September 2007
6 posts
From the archives: Mr Humphries' Shepherds Pie
My Dad’s shepherds pie is without a doubt the best in the world. Or at least it was until I made a few subtle changes. The cheese on top especially is a master stroke.
You will need:
About 150g of minced beef per person.
Two Large onions.
One and a half large potatoes per person.
Six large carrots.
Five celery stalks.
One rasher of bacon per person.
One stock cube.
Corn flower....
From the archives: Allotment Fires - A Simple...
Everyone loves a good fire. They’re useful on allotments for getting rid of waste, especially weeds. Weeds don’t come back when you’ve burned them. The left-over ash is good fertiliser too.
But getting a good fire going isn’t as easy as you might think. Here’s what we have learned:
You will need:
Metal dustbin, or other suitable fire-container.
Various tools for making holes in said...
From the archives: Planting
On the 26th of September (the last day of the summer holidays for lazy students), we got some veg in the ground. Hopefully they’re going to grow!
Into the bed that we found the potatoes in, we sowed:
Three rows of Radishes (French Breakfast 3, according to the packet). Apparently you can plant them up to the end of September, and they should be ready to eat in three weeks.
Three rows of Onions...
From the archives: The most basic Leek and Potato...
This one is a really easy one – it’s exactly what it says on the tin (so long as you have a blender – available for about £10 from most big stores).
Ingredients: Leeks, Potatoes
Extras: Herbs, Vegitable Stock, Onion, Milk / Cream
Chop the potatoes (peeled or unpeeled) into resonably small bits. Rinse well to remove excess starch and start boiling. Meanwhile, fry off the leeks in some oil,...
From the archives: A hard days work
Friday 21st September brought the first real opportunity for the four allotmenteers to get stuck into the clear up operation.
We got the front fence looking a bit more upright. We cleared a fair bit of bramble from that corner too, and dug out some rhubarb.
We killed our weeds (well, pretty much everything) with Sodium Chlorate weedkiller. Apparently some stuff called SBK is the stuff for our...