… all homegrown…
Physallis
Pyramid chillies
Potatoes
Currants
Red currants
Apples
Mange-tout
Summer broccoli – not sprouting yet
Curry leaf plant
Lemongrass
Peppers
Melons
Melon and passionflower
Lemon drop chillies (not ripe yet)
Yellow Romanian chillies
Ripe sweet pepper
Climbing French beans
Asparagus pea
Chives
Costata romanesca courgettes
Courgette
Baby lemons
Cut and come again
Lettuce
Blueberries
Cooking tomatoes
Mange-tout
All photogaphed today (25 July) in (or recently harvested from) our garden and limery. Never let anyone tell you that you need lots of land to grow your own food. Our garden is about 6m ×20m, including the limery, and it’s still not fully utilized!
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tialys
/ July 25, 2017Fabulous!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 25, 2017I love this time of year!
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Laurie Graves
/ July 25, 2017Oh, nice!!! How much land do you have to grow all this food?
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 25, 2017In total (including the chicken area, patio, limery and willow hedge) 20m x 6m, plus a bit of extra space for the shed and compost bins.
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Laurie Graves
/ July 25, 2017Inspiring how much you get out of a small piece of land.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 25, 2017and I’m sure I can do better!
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catstitches
/ July 25, 2017Lovely pictures! Yes, it’s true what you say – you can do a lot with a small area. Our garden is 13*13 m and we have an allotment of only 4*2 m and it’s amazing what we can do in such a small area.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 25, 2017I think people get put off by only having a small spce, but actually I think it’s a lot less intimidating than having hectares to choose what to do with!
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catstitches
/ July 25, 2017Yes, that’s true. And a lot more managable as well. We have time left for other things besides the garden in summer, while others seem to be a slave of their garden…
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Jane Brewer
/ July 25, 2017How satisfying….I hope you’re enjoying eating it too!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 25, 2017I really love cooking from the garden… it won’t be long now before Mr Snail starts to ask for meals that don’t include courgettes!
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katechiconi
/ July 25, 2017Not just useful and productive, but beautiful too. I’m wondering if you can freeze bags of grated courgette for the winter, to add to soups and make courgette bread when there’s not a lot of green available. Mr Snail may not be so averse once it’s out of season 🙂
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painterwrite
/ July 25, 2017You can grate and freeze, but it gets a little mushy…okay for breads, but I’m not sure it would b that great (haha) for soups.
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katechiconi
/ July 25, 2017I’d be using it to increase the vegie content of pasta sauce, etc, so a bit of mush would come in quite handy 🙂 Maybe dehydrating would be the go…
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Nice Piece of Work
/ July 25, 2017Amazing! 🙂
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 25, 2017I’m very pleased with this year’s crops.
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Nice Piece of Work
/ July 26, 2017They’re incredible, they really are. You’re like your own little farm 🙂
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 26, 2017Some people have a smallholding – we have a tinyholding!
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painterwrite
/ July 25, 2017What a gorgeous array of goodies! I love all the colors. What is Physallis? I’ve never heard of it.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 25, 2017Cape gooseberries – deliciously tart, but the plants are huge for relatively little fruit. Even so, I do love it.
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The Belmont Rooster
/ July 25, 2017AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME!!! I see you have been getting dirty!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 25, 2017Always… I try to get dirty every day!
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thecontentedcrafter
/ July 25, 2017Most impressive Snail! You are an inspiration to all us tiny landowners 🙂
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 25, 2017Not quite as tiny as you, but I know that even in the space you have, you still manage to grow things.
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nanacathy2
/ July 25, 2017So what’s for tea? it all looks dee licious!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 26, 2017We had chicken with home grown courgettes, potatoes and mange-tout yesterday – it was, indeed, delicious.
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Murtagh's Meadow
/ July 25, 2017Very impressive:-)
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Emma
/ July 25, 2017This is super cool and so impressive! I feel you’re going to be able to have your first meal using only your own produce soon (if you haven’t already)
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 26, 2017We managed the first one last week – and very delicious it was too!
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crawcraftsbeasties
/ July 26, 2017Yuuuuum, what a feast! And the colours of some of your fruit and veg are just stunning – I’m looking at you, pyramid chillies and glorious red pepper! Happy cooking! 😀
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 26, 2017The pyramid chillies will eventually turn red, but they are very attractive at the purple stage.
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crawcraftsbeasties
/ July 26, 2017They sure are! If you were to cook them at this stage, would they hold their colour?
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 26, 2017I don’t know, and I’m not sure how hot they would be… I’ll have to give one a go.
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crawcraftsbeasties
/ July 28, 2017Yes, in the name of science! 😀
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davidprosser
/ July 26, 2017A magnificent array of goodies.
xxx Massive Hugs xxx
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 26, 2017thank you 😉
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Pooja Thapliyal
/ July 26, 2017Wow amazing, home grown food is definitely the best ✌️
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 26, 2017It really is – no food miles, no chemicals, no packaging and it tastes great.
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Pooja Thapliyal
/ July 26, 2017Absolutely 💖
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thepaninimemoirs
/ July 30, 2017My mom used to always say that veggies straight from the garden tasted like a completely new food and I’d have to agree! Great post and pics of all your delicious looking garden greens! Happy harvesting!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 30, 2017Your mom had it spot on. My dad was an enthusiastic veg gardener for many years until he became too disabled to manage, and so we grew up knowing what good food tasted like.
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Val
/ July 31, 2017Wonderful! Particularly the red currants which remind me of the ones my mother used to grow when I was a child. 🙂
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 31, 2017This year has been particularly good for them – I’m still picking and freezing!
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lifewithclottedcream
/ August 15, 2017I absolutely loved this post. I, too, am fond of homegrown food and in my 5x5m garden I’ve got courgette, carrots, onion, peas, beans, beetroot, tomatoes, chives and a huge amount of herbs and spices. It isn’t fully utilised either as 3×3 is grass!
It is amazing what one can do in a small space if you but want to.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ August 15, 2017Wow… I’ll be checking out your blog in a bit. It really is amazing what we can do with small space.
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lifewithclottedcream
/ August 15, 2017I agree! At first I thought of getting an allotment too, but this is quite enough!
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lifewithclottedcream
/ August 16, 2017Hello again,
I just wrote a blog entry on how to minimise food waste and one of the ideas is to grow your own. May I please link your article to my blog entry?
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The Snail of Happiness
/ August 16, 2017with pleasure!
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lifewithclottedcream
/ August 16, 2017Brilliant! Thank you!
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mycomfortzone
/ August 29, 2017Looks amazing, lovely post! I always try to buy organic foods 🙂
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The Snail of Happiness
/ August 29, 2017I’m a fan of organic up to a point, but sometimes small producers can’t afford the certification even though they grow using organic principles, so the label isn’t everything.
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mycomfortzone
/ August 29, 2017I agree! I live in Portugal, and here we have a lot of markets with organic foods, and mainly are from small producers 🙂
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The Snail of Happiness
/ August 29, 2017wonderful!
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kissfromnisha
/ August 31, 2017Enjoy for me too.. Wish I could take a taste.. And maybe the Dish would deserve a Kiss..
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Clare Hopkins
/ September 8, 2017Mmm what vibrant photos, so many beautiful colours of nature are present 🙂
xx
https://colourpotblog.wordpress.com/
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The Snail of Happiness
/ September 8, 2017Thank you – they taste good too!
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streetfoodblogger
/ September 22, 2017Awesome stuff! Keep up the good work 🙂
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The Snail of Happiness
/ September 22, 2017Thank you… I will!
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trendingblogwithfionalee
/ September 22, 2017Reblogged this on Contemplating Blog FLow and commented:
Jealous!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ September 22, 2017don’t be jealous – be inspired!
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amaranto es
/ September 26, 2017. thank you – they gustatory modality near too!
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juliamakl
/ September 30, 2017Beautiful!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ October 1, 2017Thank you!
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themidnightbaking
/ October 11, 2017,🌟
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roops5577
/ November 4, 2017Perfectly photographed.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ November 4, 2017Thank you!
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