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Keeping the Plot October

Keeping the Plot: A journal of growing and cooking Scottish produce – The October Harvest

Joe Hind
November 26, 2019
In the News, Producers
I expected this to be my final entry for 2019 and that the allotment would, by now, have wound down for the Winter. Surely such cold and short days would bring everything to a standstill? No sir, not at...

Keeping the Plot: A journal of growing and cooking Scottish produce – The September Harvest

Joe Hind
October 8, 2019
In the News, Producers
The start of Autumn marks the end for many crops. On the plot, plants which produce flowers for flying pollinators are firmly in retreat. For months they willingly served up dozens of tomatoes, cucumbers,...

Keeping the Plot: A journal of growing and cooking Scottish produce – August

Joe Hind
September 13, 2019
Producers
What a fantastically productive and colourful month on the plot! With a little help from yours truly, we enjoyed a dramatic display. It’s like someone twisted the accelerator on the motorbike of growth...
Keeping the Plot Joe Hind

Keeping the Plot: A journal of growing and cooking Scottish produce – June 2019

Joe Hind
June 24, 2019
Producers
Managing an allotment presents an inescapable analogy for other areas of my life. Like my children and pets, the plot takes up vast amounts of time and effort and does not respond well to being left alone...
Joe Hind plot

Keeping the Plot: A journal of growing and cooking Scottish produce – late April 2019

Joe Hind
May 4, 2019
General
With incredible foresight, I dedicated most of my last entry to vulnerable seedlings. Since then, on a day that shall forevermore be known as “very warm Sunday”, all but four of the 200 seedlings in my...

Keeping the Plot: A journal of growing and cooking Scottish produce – early April 2019

Joe Hind
April 15, 2019
In the News, Producers
There are few things so delicate as a newly emerged seedling. Even a misfired watering can be catastrophic to their feeble stalks. I will be responsible for nurturing over two hundred over the coming weeks...
Joe Hind Keeping the Plot

Keeping the Plot: A journal of growing and cooking Scottish produce – Early March 2019

Joe Hind
March 6, 2019
Food
Firstly, Happy New Year! Yes, I know it’s March and no, I’m not a hedgehog. I mean happy new growing year. We have made it to Spring, the point of renewal, where nature blooms all around. Buds in...
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Top tips for protecting your tender plants from frost this winter

Scotsman Food and Drink Staff
October 19, 2017
In the News, Producers
As the weather cools down, plants will need covering, bulbs will need lifting or mulching and extra winter protection given to tender specimens which will have to be brought indoors if they are to survive the...
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Inspiring tips for growing your own organic garden

Scotsman Food and Drink Staff
March 31, 2016
Producers
Summer is on its way after what feels like an endless winter, the nights are getting lighter and flowers are beginning to blossom. With 300,000 acres of garden land and allotment space in the UK, the...
Edible plants you can grow Indoors

14 Edible plants you can grow indoors

Scotsman Food and Drink Staff
January 12, 2016
Producers
Maintaining your very own vegetable patch can be difficult - even more so if you don't have a private garden. Luckily, for many edible plants all you need is a sunny spot indoors. Instead of shelling out at...
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