the look of the garden).
Trollius is pretty hardy once established and the foliage will bounce back from a chewing down - have had years when blooms have suffered a little though.
It would be a wonderful gardening world if the biggest competition wasn't from the ravages of the local wildlife.
Faced with the choice of losing plants or using chicken wire - I'll go for the chicken wire every time, and it's in place as plants break ground in the spring.
- Купальницы европейские
Кроме европейской известно много видов купальниц: азиатская - обитает в Западной и Восточной Сибири, джунгарская - в горах Алатау, Памира и Тянь-Шаня, юньнаньская - в Китае, Ледебура - на Дальнем Востоке и др. Но только купальницы Ледебура и азиатская имеют цветки ярко-оранжевой окраски.
Когда смотришь на полянку, изумрудная зелень которой испещрена яркими цветками купальницы азиатской, то создается впечатление, что она вся светится множеством огоньков.
Сибиряки так и зовут их любовно “огоньки” в Западной Сибири, или “жарки” - в Восточной Сибири.
Цветут они в Сибири рано, сразу за первоцветами с середины мая до середины июня.
На одном кусте бывает до 50 цветоносов.
Они прямые, без разветвлений, высокие (до 60 см).
Благодаря этому они хорошо смотрятся в букетах. Только надо иметь в виду, что после срезки стебли необходимо сразу погрузить в воду, иначе цветы быстро увянут.
Но лучше купальницы смотрятся в саду.
Кстати, кусты “огоньков”, после того как они ”отполыхают”, остаются декоративными до осени благодаря красивой орнаментальной листве.
- BBC - Gardening: Plant Finder - Globe flower
- How to grow: T. chinensis 'Golden Queen' - Telegraph
Suppliers
- Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants Priory Lane Nursery, Freefolk Priors, Whitchurch, Hants RG28 7NJ (01256 896533; www.hardys-plants.co.uk).
- The Beth Chatto Gardens Elmstead Market, Colchester, Essex CO7 7DB (01206 822007; www.bethchatto.co.uk, mail order from September).
- Yes, rabbits will eat trollius
- I use chicken wire cages around things they traditionally go for.
Seems to work and the wire eventually disappears into the foliage backgrounds (so I don't buy the argument that it ruins the look of the garden).
Trollius is pretty hardy once established and the foliage will bounce back from a chewing down - have had years when blooms have suffered a little though.
It would be a wonderful gardening world if the biggest competition wasn't from the ravages of the local wildlife.
Faced with the choice of losing plants or using chicken wire - I'll go for the chicken wire every time, and it's in place as plants break ground in the spring.
- Купальницы европейские
Кроме европейской известно много видов купальниц: азиатская - обитает в Западной и Восточной Сибири, джунгарская - в горах Алатау, Памира и Тянь-Шаня, юньнаньская - в Китае, Ледебура - на Дальнем Востоке и др. Но только купальницы Ледебура и азиатская имеют цветки ярко-оранжевой окраски.
Когда смотришь на полянку, изумрудная зелень которой испещрена яркими цветками купальницы азиатской, то создается впечатление, что она вся светится множеством огоньков.
Сибиряки так и зовут их любовно “огоньки” в Западной Сибири, или “жарки” - в Восточной Сибири.
Цветут они в Сибири рано, сразу за первоцветами с середины мая до середины июня.
На одном кусте бывает до 50 цветоносов.
Они прямые, без разветвлений, высокие (до 60 см).
Благодаря этому они хорошо смотрятся в букетах. Только надо иметь в виду, что после срезки стебли необходимо сразу погрузить в воду, иначе цветы быстро увянут.
Но лучше купальницы смотрятся в саду.
Кстати, кусты “огоньков”, после того как они ”отполыхают”, остаются декоративными до осени благодаря красивой орнаментальной листве.
Crocus Open Day!
Crocus Open Day
address:
Crocus.co.uk limited,
Nursery Court,
London Road,
Windlesham, Surrey GU20 6LQ
(Reg. No. 3863497)
- Since our launch in April 2000, we've grown into the biggest gardening website in the UK and the only one able to supply a significant range of plants.
Our approach has won us many compliments.
We pride ourselves on being able to offer you the biggest choice of plants in the UK.
For example, a good garden centre can give you around 400 plant varieties to choose from.
We can offer over 4,000. (Free click and collect from Crocus and save £4.99 on Delivery.)
If you're worried about all this choice, don't be. We can help narrow it down for you.
We've created the Inspiration section to give you monthly care tips, ready-made borders & perfect plant combinations, as well as ideas on what style suits your garden.
We've also grown plants for the show gardens at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show every year since we started.
In the last 14 years we have won 21 gold medals for gardens that we have built and grown the plants for.
As a result, we now provide plants for most of the leading garden designers in the country.
People like Luciano Giubbilei, Tom Stuart Smith, Jinny Blom and Kim Wilkie to name but a few!
address:
Crocus.co.uk limited,
Nursery Court,
London Road,
Windlesham, Surrey GU20 6LQ
(Reg. No. 3863497)
- Since our launch in April 2000, we've grown into the biggest gardening website in the UK and the only one able to supply a significant range of plants.
Our approach has won us many compliments.
We pride ourselves on being able to offer you the biggest choice of plants in the UK.
For example, a good garden centre can give you around 400 plant varieties to choose from.
We can offer over 4,000. (Free click and collect from Crocus and save £4.99 on Delivery.)
If you're worried about all this choice, don't be. We can help narrow it down for you.
We've created the Inspiration section to give you monthly care tips, ready-made borders & perfect plant combinations, as well as ideas on what style suits your garden.
We've also grown plants for the show gardens at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show every year since we started.
In the last 14 years we have won 21 gold medals for gardens that we have built and grown the plants for.
As a result, we now provide plants for most of the leading garden designers in the country.
People like Luciano Giubbilei, Tom Stuart Smith, Jinny Blom and Kim Wilkie to name but a few!
Thursday 28 April 2016
Сельдерей.
Сельдерей пахучий — Википедия
- Celery - сельдере́й паху́чий, или Сельдерей души́стый, или Сельдерей культу́рный (лат. Ápium graveólens) — двулетнее растение.
- Celeriac - сельдерей - корнеплодный сельдерей.
Видовое название этого растения походит от латинского «graveolens» (gravis – «сильный, резкий» и olens – «пахнущий»).
Английское celery, французское celery, немецкое sellerie, шведское, норвежское и финское seller, эстонское sella и русское сельдерей восходят к греческому названию «selinon».
Существует три разновидности сельдерея: листовой, черешковый и корневой.
Листовой сельдерей популярен в кулинарии благодаря зелени с насыщенным пряным ароматом, корневой – знаменит своими ароматными белыми кореньями.
У корнеплодного сельдерея корень шаровидный либо округло-плоский, мясистый; у черешкового и листового – корневая система мочковатая.
Корневой сельдерей: выращивание и использование
- Корневой сельдерей
Are celeriac leaves edible?
- Yes, you can use them in your soup or stew but VERY sparingly as they are strongly flavoured.
- Dry them in the oven on low heat and blend with sea salt for your own celery(iac) salt.
- Celery - сельдере́й паху́чий, или Сельдерей души́стый, или Сельдерей культу́рный (лат. Ápium graveólens) — двулетнее растение.
- Celeriac - сельдерей - корнеплодный сельдерей.
Видовое название этого растения походит от латинского «graveolens» (gravis – «сильный, резкий» и olens – «пахнущий»).
Английское celery, французское celery, немецкое sellerie, шведское, норвежское и финское seller, эстонское sella и русское сельдерей восходят к греческому названию «selinon».
Существует три разновидности сельдерея: листовой, черешковый и корневой.
Листовой сельдерей популярен в кулинарии благодаря зелени с насыщенным пряным ароматом, корневой – знаменит своими ароматными белыми кореньями.
У корнеплодного сельдерея корень шаровидный либо округло-плоский, мясистый; у черешкового и листового – корневая система мочковатая.
Корневой сельдерей: выращивание и использование
- Корневой сельдерей
Are celeriac leaves edible?
- Yes, you can use them in your soup or stew but VERY sparingly as they are strongly flavoured.
- Dry them in the oven on low heat and blend with sea salt for your own celery(iac) salt.
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