Ballyteige Farm

 

Adventures of a city girl who gave it all up to live the good life on a smallholding in rural Ireland.

 

Carrot Top Pesto

Carrot Top Pesto

  Carrot Top Pesto A zero waste recipe for using carrot leaves or carrot thinnings Food Processor/Blender olive oilcarrot leaves or carrot thinningsnuts (almond/hazlenut/pine/cashew)Parmigiana cheesegarlicSalt & Pepper These are basic instructions for the...

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First Harvest

First Harvest

A small but beautiful harvest. The Radishes are big and very spicy. The Strawberries are so sweet. The Carrots were thinned out and the thinnings used to make Carrot Top Pesto.

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Chillies

Chillies

The Chilli seeds that were sown in the polytunnel back in March, were re-potted from the module trays and then re-potted again into larger pots and eventually brought indoors. They are on a sunny windowsill and thriving. There's only two plants in the photo but there...

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