http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gardenersworld/alysfowler/2008/11/its_got_to_that_finger.html en-gb 30 Thu 17 Dec 2009 12:07:34 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gardenersworld/alysfowler/2008/11/its_got_to_that_finger.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gardenersworld/alysfowler/2008/11/its_got_to_that_finger.html?page=16#comment4 I had apple sauce with my porridge this morning! Cheers Alys, great idea, especially the ginger. Mon 01 Dec 2008 12:14:55 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gardenersworld/alysfowler/2008/11/its_got_to_that_finger.html?page=12#comment3 Hi Alys,Have you tried celeriac in the borscht? I make it with grated carrot, celeriac and beetroot - it lets the earthiness of the beetroot flavour come out but without being too earthy. Beetroot and potato mashed together is also very good!But I agree cooking is a great solace when it's dark, wet and cold outside. Also planning for next year, of course.By the way, can I ask a question - could you explain how you make the garden feed from mares tail and other horrible weeds (as on Friday's programme)? We've a garden that was sadly neglected for many years by the previous owners of our house - we've lots of mares tail and bindweed and I'd love to be able to use it positively.Thanks for the show - we're British but live in Belgium and it gives us a real feeling of home every week, watching you all. Mon 01 Dec 2008 08:24:27 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gardenersworld/alysfowler/2008/11/its_got_to_that_finger.html?page=8#comment2 Hey Reveast and Clarky2008Oh having a greenhouse is heaven. It's all so much easier when you've got somewhere safe to raise you seedlings.I'm not blue about gardening that I still love. It just all the politics around life that seems to be getting to me at the moment. Though I've always said if you love your hobby passionately so much that you daydream of doing it full time, then don't ever, ever go out and do it. It's one thing when it's your, another when money is involved.I toyed between gardening and cooking at a certain point. I'm so glad I left cooking alone. I don't even like writing about it much (though you'd be hard pressed to beleive that looking at this blog) as it veers off into a different territory. Most I just love to do and then eat it. If I can throw home grown into the pot then that all the better. And for a couple of hours I can simmer away the politics. And on that note I'm going to go and raid the veg garden for the 'Thanksgiving dinner that couldn't be beat' I'm throwing for all those I love most tomorrow. Fri 28 Nov 2008 15:58:21 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gardenersworld/alysfowler/2008/11/its_got_to_that_finger.html?page=4#comment1 Sorry to hear you've got the blues at the mo. There seems a terrible irony in a professional gardner who gardens all day feeling down when I fiddle around when not at work to improve my delicate karma! You could always spend the day in my classroom! (Although judging by how cold i got planting daff bulbs in pots for my friends wedding flowers the other day maybe I'll stick with the central heating for my day job) Wed 26 Nov 2008 19:31:35 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gardenersworld/alysfowler/2008/11/its_got_to_that_finger.html?page=0#comment0 Now you're making me hungry. I only moved into this house in August, so no crops yet (although my new greenhouse is built) but next year I hope to be able to match your food production. To assist with filling my garden I've bought a copy of your book (and another 2 as Christmas presents!). Wed 26 Nov 2008 08:57:52 GMT+1