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Jobs for the month: February 2012
5 January 2012
Sow beetroot - Sowing anything outside this early in the season is a risk for most of us and impossible for many. However, if you have a cool greenhouse you can start to sow some early crops in trays or pots ready for planting out once the weather and soil conditions improve.
Vegan Veg - Recipe: Kala Be Thoke
5 January 2012.
Regular readers may recall that, last summer, I was espousing the global nature of flatbreads made with chickpea flour. The versatility of the chickpea allows it to be used in so many other ways. In the UK, I would hazard a guess that, most chickpeas are consumed as hummus (though I may be singularly responsible for most of that consumption). In Sicily and Liguria, chickpea flour is used to make a dish similar to polenta. One of the most popular street foods in Palermo is Panelle, where the ‘polenta’ is fried before being eaten with bread. In Burma, they are used to make tahu, similar to soya bean curd tofu.
Vegan Veg - Recipe: North African style chickpea salad
5 January 2012.
Regular readers may recall that, last summer, I was espousing the global nature of flatbreads made with chickpea flour. The versatility of the chickpea allows it to be used in so many other ways. In the UK, I would hazard a guess that, most chickpeas are consumed as hummus (though I may be singularly responsible for most of that consumption). In Sicily and Liguria, chickpea flour is used to make a dish similar to polenta. One of the most popular street foods in Palermo is Panelle, where the ‘polenta’ is fried before being eaten with bread. In Burma, they are used to make tahu, similar to soya bean curd tofu.
Vegan Veg - Recipe: Houmous
5 January 2012.
Regular readers may recall that, last summer, I was espousing the global nature of flatbreads made with chickpea flour. The versatility of the chickpea allows it to be used in so many other ways. In the UK, I would hazard a guess that, most chickpeas are consumed as hummus (though I may be singularly responsible for most of that consumption). In Sicily and Liguria, chickpea flour is used to make a dish similar to polenta. One of the most popular street foods in Palermo is Panelle, where the ‘polenta’ is fried before being eaten with bread. In Burma, they are used to make tahu, similar to soya bean curd tofu.
Vegan Veg - Recipe: Roasted chickpeas
5 January 2012.
Regular readers may recall that, last summer, I was espousing the global nature of flatbreads made with chickpea flour. The versatility of the chickpea allows it to be used in so many other ways. In the UK, I would hazard a guess that, most chickpeas are consumed as hummus (though I may be singularly responsible for most of that consumption). In Sicily and Liguria, chickpea flour is used to make a dish similar to polenta. One of the most popular street foods in Palermo is Panelle, where the ‘polenta’ is fried before being eaten with bread. In Burma, they are used to make tahu, similar to soya bean curd tofu.
Young Gardeners: What’s in store for 2012?
5 January 2012.
Follow progress as the children of the John Whitgift Academy in Grimsby North East Lincolnshire and their mentor John Cavill embark on another exciting year in their veg garden.
Vegan Veg: Cultivating the humble chickpea
5 January 2012.
Lonnie explains that it is possible to grow this tasty legume in the UK and Richard demonstrates versatile uses for the pea-like seeds in the kitchen.
Undercover: February 2012
5 January 2012.
Start sowing - As well as sowing crops for your greenhouse or polytunnel this month, you can start off plants for the veg plot in pots and modules – although some of them will need to be kept in a heated propagator.
Headless tom makes top tip
1 December 2011.
When Joe Maiden dropped a ‘Sungold’ tomato plant, little did he realise that he had discovered a great top tip for KG readers!
Jobs for the month: January 2012
1 December 2011.
Plant and force rhubarb - Rhubarb is a very hardy crop that thrives on the cold. It is one of the first to be ready to harvest in the season, the strong shoots emerging from January onwards with the first harvests usually beginning in March. Give plants a generous mulch of straw, leafmould, garden compost or well-rotted manure now to encourage them. However, plants can be coaxed to produce early sticks by forcing – either in the ground or by lifting and placing under the greenhouse bench or in a shed.
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