It really knocked my sock off! The apple makes a boring old cabbage into a wonderful dish!

@@DigwellGreenfingers Absolutely! My Estonian grandmother also added raisins with the apples ... many thanks for reviving my heritage taste buds!! 🥲

Cheers Klaus! i wish I had thought of adding apples many moons ago - all thoe years of "just so" red cabbage LOL Have a great week buddy

I will next year, thanks 😊

Thank you 😋

No artificial flavors in this one either LOL

@@DigwellGreenfingers 👍😁

And the store could be called, "Robin Gardens!" LOL

Yes, but then they would be pickled chillies and not chillies in oil, like this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/imXEq3tobrx1grM

Those beets are stunning! I did not know this, but Robin says if you cut them lengthways then they look like a flame - hence the name!

@@DigwellGreenfingers I would love to see that for sure! 🔥

Thanks, a lot cheaper than store bought!

Thank you, Ali! You too!

Many thanks Peggy. Have a great weekend over there, and no more hurricanes!

LOL - the things I do for my viewers 😂😂

Ahhh - lengthways, now the name makes sense LOL

Never thought of the microwave, D'oh!! That would have sped things up not to self for the next time I make it! Added the recipe on my PC and I'll change the one in the description in a mo, thanks!

​@@DigwellGreenfingers a friend told me about it. She cooks whole swede, until they're soft and gooey inside!!

You’re welcome 😊 Keep the suggestions coming! Have a great week

Many thanks! It will be a staple at family BBQs next year

Much better thanks Bethan, not quite 100% - but I never have been LOL You may get a tiny bit back, but all the oils and flavour are still there in the leaf. Much less hassle to ice cube them but I need dried ones too for breads, dumplings etc

I had many of my seedlings die off, Ali. These 6 were all I harvested but just to pee you off ---- they tasted great LOL Not earthy like a lot of beetroot.

@@DigwellGreenfingers I’m going to try ha ha and save seed if I ever get any to that stage I’m hiding the seedlings in the poly 🤞🤞

Sounds great! Must give that a go next year!

Cheers matey! I take it you read the video description, well done guys. We had a Navy Training film crew onboard during a BOST on the Argyle. Halfway through the Thursday War we had action messing. Now I am a very portly person (it said so on every one of my annual appraisals LOL) I was stood up trying get down a bowl of mince meat and tinned potatoes when the TV guy caught my eye and homed in on me with the film crew recording. "Now, here's a man who looks like he enjoys his food." Cheeky twat. "What do you think of action messing?" Totally peed off with his neck, I replied, "Better than the usual slop we get on this ship!" Never seen a bloke so deflated in my life PMSL

@@DigwellGreenfingers 🤣🤣🤣. I used to love action messing. Tinned stew was bloody lovely 😍

@@gavinmacdonald145 It was! I went to the BBC Good Food Show last year, in Brum, and there was an RN Cookery School demo team there. I went over and asked for "S**t on a Raft and Babies Heads" the young Wren (are they still called Wrens?) cook looked a bit taken aback but a 3 badge killick came over and we had a good old "swing the lantern" session.

@@DigwellGreenfingers have you got the Pusser's cookbook? I was thinking about getting it

@@gavinmacdonald145 No. I was toying with the idea but a pt pricey for not many dishes! Have a look here: (bet you're glad you asked now LOL) rnsubs.co.uk/dits-bits/recipes.html

Cheers Greta, have a great week over there!

Another way to save leaves, not neccessarily "much better" though. Almost impossible to blanch basil leaves, and if they are not blanched before freezing then the emzymes that cause rot are not killed so it is a very short term storage for me, about 4 weeks max. Having said that, they all have their uses. Dried herbs are better in breads for example, and herb ice cubes (no rot as no oxygen) are great to throw into a stew or casserole. Whole frozen leaves, as you suggest, are good pressed into the top of a paté or terrine etc

It were gert lush my babba! LOL Or, it was very nice, thanks. Certainly on my "to keep forever" list!

No, I stopped using Neem Oil a few years ago after I found out that it not approved as a pesticide in the UK. And even if it is used there are many plants that the sellers of the stuff say it should not be used on, like: peppers, beans, peas, as well as on most herbs, including basil, dill, coriander, oregano, parsley, and thyme. Neem oil is a funny one and like most things gardening their are lovers and haters of it LOL An interesting read: horticulture.co.uk/neem-oil/

Batwings more like LOL Sounds like we are having the same weather, Ali, as we had many roads near me closed due to rain! Yes those Topweight are great and I'll be sowing then again in '25! Hope you have a great (drier!) week over there

I wasn't sure what to expect as 99% of the bale advice is from warmer climates.

Thanks Mike 👍I know some say the bales "may" last another year but they all tend to be from the warmer and drier US states

Cool. PS Your Glos Bounty seeds were posted Friday 🙂

Yep. I watched the 5 previous tenants struggle with it and not a single one did anything to improve the soil - the main reason I am going for mostly raised beds on the plot with the remainder no-dig.

@@DigwellGreenfingers needs a willow tree at the bottom of the hill 😁😆🌱☀️

@@fletchybabe6172 True! 🌴

I know LOL - a bit of added protein! Actually, I have only eaten on ear as a corn on the cob, this year. All the rest I have stripped the kernels from to use as sweetcorn.

Many thanks, plenty more where that came from LOL Have a great weekend!

I know but I'm taking it the the family get together on Boxing Day loadsa kids there LOL

That's a pity 😞

Many thanks buddy! One for the cake, one for me, one for the cake, one for me! 🍹

I guess you mean "thumbnail". A bit hard to grow sugar, cornflour, baking soda etc here in the UK, but the Garden Huckleberries were all mine LOL Have a great week

@@DigwellGreenfingers Yeah, I'm trying to figure out how to make a pie crust without all that stuff. There are almond flour crusts out there, so I wonder about mashed nuts like hazelnut and walnuts, maybe with beans and seeds like flax. Don't know, not trying to replicate the normal one, just something with a good taste and texture that holds everything in nicely.

@@HoboGardenerBen Sounds like a good plan! I love my pastry! Here's a few I've filmed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rILKaKBmdpWId9U kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5nLhJmQiJdohqM

Glad you enjoyed it, San. One of those things, once you say it, it sticks for ever! Just like: Casting Nasturtiums LOL

6-8 months WOW - well, they do last a long time! Have a great week guys

Ha, I didn't but I realised I'd left it one when I went to do the washing up! Off, now though - very preceptive of you LOL Have a great week down there!

I'll be making the pud in a month or so Barry. Still trying to work out a new recipe. Have a great week up there buddy!

Welcome onboard!! HopeI get to share some recipes and gardening tips with you. Not many herbs in this cake though, only those in the Whisky LOL

@@DigwellGreenfingers That’s okay. 🙂

My Christmas Pudding will be better with custard or brandy sauce. Not a fan of soggy cake.

Noooo, make individual ones just for you then!

Hope you enjoy it!

Cheers IGG - hope you have a great week over there!

@@DigwellGreenfingers still sick in bed, but beginning to feel human… Thank you.

I'll have to be careful with the feeding then LOL

Awkward you - most don't like the marzipan but love the icing LOL I may make a nut-free marzipan this year, we'll see. Have a great week

Brilliant! Sounds a bit weird but of all the different fruitcake recipes I have concocted, I really do not have a favourite. I'm only going to feed this twice as I don't want my grandkids bumbling around on Boxing Day LOL If I have time this year, I might make my own marzipan again or maybe a nut-free one.

@@DigwellGreenfingers Ooh that's sounds interesting. Thing i like about fruit cake is you can put in what you like and it lasts for a long time.

@@AnyKeyLady Exactly!

Maybe King Charles will have the cake this year. Dining with royalty, Klaus!

@@DigwellGreenfingers but none for Meghan and Harry, I don’t like them😇!

@@WhatWeDoChannel LOL - like many!