Pumpkins Varieties

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Pumpkin Varieties to try

Big Max Pumpkin
- Bright orange skin and firm sweet tasting flesh. Sow early March to mid-May at 15°C and plant out from end of May in rich, well prepared ground. Will grow to a giant size.
Dills Atlantic Giant Pumpkin
- Probably the largest growing pumpkin that can reach over 400kg in weight. Trailing habit. Fruits store for a long time.
Hundredweight Pumpkin
- The traditional Halowe'en pumpkin. Can attain huge weights if grown singly. Oval to round with deep orange flesh. Allow 200cm between plants.
Jack Be Little Pumpkin
- Beautiful small round orange fruits. Make the perfect serving dish for pumpkin soup once the flesh has been used. Late summer and autumn crop. Plant at 60cm spacing's.
Jack O' Lantern Pumpkin
- Perfect size for Halowe'en lights. Skin is golden orange and flesh is fine flavoured and deep orange. Stores through the winter. Plant at 90cm spacing's. Ready in about four months from sowing.
Tom Fox Pumpkin
- A well ribbed, medium to large deep orange colour Halloween type with great handles. They grow on long vines in a variety of shapes, very thick walled and heavy for their size. Size 12-24 lbs.

Category: Recipes

Aubergine Parmigiana

This simple aubergine parmigiana recipe from Italy makes a cosy mid-week meal. Serve this cheese, tomato and aubergine bake as a vegetarian main dish, with some wholewheat garlic bread or a peppery rocket salad, or you can also make it as a hearty side for for a meat dish.!

Aubergine and Tomato Bake

Super easy and super tasty dish!

Lamb Cutlets with Butternut Squash & Mint

Simply delicious one of my all time favourites

Category: The Growing Season

Jobs to do in October

October is the month when it feels like the season is about to turn, the days start to shorten and the sun appears lower in the sky, the leaves change colour and fall to the ground and temperatures drop. The first frost are likely too, which will be the end of many of your crops out in the open so if you still haven’t harvested frost sensitive crops now is the time before Jack Frost gets them!

Jobs to do in March

Spring is starting and the new season is here

Hopefully by now we are now standing on the threshold of Spring and the new gardening season. The days are beginning to lengthen and although it may not feel like it at times the temperatures are slowly increasing day by day. More importantly the longer days are the real trigger to new growth and you will find that with the help of a little protection you can really go for those early sowings

Jobs to do in August

Harvest should be bountiful and the allotment is in full swing

August is the month of plenty, virtually everything you planted and sown will be giving you a crop, daily trips to the plot are recommended this month, harvesting, watering, and weeding all needing doing this month!

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