One of the most ubiquitous foods we have is Hummus which can be transformed to another level if you have fresh Chickpeas and they are not difficult to grow if you follow some simple rules
Chickpeas are also well-known as garbanzo beans, and are a legume but not really a pea or a bean but do fix nitrogen into your soil so there no need to add nitrogen fertilizer
How to plant out your Chickpeas
This film covers when to sow Cougette,which are also called Zucchini Squash and Pumpkins and why sowing to early leads to weaker less productive plants.
These are the varieties that over the years I have found have the best taste and store well
Courgette Rugosa Friulana
Courgette Tondo di Piacenza Emilia Romagna Round courgette can be stuffed and baked
Winter squash
Sweet Dumpling small can be baked whole has taste similar to sweet potato
Blue kuri and Red Kuri Small medium stores well nice nutty taste
Marina di Chioggia Medium to large
Musquee de Provence Large stores well
Once there ready to plant out a great space saving way is
Courgettes on your compost heap or they are fantastic in
This video is about Planting Broad beans and the reasons I grow mine in moduals and why there best grown slowly.
The varieties I am growing are Aquadulce Claudia I also grow The Sutton and Crimson flowered Broad bean
Growing Citrus can be tricky as they like lots of light, feeding well in the growing season but dont like to be kept wet, but they are tough and even very poorly specimens can be revived.
Lemons and Oranges are great to grow purely for scent and the odd fruit but my favorite is Kaffir Lime as its an essential ingredient in Thai cooking and almost Impossible to buy fresh and the fresh leaves add so much more to a dish when used.
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In this second film on Christmas Presents for gardeners I focus exclusively on Sneeboer Tools. I make no apology for this as in my opinion they are the best tools currently available. I cover hand tools, hoes, and digging tools and some unusual weeders. Some of these you won’t have seen before as they were originally made for very specialist applications and its only with use that I have come to appreciate the great versatility of them.
I buy tools that I expect to do the job and last a long time and so many nowadays just seen to be made to the cheapest price point and ultimately are are bad investments
Mark Abbott-Compton
Ten Minute Gardener
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FOR GARDENERS