When we moved here one of the things that I really liked was the doors downstairs
I had a very good friend who likes to work with wood and I asked about doors being made for upstairs, our friend has come up trumps he arrived yesterday with doors and has been fitting them.
The new doors have been waxed to keep the beauty of the wood, they do give the house a nice cottage feel, at some point we send the doors from down stairs to be dipped and stripped then have them waxed.
I do love the new doors.
Today's harvest from the poly tunnel
French beans, I only have 4 plants in the tunnel this is the third picking from the plants they have been chopped up and gone in the freezer.
Yet more of the mange tout again it as been blanched and frozen
The Black Russian tomatoes are really big boys there was a couple ready today now sitting in the fridge
Cucumbers these have been sliced and dehydrated, they will be re-hydrated in vinegar with dill for instant dill pickles.
Courgettes plenty of those coming on I made some Courgette Bhaji today
They are really tasty, I shall make another batch up tomorrow to go in the freezer I also want to make some courgette soup, the rest of the courgettes will be grated and dehydrated for future cooking.
Tomorrow I must do some harvesting outside, everything is romping away its great being able to lay down stores, knowing we are now self sufficient in our own veg is good and there is plenty put away.
Courgette Bhajis sound like a good idea. My cucumbers are very slow this year, but hey ho, hopefully we will get there in the end. I'm glad you are enjoying the fruits of your labours as you have worked so hard to get it all up and running.
ReplyDeleteHow do you make your courgette bhajis please? Our produce is all doing really well too, will have to start thinking about blanching and freezing.
ReplyDeleteCourgette Bhajis - YUM! Any recipe you wouldn't mind sharing? We both love bhajis, but I've no idea how to make them.
ReplyDeleteI need a courgette bhaji recipe too, I am so bored of roasted courgettes.
ReplyDeleteI will post the recipe tomorrow for the courgette bhaji's with another courgette recipe I use :-)
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to reading the courgette bhaji recipe, especially since they can be frozen.....I had been thinking that I ought to try freezing courgette patties, but hadn't got round to doing so (been painting all the day long lately) and your recipe sounds a lot more interesting than the one I have been using. I was also thinking about grating the courgettes before putting them in the dehydrator. At the moment I just peel and slice them, but think that grating them will give me more flexibility as to what to do with them when I rehydrate them. Good ideas Dawn!
ReplyDeleteI have been making courgette bhajis, I saw the basic fritters in a blog post but love gram flour. I intend to try out other veg, I have half a butternut squash in the fridge and am sure that if I grate it on the fine blade it will work well.
ReplyDeleteThe doors look lovely very much in keeping with country houses. Looking forward to the courgette recipe despite me not having many courgettes. Lol
ReplyDeleteAbout to head to coop store for spices and would love to know how you made the bajhi. I sense a lot of Indian inspired meals from your readers wanting to try those. The doors are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThe door is gorgeous :)
ReplyDeleteAll you Northerners harvesting... my time will come in +/- 4 - 5 months. I can wait - I'm enjoying the cold weather too much at the mo' ;)
Courgette bhajis sound good, I could eat some right now. Love the doors x
ReplyDeleteGreat things to eat, especially the bhajis! The doors - new and old - are lovely, I can totally see why you liked them so much! xx
ReplyDeleteI've recently bought a dehydrator, I won't be using it much ! it's just taken over 24 hours to dehydrate a couple of pounds of carrots ! obviously any saving of food/freezer space has been far outweighed by the cost of the electricity used.
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