First herbs of 2008

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Why buy junk food or a supermarket ready meal when you can have the fun of making food from fresh ingredients? Using fresh fruit, vegetables, fish and meat does not have to be either expensive or time consuming. It will probably taste better and be healthier than ready-made alternatives. I am a self-taught cook trying hoping to encourage more people to cook for themselves. Eating should be a good social experience with family or friends. As well as cooking for myself I do eat out, so part of this blog is also an appreciation of those pros who can do much better than me!

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First herbs of 2008

by Oregano @ 2008-02-16 - 19:33:26

Since returning to the UK I often think that we have lost winter. The weather seems to drift into a damp, cool state from October to March without getting very cold. Frosts are much rarer than 20 years ago and snow in S England is almost unknown.

As a result spring seems to come earlier. Chives have been growing again for the last month, welsh onions and wild garlic are above ground already. It seems unnatural for mid February.

Anyway with one clump of chives over 12 cm high, I managed to have my first harvest this afternoon. Made chive oil to go with our bifteki tonight.

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Irish-Le-Feaux [Member]
2008-02-16 @ 20:21

Frosts rare? You ought to be in Skegness at the moment. We have had a frost every night for the last week and it looks as though we will get several more yet.

Keep thinking of getting stuff into my allotment but know that the frost will get it if I do. So rotivating and tidying up is all that I can achieve at the mo.

Irish

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Oregano ^pro
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2008-02-16 @ 23:20

OK, we have had a frost for almost every night for the last week but from what I recall late December to early February was almost frost free here in Hampshire.

In my childhood I thought of frost starting seriously in October and finishing in March/April or in a bad year (like when I did my driving test in snow) in May.

I am convinced the climate is different.

Good luck with your allotment!

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Irish-Le-Feaux [Member]
2008-02-17 @ 08:53

You are absolutely right that the climate is changing as it always has. I just think that there is an exaggeration of what is actually happening. Again this morning the lawn in my backyard is white over and there is a really hard frost.

Things always look better looking back, no?

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