Tag Archives: vegetables
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Last of the winter veg
2Sunday 17 April, 2016 by Uncle Spike
Temps are a climbing… up to the early 30s again now (that’s touching 90F), so time to rip up the …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: One Love (II)
12Tuesday 15 March, 2016 by Uncle Spike
My second Weekly Photo Challenge entry is all about my one love, food 🙂 We grow a fair amount of our …
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Broccoli plants
9Saturday 12 March, 2016 by Uncle Spike
A little while ago we saw these beautiful flowers, and Joanne from My Life Lived Full mentioned wanting to see …
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Cabbages…. my five year wait is over
16Sunday 28 February, 2016 by Uncle Spike
Never had a lot of luck or the right weather conditions for cabbages, but finally, I have some – yay! …
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Wot No Cabbages?
5Wednesday 06 January, 2016 by Uncle Spike
The sudden cold snap (aka, winter) dissipated after five-six days, and we are back to mild weather, with a mix …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Now (III)
5Monday 28 December, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third Weekly Photo Challenge entry is from our veg area today; finally, some half-ok broccoli 🙂 Hope you …
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Last summer produce
6Sunday 25 October, 2015 by Uncle Spike
It’s been a weird old year…. we’ve seen lemon trees decimated and some killed off by very rare severe frosts …
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Aubergine story
20Sunday 28 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Growing aubergines has always been a bit of a hit n miss affair with us. Although I have to say, …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Muse (II)
7Saturday 27 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a regular subject of mine, that of the peppers crop we …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Muse (I)
7Friday 26 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is probably the most revisited area for me, and this is of …
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My favourite pepper
8Tuesday 16 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
We grow a few types of peppers each summer; basically because it’s the easiest veg to produce in this hot/dry …
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Garden in bloom
13Tuesday 26 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Spring and the start of summer is a colourful time here is southwest Türkiye. The temperatures are high enough to stimıulate growth, but …
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Broad bean harvest time
20Tuesday 12 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Having planted the broad beans over a month later than in previous years, I am chuffed to see that it …
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Change to summer veg crops
5Wednesday 06 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Once the veg areas had been cleared after winter, and dug over three times with two loads of goat poo, …
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Preparing for changeover time
12Tuesday 05 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
A few weeks ago we were still at the tail end of ‘winter’, as far as the veggies were concerned. …
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Macro Monday: ‘Weeds with the leeks’
7Monday 06 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Here is my posting for Macro Monday There has been an enormous amount of rain here in southwest Türkiye this …
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Flower Friday ~ Cabbage?
7Friday 03 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
. So what’s this flower? . . Believe it or not, it’s a cabbage gone bonkers! . .
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Furry visitors up to no good
14Tuesday 31 March, 2015 by Uncle Spike
On the whole, veggies love the rain. It certainly helps most things grow, sometimes even too much, with overgrowth spurts that …
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Veggie News Update
10Saturday 28 March, 2015 by Uncle Spike
I’m very much behind on seasonal chores; what with health and weather both taking their toll this year. Thankfully the …
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A few winter crops
14Thursday 11 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Still warmish, hovering around the 16-18 mark (61-65F), so I know it’s probably gonna be a fight to get any …
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Out with the old…
1Monday 08 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
End of autumn = time to pull the summer veggies . . One last bucket load to enjoy . . …
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Macro Monday: Beetroot Seedlings
2Monday 08 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. Hope you all like it 🙂 It’s a large deep-red coloured root vegetable that we …
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Late autumn remnants of summer
5Monday 01 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Summer has definitely gone, and autumn is well and truly here, even bordering on winter (brrr…) Like many parts of the Northern …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Gone to seed
5Wednesday 26 November, 2014 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Achievement (III)
5Sunday 16 November, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is from the time that my wife and I designed and built …
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Courgettes…
11Sunday 07 September, 2014 by Uncle Spike
One of the early summer crops we can seem to grow with relative ease are Courgettes. They are prone to …
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Cucumber Anyone?
16Thursday 04 September, 2014 by Uncle Spike
We love cucumbers… Eat then 365 days a year here in Turkey part of our national diet I guess you …
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Life and Times of our Peppers
14Friday 22 August, 2014 by Uncle Spike
It’s that time again when I start another harvest of the peppers. That’ll be the 3rd to date this season …
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Various Veggies – Early Summer
12Tuesday 12 August, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Now that we are into summer proper, most of the veggies have died off, that is, apart from the strong ones like …
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Oh I Do Like A Bit Of Solanum Melongena
22Thursday 17 July, 2014 by Uncle Spike
I love the way different languages, cultures and countries use such varying names for the same thing. Take the humble …
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Colour Of The Day: Red (Mk II)
9Tuesday 15 July, 2014 by Uncle Spike
The eighth in my mini-series on colours (or even colors). Today’s theme for my look at colours is another look at RED. …
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Cherry Toms – The Old Faithful
15Saturday 12 July, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Growing tomatoes here is a pain in the proverbial wotsit. Red spider and a host of other buglets and diseases …
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Okra Time!
27Thursday 10 July, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Summertime is Okra time! Sometimes known as Ladies Fingers (?), it’s one of the summer veggies that if picked at …
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Them Carrots : Weird, But Tasty
7Tuesday 27 May, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Back at the beginning of March, I posted about a few winter crops that worked, after a dismal failure on …
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Colour Of The Day: Orange
10Thursday 22 May, 2014 by Uncle Spike
The second in my mini-series on colours (or even colors). And so without further adieu, today’s theme for my look at …
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Colour Of The Day: Red
17Tuesday 20 May, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Colours (or even colors) add a beautiful dimension to our existence I think. My sight is precious to me, and …
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All Change In The Greenhouse
12Tuesday 13 May, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Not wanting to leave the greenhouse unproductive for long, soon after the departure of the peas, it was time to …
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Time For A Pea?
5Wednesday 07 May, 2014 by Uncle Spike
A while back I reported on our little friends of the Red Spider variety, and the havoc they decided to …
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Spot Of The Wet Stuff
6Tuesday 29 April, 2014 by Uncle Spike
April in south west Turkey is, like most places in the Northern Hemisphere, a period of seasonal change. Our combined autumn-winter-spring (or …
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Summer Veggies Sorted
6Sunday 27 April, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Summer is almost upon on us once more, yay! And so the winter veggies are out, and duly replaced with …
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First Beetroot
13Thursday 24 April, 2014 by Uncle Spike
These were so very tasty, freshly prepared for our salad last night 🙂
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And Yet More Poo
16Wednesday 23 April, 2014 by Uncle Spike
And for my next bit of entertainment, I thought a double trailer load of goat poo could be fun! Yep, …
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Macro Monday: “Cabbage Critters”
7Monday 14 April, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. These little critters were chomping my cabbages! . . . Hope you all like it …
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Them Beans Be Broad!
37Saturday 05 April, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Broad Beans are boring… (or so I thought). Little did I know as a whinging kid back in the UK …
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Rock ‘ard…
5Saturday 22 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Time to dig over one of the veg areas – soon it’ll be time to plant out the pepper plants …
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Flower Friday
20Friday 21 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Any idea what this pretty little flower is from? Recognise these? Who would’ve guessed, eh? .
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Failed Winter Crops
14Wednesday 26 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
In our veggie garden, we tend to concentrate on summer crops, such as various peppers, sweetcorn, and aubergines (eggplant). With …
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Market Day
16Friday 13 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Market day… It’s the day when our local town, like all Turkish towns, bursts into life. It’s a busy day. Like …
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DIY Greenhouse: Spikey Style
23Thursday 05 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Like most things in life, I find if you scratch your head and think about something long enough, you can …
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Herbs n Peppers
12Wednesday 13 November, 2013 by Uncle Spike
And still autumn lingers on. Ok, so the sun is out and it’s still not very cold yet (up to …
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