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Prime Minister's broadcast to the nation on Sunday May 10 |
Did you know that
Boris is a student of Winston Churchill? As soon as Mr Johnson’s leadership
intentions became obvious four years ago, I bought Boris’ book on the great
man as a means of gaining an insight into the motivations of Boris, himself. You could see and hear the influences in the lockdown speech last night.
It is inviting to make comparisons especially since The
Darkest Hour was broadcast on the previous evening. Being born during WW2 and
growing up in its shadow, Garden Codger might be allowed one observation: politicians
now carefully avoid any reference to dependence on God – as though that might
be an indication of weakness. We are constantly directed to Science but not to
the One who created all things. In some ways, life has become simpler during lockdown

Born out of Lockdown
This blog came about as a result
of lockdown. To save repetition, you can read about it here. In an
immediate sense, and through the support of our followers, we achieved our
target weeks ago. It now appears that more is possible, so Garden Codger has
raised his sights a bit – to £1000 for BCM. You can see how well we are doing by
clicking here
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Cerise is a prolific bush tomato |
Meanwhile, the seeds we sowed at
the beginning have grown wonderfully. The greenhouse is bursting with plants
that are longing for a place in your garden. As previously indicated, we are
hoping that many of you will wish to try growing yourselves – even if for the
very first time. So here we go with bush tomatoes
Bush Tomatoes
- ORDER NOW!
I think it may be necessary to
bust the myth that tomatoes require lots of specialist knowledge. Not so, if
you go for a bush variety. All you will need is a sunny spot and a drop of feed. No need
to pinch out – just feed and grow. The selected variety is Tomato Cerise – they will produce lots of bite-size sweet tomatoes. If they crop well – and they should – a bit
of support may be needed. Order now!
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Veg plants - with trademark milk cartons |
Also ready
NOW! Kale plus …
Ready-to-plant
vegetables looking for a home:
Kale KX-1 – red
kale – OK in a border
Kale Toscana – operatic flavour
Broccoli – the old sprouting sort
Lettuce – Little Gem and etc
Melons - choice of varieties
Rhubarb – long season variety
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They had not watched MasterChef. 2" at an angle better |
The world’s best 15-minute dessert
Mention of rhubarb triggers a desire on the part of Garden Codger to promote his favourite dessert. Here is his timed recipe (time includes harvesting!) Saunter to
the rhubarb patch. Harvest
half-a-dozen stalks, discarding the leaves. Saunter back and
wash the stalks. Top and tail
and then cut them into 2” lengths, shorter if the stalks are thick.
(If you are a MasterChef viewer you can make the cuts at 60 degrees.) Put in a saucepan in half an inch of water. Add sugar to taste then add a bit more. Bring to boil and simmer for two
minutes, turn off, using the
residual heat to complete cooking. Do not boil to a mush – rhubarb is a delicacy. Serve into
bowls adding your preferred accompaniment – custard, Greek yoghurt, crème
fresh, fromage frais, ice-cream in any combination. To perfect perfection serve
with a Scottish shortbread. Eat slowly, savouring the beautiful fruity, faintly
earthy taste – sampling as you would a fine wine - and dwell on the food-miles you have saved. Wonderful. [Overall time,
including harvesting and consumption, 20 minutes, unless you have a second helping – a strong
possibility]
The greenhouse is calling - all for now - best wishes from the Garden Codger

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