{"id":13432,"date":"2023-03-04T14:56:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T14:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/?p=13432"},"modified":"2023-03-06T11:11:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T11:11:43","slug":"it-was-going-so-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/susan\/it-was-going-so-well\/","title":{"rendered":"It was going so well"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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I finished tidying the All Gold autumn raspberries.\"\"<\/p>

Some of the plants have started to shoot but the redness on some of the young leaves is an indication that they are not enjoying the cold temperatures.<\/p>

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Martyn, finished tidying the path behind the gooseberries so one of the next jobs will be to prune the gooseberries that are growing up the mesh ‘fence’.<\/p>

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Some of the fruit bushes and more rhubarb plants have been mulched with manure.<\/p>

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The Timperley Early rhubarb is now growing quickly.<\/p>

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Before we headed for home we harvested a few things,<\/p>

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There was a small amount of purple sprouting broccoli.<\/p>

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Martyn, also dug up a root of horseradish. The idea was more to curb the spread of the plants. In all the years that it has been growing we have never harvested any. To be honest, we have heard all sorts of warnings about it so we are very wary of using it. Traditionally horseradish sauce is served with beef but as we don’t eat red meat, we’re not sure how to use it. Any suggestions?<\/p>

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We also dug more leeks.<\/p>

Unfortunately, the harvest wasn’t all we returned home with. My leg suddenly started hurting, no idea what I did to bring that on but I came home with a limp so I was hobbling about for a day and a half. I thought that I would be like this for a while but everything seems to have sorted itself out and I am back to normal.<\/p>

At home, our seed potatoes are chitting under a blanket of fleece. Martyn posted a video here.<\/a><\/p>

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Pre-limp we had our usual visit to Nostell armed with food for the waterbirds.<\/p>

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The food mix states it is for ducks and geese but the crows and black-headed gulls seem to enjoy it too.<\/p>

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I managed a better photo of a tufted duck. They are tricky to photograph as, unlike the mallards, they are diving ducks and keep disappearing beneath the surface. I thought that there were only males on the lake, but in Martyn’s video, I spotted a brown female. She’s going to be popular.<\/p>

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\u00a0There were also a couple of Canada geese which is unusual as more often they travel in flocks. \"\"<\/p>

A few times we heard a whistling sound from the far side of the lake but we have been unable to spot the vocalist. Finally, we managed a good enough photo to identify the callers as wigeon. The photos were taken from a distance using a phone so not as clear as I would have liked. It looks as though I will have to take my ‘proper’ camera on our next visit.\"\"<\/p>

There was a huge flock of black headed gulls on a lake in one of the fields neighbouring Nostell,<\/p>

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In the woods I spotted the plant below that looks like a variegated nettle. Any ideas what it is? Martyn posted a video here.<\/a><\/p>

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\u00a0Finally last week’s meals that made use of homegrown vegetables.<\/p>

Martyn made a pizza that used some of our peppers and onion.\"\"<\/p>

I made a turkey curry<\/a> into which went more peppers and onions. It was served with homemade bhajis that were made with our onions and courgettes and vegetable pakoras that used our potato, carrot and garlic.<\/p>

\"\"Some of our leeks and garlic went into a chicken and leek pasta bake<\/a>. I omitted the mozzarella and used low fat cheddar instead.<\/p>

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I also made a vegetable bake that used our onion, garlic, peppers and potatoes. I used tinned tomatoes rather than fresh.<\/p>

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Finally I’ll finish with some cheery crocuses flowering in a local park.<\/p>

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Until next time as always stay safe, stay well and stay warm.<\/p>

This week I am linking to Harvest Monday<\/a> on Dave’s Our Happy Acres blog<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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