I used this recipe https://www.paticheri.com/2019/04/04/pots-of-pickled-peppadews/
Category Archives: ORGANIC PRODUCE
Today John the Farmer is pickling sweet picante peppers.
Today John the farmer is sheet mulching his broad beans.
Sheet mulching suppresses weeds, retains soil moisture and keeps the soil warm. A blanket for the soil.
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Tagged Bio-degradable, Eco-friendly, Organic farming, Plants, Recycling, Sustainable, vegetables, water-wise
Today John the Farmer planted up Tomato + Sweet basil seedlings.
Plant a guild of tomatoes, basil and marigolds for a flavorful and pest-free crop.
Today John the farmer is harvesting broad beans.
Fava beans can be stored frozen. Splice them in half, then remove the tough skin.
Boil rapidly for about a minute so they turn dark green.
Plunge them into iced water. Drain.
Pat them dry, then freeze !
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Tagged Organic produce, Recipes, Slow food, Spring, Sustainable, vegetables
Sourdough Recipe.
Sourdough starter:
1 Cup sourdough
1/2 Cup water
1 Cup flour
Mix and leave in container at room temperature for 1 1/2 hours.
Baking:
1 Cup refreshed sourdough
2 Cups water
3-4 Cups wholewheat flour
Mix above ingredients, leave in mixing bowl at room temp. for 1/2 hour.
Add 1 teaspoon salt with a little water and mix.
Leave to stand at room temperature for 4-5 hours.
(If baking next day put in fridge after 2-2 1/2 hours.)
Shape sourdough + fold.
Cover with cloth and let rise for 2 hours at room temperature.
Last 1/2 preheat oven to 200-210 deg. C
Bake for 45-60 min.
Today John the farmer planted up winter seedlings.
Today I am planting up kale, wasabi mustard, cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, parsley and spinach for sale at Towerkop Nursery.
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Tagged herbs, Organic farming, Plants, Sustainable, vegetables
Guild of plants around the young fig tree.
The guild of plants around the young fig tree include tomatoes interplanted with kakibos (Tagetes minuta), wilde dagga (Leonotus ocymifolia), Butternut pumpkin and Aloe ciliaris and jasmine on the trellis.
Today John the farmer is sheet mulching !
A Good use for Bad news…Today john the farmer is using newspaper to sheet mulch an area of the allotment !
Sheet mulching prevents weeds from coming up and retains the moisture in the soil.
A layer of well rotted biomass from the compost heap holds the newsprint down and prevents the paper from drying out.
I intend planting a ground cover of Sour fig (Carpobrotus) by making small holes in the newspaper and sticking the cuttings into them.
Update on the mulching and subsequent planting..
The fig tree raised bed is planted with sunflowers, gazanias and gem squash.
The trellis contains Jasmine, Aloe ciliaris and an epiphyte cactus.
Below it rambles a butternut squash.
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Tagged Bio-degradable, Eco-friendly, Organic farming, Recycling, Sustainable, water-wise
Towerkop Nursery 