Crumble.

Hi fans,

Sadly there`s no fishing this week, time and moving house waits for no man,  I`ve found myself too busy this weekend with garden duties, clearing and weeding etc.

Two years ago my wife and I planted a Plum and an Apricot tree, they were twiggy little things and I wasn`t hopeful however my doubts were unfounded, they both grew very fast and are both  now over 10 feet tall and the Plum tree bore a bountyfull harvest of large juicy fruit for the first time this year.

So today I picked the last of the ripe Plumbs and had a bash at Jamie Olivers crumble recipe, as you can see from the picture above its a crumble to be proud of, I added a couple of apples the kids next door had thrown over the hedge and some home grown berries, now to open a tin of custard and its happy days.

Preps- Bugs n Slugs

Hi folks,

It`s on damp mornings like these that you`ll find me in the garden rooting around hunting slugs. So it was this morning before I set off for work, 15 mins hunting produced 21 sluggys.

My two hens love em and fight over them, they make a good supliment to their diet and keeps down the damage to my veggies. I do use pesticides, sprays and slug pellets however, I`ve tried the organic approach but after repeatedly losing most of my crops to slugs and bugs I abandoned that approach.

The problem is in a SHTF situation losing crops would mean less food which of course would be a bad situation so I`m always looking to be well stocked up with critter killer.

I`ve also heard Mr Slug makes a good bait for Chub, I`ve not tried it yet, maybe this weekend.