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Painting Baby Pumpkins
I don’t suppose many people will actually need a tutorial in how to paint a pumpkin for Halloween but it might be of interest to see the finish achieved using Annie Sloan Chalk paint. The little pumpkins are available from our pumpkin farm shop www.BigPumpkins.co.uk I selected the Annie Sloan ‘Graphite’ chalk paint as I wanted…
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Harvesting Mini Pumpkins
The 2016 season mini pumpkins are now available. They make perfect autumnal table decorations for restaurants, events and weddings either as they are (they are very tactile) or can be used hollowed out as tea light candle holders. We have even sold them for use as soup bowls. We are harvesting them to order at…
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New range of smokehouse wood chips added
Our little Wood Chunks website has been selling our home grown wood for some time now to the point where our regular customers kindly bring samples of their fare which is very much appreciated (hint, hint) . Food smoking is an art and from my experience, each ‘artist’ likes to understandably select the materials that…
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Busy day in the sun
A very busy day making the most of the sunshine to get caught up with all the field and footpath mowing but the highlight was cutting our first pumpkins of the season. It usually gets to September before the PR people remember to think about Halloween but quite a few have been making enquiries already. The…
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Roast Tomato and Pepper Soup
As we hit ‘peak tomato’ in the polytunnel we try and prepare as many portions of our favourite soup; freezing portions of our delicious roast tomato and pepper soup for a hearty warming meal later in the autumn. In fact every time the oven goes on, a tray of roughly chopped tomatoes, peppers, garlic and…
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Rosemary Twigs for flavour on the BBQ or Smoker
In response to a Wood Chunks Customer request I have been today been bundling Rosemary twigs for use in the smoker or on the BBQ. As a rule resinous woods are not favoured for use in smokers but as these burn so quickly they are used to provide an instant hit of the herbs distinctive…
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July Poly Tunnel Update
A few snapshots of the more interesting crops growing in the polytunnel.
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NFT and Aeroponic Hydroponic Trials
A new greenhouse with an electric supply has allowed us to trial growing lemongrass plants in some NFT and Aeroponic hydroponic systems. We now have Lemongrass plants in a Nutriculture NFT hydroponic grow tank, some Fennel in a smaller NFT system and some ‘mother’ lemongrass plants in an aeroponics tank. I have no idea if Fennel will grow…
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The great Chuck masacre
Two attacks over three days have seen our much loved hens have suffered badly at the hands of one or more foxes. On both occasions, the attacks were made early evening well before dusk. Whilst the hens have enjoyed spending the days roaming around the woodland the down side is not being able to offer them…
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New season Garlic
Today we started selectively harvesting our home grown garlic which has been grown over winter inside a polytunnel. Whilst we still have quite a bit of last seasons crop left to use up, there is nothing like the taste of new season garlic and this one ended up in an omelette for lunch.