We Grow Our OwnWhat we grow, what we cook, what we eat …

It’s getting towards that time of the year when allotment holders start complaining that they have a glut of a one particular fruit/veg or another. When that happens to me, a glut is just the excuse I need to start making jams and preserves!

Thanks again for all of the entries and votes in this month’s competiton.

Voting was close right until the end, and then there was one runaway winner with almost 50% of the vote. So, this month’s winner is …

Thank you for all of the entries for this month’s competition.

Remember that you choose the winner of this month’s competition, so once you have chosen your favourite, continue down to the bottom of the blog, and complete the form to register your vote. You might want to cook some of these recipes too to help you decide which one is your favourite.

The vote closes at 12 noon on 29th June, so get voting!

Here are this month’s finalists …

As promised earlier in the month, here is this month’s Cultivate, Cook & Click Competition.

So, here is a reminder of the rules …

Well either I made the choice of ingredients too hard this month, or you were all too busy in the garden growing your fruit and veg, as I only had one entry that met the rules for the competition this month!

So, this month’s winner is ….

After the overwhelming response to last month’s Cultivate, Click & Cook competition, I have decided to set this up as a monthly competition, to encourage people to cook with whatever is in season.

So, here is a reminder of the rules …

It doesn’t matter whether you have a small garden, or a large allotment plot, you always seem to run out of growing space, especially in the busy late Spring and early Summer months.

However, there are a couple of techniques that can be used, which will ensure that you get the absolute most out of your growing space.

Thank you to everyone who entered and to all those that voted in April’s Cultivate, Cook & Click competition.

I can now announce that the winner of this month’s competition is …

It’s been gorgeous weather on a Bank Holiday for a change, and I hope you managed to spend as much time in your allotment or garden as I have.

Since I’m now the allotment site secretary, I was able to get advance notice of which plots on the site were becoming vacant, and I have bagged myself what I think is called a “project.”

Thank you for all of your entries for this month’s competition, and now it is time to reveal the prizes and the finalists for this month.