🙋hi from Scotland ,hi Jess great vidio I am so pleased your wee cat started eating hope she continues to do so ,great you got your new door on it looks great ,I am also hanging on to some lovly tomato plants Wich still have lots on them ,this year I git a horrible surprise one of my big beds had some of my onions and my leeks in I noticed the onions were rocking back and forward so when I checked them they had bloody white rot I can use the m but I know they won't store and the big leeks 30 f them that I grew from seen were also affected all soft and rot in them devastated had to get rid of the leeks 😩 great to see your wee mum walking around without her stick take care till next time cheers 🍷 Anne from Scotland ☔☔☔☔
Hiya Jessie Thankyou for sharing. Ok I’m nosey about the fella ? Lol just kidding Luv hope Muma is recovering well. I was sorry about Millie I watched just didn’t comment, as always take care & stay safe. Blessings Ontario Canada 🐝🇨🇦
I tried making pickled green tomatoes. Was pretty excited as there's lots of TH-cam videos that make them sound delicious. I was really disappointed I have to say. Mushy and flavourless. If you do ever find a successful use for green toms then I would like to hear it.
For onion seeds, seedlings, leeks and garlic, I am u sing all the spent compost in tubs that housed a variety of summer crops, just topping them with a few inches of fresh compost. I am a bit concerned that there may not be enough drainage though.
Great news about your complex cat, he is amazing. Your new assistant? Also amazing!!! Thanks Jessie, I am enthused by your autumnal activities & plans, cheers!
Jessie in America we eat fried green tomatoes & they are delicious!! You slice them dip them in slightly bitten egg with a fork then pass them in small crushed bread crumbs (I particularly like then ones that have Italian seasoning in them) Then fry them!! DELICIOUS 😋😋😋 Drain them on paper towels to get ride of extra oil!! You can do them in Airfyer also with no oil!!🇺🇸🇬🇧
Green tomato marmalade is fantastic! Fried green tomatoes is not only a good movie, it's also a good side dish! Congratulations on not having to make any of them!
@@JessieatPlot37maus ldich ist ein paar Jahre 😂und habe ich auch schon auf dem Namen gesehen und wollte mich schon auf den nächsten Teil freuen wenn ich wieder in die Frage komme um zu fragen ❤❤❤
Glad Ani got a reprieve from the warden, our dog doesn’t eat pills so I crush them between 2 spoons and mix with a bit of peanut butter 👍👍. I cannot stand tomato 🍅 hands and have to wear gloves to touch the plants. Hope everyone is doing well a trip to Johanna’s to see her fall garden would be nice but if not say hi to her. 🐝 safe ladies
Glad ani is doing ok. Ive got three old cats, one of which is always at the vet. I know how worrying it is! Hope he continues to steal all your food!! High five on a productive week!
Wonderful week in the garden. So glad to hear Ani is on the upswing. I have a cat I am babying as well. He had/has some touch-and-go periods as well, but he seems to be in a upswing period. I still expect it not to last but at the moment, everything seems good and he has been gaining weight, etc. So let's hope all humans, their (furry) friends, and gardens continue to do well!
Great video Jessie and a cracking idea with the door and the velcro, also it's handy for you having a boyfriend/brother who can reach up high for you as well. Keeping fingers crossed that your cat 😿 gets better it's not nice when they are ill and can't tell you what is up, plus they are family so it's even worse for us. Take Care and Stay Safe 😷 Barry (Wirral)
Hi Jesse hope the little one will be OK they are a big part of the family love to him. Try ripening the Tom's in a paper bag in the airing cupboard or try them by bannans. Last year we were eating ours up till January. Found a good new tom called pannovy very nice red salad type. When I start them off next year if you would like a few let me know and I will post you some. God bless bill
thank you Jess, wonderful video as always, you make my heart sing 😀 Amazing to still be picking tomatoes isn't it? I just composted the last plant that were in tubs indoors. I need the space for greens seedlings. I usually feel some grief when the summer crops end but not since being ready with lots of autumn and winter seedlings. Already the polytunnel staging is lined with compost bags full of little plants and we have harvested baby leaves for a few days. Lots of love to Anikin. So good he stole the lamb. You need to stock up on lamb😍
Great update once again Jessie , very productive indeed , loved your work on your polytunnel you make it look so easy lol, I'm really pleased Annie is on the mend and as a pet owner myself I feel your pain , heres hoping his good health continues for a long time yet , say hi to mum for me and catch you next time thanks once again xx
@@JessieatPlot37 you all so deserve it Jessie , very expensive vets but my goodness we do need them at times , keep up the good work Jessie it's much appreciated xx
I agree, green tomato chutney is quite thin on flavour, however I was given a hamper containing a small producer's Red tomato chutney. Really flavoursome, fresh tomatoiness, complex flavours, brilliant with plain extra mature cheader. Still, how many meals do you eat plain cheese? I have huge black russian tomatoes I'm wondering what to do with. Done Chicken in tomato, baked wirh aubergines, bolognaise all frozen. Now soups and juice I think. Last year's glut was cucumber, no successful storage recipes, all pretty tasteless. 😉. Been brambling and crab apple harvesting too, tis the season...
I‘m so glad to hear about little Ani-Gangster-Cat eating again! 😍I have two black fellas, too, I understand all you tell us about him. #BlackCatAppreciation Also love the girlies and Lily and your garden, and you and your mom, of course, greetings from SW-Germany! 🥰😘💕❤️🐈⬛🐈🐓🐓💔👩🏻🦳👩🏻🦰🌱🌿🪴🥬🥦🥒🌶🍅🍎🍐🍊🍓🍇🧅🧄🥕🎃💖
Dear Jessie….Fingers very much crossed for Anniken (?)… So delighted that he stole your lamb dinner!!!….maybe leave some more ‘delicacies’ in a tempting places…oh, I see that you already sorted that (right at the end of the blog 👏👏🙏👌😃)…even more pleased 😃😃😃!!…My dear old GINGE was my precious old ‘friend’, who lived to a great age… so I completely understand your anxiety when your ‘Anni’ goes through a bad spell…🙏❤️❤️to him…Tons of work accomplished this week…so satisfying, as you say👍… those window box troughs…are what I mainly grow my ‘stuff’ in…because of extreme clay soil situation in my garden… They are much bigger and deeper ones, mainly,…and they are so successful for growing almost everything in, including runner beans etc…that’s what I call ‘thinking outside the trough’!!!….😃…Lots of take home produce this week, I see…also very satisfying….Also excellent door replacement work on the jolly old poly tunnel…well thought out too….Best wishes to ‘Anni’(keep Stealing, Keep Well Boy!)..and to you Jessie and ‘Mom’,…See you next week…Sue(Birmingham)😻🤞
Thank you Sue! We are leaving ‘delicacies’ all over the place hahahaha! Ahh, Ginge. My childhood Cat Tom was a fabulous ginger boy. What a love. Glad you dodge the clay with your troughs, i think they are definitely the way forward with problem patches aren’t they!
Great progress on the plot ,good to see that mum is getting about much better,and you seem to have a little manpower to give you a hand allways handy, When Tiddles my cat goes off her food I find that a little Bovril goes a long way to get her eating again a small dab on the end of you finger and blob it on the tip of the cats nose and away you go good luck and see you next week 🍺
Jessie-ever heard of fried green tomatoes? We eat them here in the South of the United States. I dip the slices in egg, then flour, fry in butter or oil. Cheers!
Well done with the improvised door. I did a very similar thing this summer with the living room window. The stiff velcro part on the inside of the window frame, the opposite part on some net curtain material. The casement opens outward and the net stops all the insects in North London joining me inside and driving me nuts!
Love the poly tunnel door. Need to sort mine out. Video to come😂. Need Velcro and more sticky tape. Got plenty of wood. Busy preparing an area for a new potting shed, excited 😂
Good job on the polytunnel door Jessie. Poor Annekin. One of our cats got kicked in the face by a cow in the field next door. His poor face was squashed and he wouldnt eat due to major sinus congestion. We got him to eat in the end by squirting Webbox Lick -e- Lix into his mouth, also Melting Hearts by Gourmet in the round tin, heating his food up (maybe that's why Annekin stole the lamb bcause it was hot) the vet told us to try this! Also tuna and any strong fish and to pour the juice over any catfood. Hope it helps, its so sad. I'm glad to hear he's eating now though. Big hugs.
Thanks Jenny! Oh gosh your poor cat!!! That sounds horrific. We have tried everything - heating the food, smelly stuff, he is ‘steamed’ every day with a decongestant and fed exactly those Lick-e-Lix via a syring hahaha! the things we do! Did your cat recover? Is he okay now? poor love.
@@JessieatPlot37 Yes he did recover. He too had decongestants and you always knew when he was around cos he sounded like Darth Vader! He was checked regularly by our vet and had a good life. He passed away in his sleep 3 years later bless him at the age of 17.
busy week, long may the paworce be with Annie, I too have an ancient moggie who likes to get poorly randomly. words have been said, I'm not digging a hole for a new tree till spring 😉
Hello Jessie, Finishing much of your garden, We have had a few pets reach the final days this past couple years very difficult and not fun at all. Wishing all the best for you and your cat I hope his last days are all good days! I love deep rootrainers I buy 1-2 every year (budget) . Tomatoes work so well I am also going to try the eggplants next year. My new strategy on beans is any that I miss and go too far I let them go dry and later shell all of them into a jar and cook them together in soups ect. Take care bye for now
My aim this winter is to keep my protea seedling alive. Chuffed that I’ve got them to sprout and growing slowly. Overwintered chillies once and I got an ugly plant the following year that had loads of fruit but very few leaves- I don’t have space to over winter them now.
I managed to overwinter 2 Hot Lemons one year and one of them was just like you say - not a good plant but loads of early fruit. the second one was an absolute monster and got HUGE but very few chillis…🤷♀️ Very odd!
Your Shallots, if you wanted to you could grow them in pots - I've done it in the past . 1 per 7" (2ltr) pot if you want large shallots. Pickling size you can get away with a 6"pot. And peas ... I'm just about to sow some ( DOuce Provence) in hanging baskets and putting in the greenhouse ... they work OK
Yeah, i thought about maybe individual pots but I’m still thinking the polystyrene trough will work well. Nice idea about the peas in the hanging baskets!
One technique I have used when a cat stops eating is introduce some food competition: may be a thought to consider a new rescue kiltie in the house. There are always cats who need a good home at Britain's version of the SPCA. Fourteen isn't ancient for a cat. Most of mine have lived into their late teens/early 20's.
14 certainly isn’t old for a cat at all but he wasn’t expected to survive as a kitten and has had his (un)fair share of health problems! So 14 is impressive for him. I just hope its longer.
You might consider making some green tomato salsa which is great when making white bean chili with or without chicken. It can be either frozen or water bath canned .
hope your cat will be ok... my little dog had a tumour removed yesterday so sleeping a lot but still jumping up on the chairs when im not looking she not aloud to in case she pops the stiches
Great video as usual, l am a patron but have never had the Monday video not sure why? ( I have limited tech abilities) I overwintered my 3 🌶 plants last year in my unheated wash house and had my best harvest to date.😻💐🤞
 Green Tomato Pie 1-1/2 cups sugar 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon Pinch salt 3 cups thinly sliced green tomatoes (4 to 5 medium) 1 tablespoon cider vinegar Pastry for double-crust pie (9 inches) 1 tablespoon butter In a bowl, combine the sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt. Add tomatoes and vinegar; toss to coat. Line a pie plate with bottom crust. Add filling; dot with butter. Roll out remaining pastry; make a lattice crust. Trim, seal and flute edges. Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until tomatoes are tender. Cool on a wire rack to room temperature. Store in the refrigerator.
Hi love the videos I was wondering can I ask where you buy your pond plants from wanting to start a pond but would love some tips about start one and where to buy these thanks
I like a twit removed all my tomato plants even though they looked green and nice. I thought nothing would grow now as its October and they had flowers on. Was this the right thing to do Jessie?🤷🏼♀️ I’m new to all this forward thinking, sowing seeds at the right time ( I always get it wrong) and I don’t know where to begin with succession planting. I don’t own a green house or a poly tunnel. Plus I am going in a small space. Help needed. Pretty please 😊
if you had no decent size green tomatoes on the plants it was correct to remove them, too late for them to develop fruit from flowers. I chucked my plants which had only tiny tomatoes on, they won't grow bigger this time of the year. Full (or nearly) full size green tomatoes I put on the windowsill in the sun to colour up
Hi Pauline, nah i think you were probably right to chuck them out. Especially if they were outside! And honestly - we all still get the timing wrong sometimes. It’s a game of chance, this gardening lark! :D
Hi Jessie, good job on putting a new door on your polytunnel 👍 you got a lot of planting, clearimg jobs done today. Good luck with your onions & shallots 🤞 shame about the white rot. So pleased your cat is on the road to recovery, we love our pets so much. Thanks for sharing and take care 🙂
Bad squirrel & bird problem here, for years I haven't been able to allow a SINGLE tomato to ripen on the vine!! Horrible. They are all picked half-ripe & allowed to ripen inside at room temperature. At frost, I pick everything, and the hardest green ones I batter & FRY. Preheated oil/pan very important, otherwise the food will get soggy. But very nice, almost lemony flavor to fried green tomatoes! 👉If I have millions, green jalapeno salsa. Jalapenos, onions, green tomatoes! For tacos, eggs, nachos, and of course as tortilla chip dip.
Hi Maxine. I was talking about Field Beans, rather than peas. They are a form of Broadbean with much less impressive bean pods than the cultivated varieties.
I planted one beefsteak tomato this year because I never have success with them they are always little. This year because of the hot weather we had quite a few tomato’s mostly small but no flowers on the beefsteak then suddenly flowers on the plant and of course it was to late to get many ripe but boy did they get big, fortunately for me I like green tomato chutney also I’m going to have a go of green tomato chow chow the Americans seem to like this so I’m giving this a whirl 👍🏼 Has anyone else had trouble with white fly my tomato’s runner beans courgettes and herbs have been absolutely smothered with them. I had to put my cats tablets in a piece of meat making sure it’s not to big or cheese apparently cats like cheese. Must be costing you a fortune luckily we had insurance. Hope he gets better
Glad you got a good lot of toms even if they were small. Green Tomato Chow Chow? I’ll have top look that up! No white fly here (i say very quietly, incase they hear me and come running) Yeah, unfortunately no insurance - its been a bit of a nightmare on that front.
I know some people go crazy for it Richard! I think maybe i overdosed on it the first year i made it! We have tried everything with Ani - even heating up strong smelling stuff so it smells even more… but I’m hoping we are passed that now and he’ll start eating normally soon 😆
Hi Jessie, Have you considered field beans in root trainers. I started to do it because pigeons and black birds dig them out. I keep them in the greenhouse until they have two sets of true leaves and then plant them out.
I plant about 200 field beans per bed so it would be a bit of a mission to start them all off in pots! But Yeah, definitely worth doing if you’re only doing a few Gina! If its not mice/rats its the blooming birds isn’t it!!?
Really enjoyed the vlog. Hope Ani will be ok. Did you say the spreadsheet would be downloadable on Monday? I can't find it on Patreon or youtube or your website. Now this could be because I don't fully understand these platforms, which is proablably true, or its not yet available. If I'm the problem I'm going to need help!
Broad beans can withstand temperatures down to -10 C and overwintering can get you an earlier harvest next year. Aquadulce is the variety Jessie planted .
I’m sorry about your cat not being so well. It’s notoriously hard to get them to swallow pills, grinding them up in their food can sometimes work. Even though he is getting on in years I hope he still has a good bit of time left in his life.
Nice to hear annie is eating again. I`m a absoluut cat lover. My boy is called loki and he is only 8 he is allready a problem child ( kidney) but he is such a good friend,i love him . Talking about love...who is the dude with the adidas shoes? 😛 I see you got your winter stash of chard again,lovely. Do you have more recipes besides the stuffed pasta? And are you doing some more recipes soon again? My garden is a mess, i need more time. Somehow everything exploded after the long drought and now the rain, and i don`t mean only the good bits 🙄😅. Till next week ,lots of love from Begium❤💋
Thanks Jessie. And ahhhh Loki. Ani has been a problem health wise since he was a kitten. All the problems! But he’s come through the lot! Everything crossed that Loki does the same! :D Lovely boy. Oh yeah, winter chard stash is in place! :D I mainly eat it with past to be honest, either as the shells or in the lasagna. But i do use it for other things too…perhaps i should do some more things on here. I know what you mean about the garden exploding after the drought…. Everything has gone nuts!!
Hahahahahah, i read your description out to mum and we really laughed. I can totally see that hahahah! I’ve actually been de-seeding and slicing them and frying them up with onions and stuffing them (with grated cheese) into toasted sandwiches… not the healthiest but SO GOOD. I have used them in stirfries too and actually an Achocha risotto i made was really tasty!
You’ve inspired! I just ordered my hot pepper seeds for next year. I’m in western Canada, and I ordered from a Vancouver company called Lucifer’s House of Heat. What could go wrong, eh?
@@francesbatycki404 That's really good to know, but even though my mouth is watering I probably couldn't justify shipping the product 8000 miles. Probably.
I'm wayyy to heavy-handed for root trainers, im going to try those container-wise deep cells, same size as the root trainers but a little more robust for clumsy sods like me, think there the ones that manufacture charles Dowdings trays, and i just ordered there 7cm cell, cell trays to replace the flimsy balancing act trying to fit even the square pots on a tray without knockin half of them flying every time they need moving to be watered, tony had a link on a vid to a company selling sets of 20 trays for £30 that have only been used once, cant complain when there nearly £6 each direct from the manufacturer.
Hahahah, yeah, every time mum goes near them she breaks them. She not allowed now 😂 I was looking at the CD trays. maybe next year! 20 for £30 is amazing!
I’m stuck wondering if the spider in the wheel barrow made it out alive… he tried to get away from the root trainers but got wiped out by the potting soil 3 times.
Wash leaves, cut off stalks. Allow to dry. Open freeze on a tray. When frozen put in a ziplock bag. You can crush to make chopped parsley. Parsley is pretty resilient and will continue to grow throughout winter unless bitterly cold etc. I plant my parsley into my tomato pots. Once I have removed the tomato plants, I leave the parsley for winter/spring. In September, I chop half of the pots severely. This encourages new fresh growth for winter. This means that I should have a steady supply for winter and no need to freeze.
Yeah, just wash it and then make sure its fully dried before you freeze it. I don’t chop off the stalks because i use them too. But as long as its dry and you lay it out on a tray or something to freeze first them bag it up once frozen… should be good!
Come on Jessie, who's the hunk? Need to know basis hahaha. Glad Annie' feeling better :) xx
What a treat. So much of you . Hooray for the long video 🎉. Thanks hun. You are the best! Lots of love from Belgium
Binge watching your lovely videos from Michigan USA. Hooray for tomato fingers.
🙋hi from Scotland ,hi Jess great vidio I am so pleased your wee cat started eating hope she continues to do so ,great you got your new door on it looks great ,I am also hanging on to some lovly tomato plants Wich still have lots on them ,this year I git a horrible surprise one of my big beds had some of my onions and my leeks in I noticed the onions were rocking back and forward so when I checked them they had bloody white rot I can use the m but I know they won't store and the big leeks 30 f them that I grew from seen were also affected all soft and rot in them devastated had to get rid of the leeks 😩 great to see your wee mum walking around without her stick take care till next time cheers 🍷 Anne from Scotland ☔☔☔☔
Hiya Jessie Thankyou for sharing. Ok I’m nosey about the fella ? Lol just kidding Luv hope Muma is recovering well. I was sorry about Millie I watched just didn’t comment, as always take care & stay safe. Blessings Ontario Canada 🐝🇨🇦
I wrap my untipe (green) tomatoes in newspaper individually put in a box and they ripen. 😊
Wee baby Annie!! He's so beautiful. Really glad he pinched your lamb Jessie, what a good boy 🥰
Oh blimey Jessie! My heart was in my mouth with cat story, then he nicked the lamb‼️😂👏 glad he seems to be doing ok 🤞🤞
Cheers 🥂 xx
I tried making pickled green tomatoes. Was pretty excited as there's lots of TH-cam videos that make them sound delicious. I was really disappointed I have to say. Mushy and flavourless. If you do ever find a successful use for green toms then I would like to hear it.
I'm so glad your cat is ok now he is such a handsome chapxx
Jessie you are my number one vlogger ,love watching your vlogs
For onion seeds, seedlings, leeks and garlic, I am u sing all the spent compost in tubs that housed a variety of summer crops, just topping them with a few inches of fresh compost.
I am a bit concerned that there may not be enough drainage though.
I meant onion sets.
Thanks!
Great news about your complex cat, he is amazing. Your new assistant? Also amazing!!! Thanks Jessie, I am enthused by your autumnal activities & plans, cheers!
That’s such a good idea with your poly door …..yep just love it x
Jessie in America we eat fried green tomatoes & they are delicious!! You slice them dip them in slightly bitten egg with a fork then pass them in small crushed bread crumbs (I particularly like then ones that have Italian seasoning in them) Then fry them!! DELICIOUS 😋😋😋 Drain them on paper towels to get ride of extra oil!! You can do them in Airfyer also with no oil!!🇺🇸🇬🇧
Bread crumples! I love the sound of that, going to use it 👍
@@magpie1492 so sorry is bread crumbs 😂🤣😂🤣😂English is my second Language!! But I agree crumples sounds good 🤣😂
That sounds absolutely delicious!! I think i might just give that a try! Oh and also, i love the ‘Bread Crumples’ too. 😆
@@JessieatPlot37 Dear sweet Jessie you are just too sweet!! Sorry English is my second Language ❤️ I meant “Bread crumbs” 🤣😂🤣
Or cornmeal in Canada🍁🍁
Green tomato marmalade is fantastic! Fried green tomatoes is not only a good movie, it's also a good side dish! Congratulations on not having to make any of them!
hope your cat has a good recovery. green tomatos & bacon with potato & carrot make a lovely soup.
Thanks Hazel. That soup sounds great :D
@@JessieatPlot37maus ldich ist ein paar Jahre 😂und habe ich auch schon auf dem Namen gesehen und wollte mich schon auf den nächsten Teil freuen wenn ich wieder in die Frage komme um zu fragen ❤❤❤
Such a beautiful rosy lady. Apple for the eyes.
Glad Ani got a reprieve from the warden, our dog doesn’t eat pills so I crush them between 2 spoons and mix with a bit of peanut butter 👍👍. I cannot stand tomato 🍅 hands and have to wear gloves to touch the plants. Hope everyone is doing well a trip to Johanna’s to see her fall garden would be nice but if not say hi to her. 🐝 safe ladies
You have a very handy sweet handsome assisant!! 😘🤗😍 You are a sweet smart 🍪!! 😂🤗😂
Hahahahah, I’ll tell him he’s ‘handy, sweet and handsome’ Mom Puff!!
Glad ani is doing ok. Ive got three old cats, one of which is always at the vet. I know how worrying it is! Hope he continues to steal all your food!!
High five on a productive week!
Thanks Betty. Long my my food be stolen! Hope your old chaps are all going goo at the moment. :)
Tomatoes ripen very nicely off the vine! Love you! ❤
Yeah, hoping these ones do too.
Wonderful week in the garden. So glad to hear Ani is on the upswing. I have a cat I am babying as well. He had/has some touch-and-go periods as well, but he seems to be in a upswing period. I still expect it not to last but at the moment, everything seems good and he has been gaining weight, etc. So let's hope all humans, their (furry) friends, and gardens continue to do well!
Oh fingers crossed for your cat too… its awful when you can’t explain to them and they can’t tell you… long my they both continue to gain weight!!
lovely video jess hope cat gets better soon
Thanks Steven. I hope so too!
Great video Jessie and a cracking idea with the door and the velcro, also it's handy for you having a boyfriend/brother who can reach up high for you as well. Keeping fingers crossed that your cat 😿 gets better it's not nice when they are ill and can't tell you what is up, plus they are family so it's even worse for us.
Take Care and Stay Safe 😷
Barry (Wirral)
Hi Jesse hope the little one will be OK they are a big part of the family love to him. Try ripening the Tom's in a paper bag in the airing cupboard or try them by bannans. Last year we were eating ours up till January. Found a good new tom called pannovy very nice red salad type. When I start them off next year if you would like a few let me know and I will post you some. God bless bill
thank you Jess, wonderful video as always, you make my heart sing 😀
Amazing to still be picking tomatoes isn't it?
I just composted the last plant that were in tubs indoors. I need the space for greens seedlings. I usually feel some grief when the summer crops end but not since being ready with lots of autumn and winter seedlings. Already the polytunnel staging is lined with compost bags full of little plants and we have harvested baby leaves for a few days.
Lots of love to Anikin. So good he stole the lamb. You need to stock up on lamb😍
I suggest salsa verde. Wherever you might use tomatillos. Substitute with green tomatoes. Great on steak.
Love and prayers for your sweet kitty cat ❤️🙏🏼❤️
Thank you Virginia!
Great update once again Jessie , very productive indeed , loved your work on your polytunnel you make it look so easy lol, I'm really pleased Annie is on the mend and as a pet owner myself I feel your pain , heres hoping his good health continues for a long time yet , say hi to mum for me and catch you next time thanks once again xx
Thanks Jim! So satisfying to have a working door again! :D Fingers crossed he will keep eating now and we can have a break from the vets! :)
@@JessieatPlot37 you all so deserve it Jessie , very expensive vets but my goodness we do need them at times , keep up the good work Jessie it's much appreciated xx
I have heard that a green tomato curry is pretty good. I have a load of green tomatoes also so going to give it a try and see how it shakes out.
I wasn't having a good evening and hearing how you need to make your cat think he's stealing food gave me a much needed laugh. Cats, eh?
Hahahah, it’s ridiculous. Hiding food all over the blooming kitchen for him to nick! Sorry your not having a good evening.
I agree, green tomato chutney is quite thin on flavour, however I was given a hamper containing a small producer's Red tomato chutney. Really flavoursome, fresh tomatoiness, complex flavours, brilliant with plain extra mature cheader. Still, how many meals do you eat plain cheese? I have huge black russian tomatoes I'm wondering what to do with. Done Chicken in tomato, baked wirh aubergines, bolognaise all frozen. Now soups and juice I think. Last year's glut was cucumber, no successful storage recipes, all pretty tasteless. 😉.
Been brambling and crab apple harvesting too, tis the season...
Fried green tomatoes 🍅 is my FAVORITE....almost better than a ripe one, almost.
Okay I admit - never tried fried!
Hello! How much more work in the garden. You are a hard worker! Pumpkins are adorable. Good luck to you👍🌻💙
Always something to do in the garden, isn’t there?!
@@JessieatPlot37 Agree with you. I hope to be in my garden soon. I really miss my cottage
I‘m so glad to hear about little Ani-Gangster-Cat eating again! 😍I have two black fellas, too, I understand all you tell us about him. #BlackCatAppreciation Also love the girlies and Lily and your garden, and you and your mom, of course, greetings from SW-Germany! 🥰😘💕❤️🐈⬛🐈🐓🐓💔👩🏻🦳👩🏻🦰🌱🌿🪴🥬🥦🥒🌶🍅🍎🍐🍊🍓🍇🧅🧄🥕🎃💖
Dear Jessie….Fingers very much crossed for Anniken (?)… So delighted that he stole your lamb dinner!!!….maybe leave some more ‘delicacies’ in a tempting places…oh, I see that you already sorted that (right at the end of the blog 👏👏🙏👌😃)…even more pleased 😃😃😃!!…My dear old GINGE was my precious old ‘friend’, who lived to a great age… so I completely understand your anxiety when your ‘Anni’ goes through a bad spell…🙏❤️❤️to him…Tons of work accomplished this week…so satisfying, as you say👍… those window box troughs…are what I mainly grow my ‘stuff’ in…because of extreme clay soil situation in my garden… They are much bigger and deeper ones, mainly,…and they are so successful for growing almost everything in, including runner beans etc…that’s what I call ‘thinking outside the trough’!!!….😃…Lots of take home produce this week, I see…also very satisfying….Also excellent door replacement work on the jolly old poly tunnel…well thought out too….Best wishes to ‘Anni’(keep Stealing, Keep Well Boy!)..and to you Jessie and ‘Mom’,…See you next week…Sue(Birmingham)😻🤞
Thank you Sue! We are leaving ‘delicacies’ all over the place hahahaha! Ahh, Ginge. My childhood Cat Tom was a fabulous ginger boy. What a love.
Glad you dodge the clay with your troughs, i think they are definitely the way forward with problem patches aren’t they!
Great progress on the plot ,good to see that mum is getting about much better,and you seem to have a little manpower to give you a hand allways handy,
When Tiddles my cat goes off her food I find that a little Bovril goes a long way to get her eating again a small dab on the end of you finger and blob it on the tip of the cats nose and away you go good luck and see you next week 🍺
Thanks MrCoggins :) Yeah, mum is really on the mend now!
Now… Bovril on the nose! What a little bit of genius!! I will try that immediately.
I enjoyed your vlog.Hope your cat makes it. He’s had a good life.
Thanks Anna. Fingers crossed for him, I’d be desperately sad without him!
I hope your dear cat continues to do well,they're such a worry when they're poorly but you're doing all you can for him. Great vlog, all the best🙂
:) thanks Jenny. So hard when you can’t explain to them and they can’t tell you!
Jessie-ever heard of fried green tomatoes? We eat them here in the South of the United States. I dip the slices in egg, then flour, fry in butter or oil. Cheers!
I hadn’t Kily, no. But lots of people have mentioned them! I’m going to give them a try.
Hi Jessie, Richard & Paul do a lovely green tomato, potato and pea curry, over on their channel for the non green tomato chutney people
Thanks for the note, Sheila. I was trying to remember the channel! They seem to loathe green tomato chutney! 👍👍❤️🇨🇦
I was thinking of them too🤣
Oh interesting Sheila! I will go looking for that.
Omg!!!! Thankful!!! I was getting ready to cry for you. Ok all is well.
Jeeeeez, there were lots of tears this end Pixieann. Really thought it was curtains!
Well done with the improvised door.
I did a very similar thing this summer with the living room window.
The stiff velcro part on the inside of the window frame, the opposite part on some net curtain material.
The casement opens outward and the net stops all the insects in North London joining me inside and driving me nuts!
Hahahahah, that’s excellent Andrea. I’ve got Velcro lets i could rig something up at home :D
It's so hard to watch our pets go thru illness. Healing thoughts for your sweet baby Ani.
Thank you Sherry. It’s so hard when you can’t explain to them and they can’t tell you…
Green tomato marmalade is fabulous
Oooooh, sounds fab Muriel!
Love the poly tunnel door. Need to sort mine out. Video to come😂. Need Velcro and more sticky tape. Got plenty of wood. Busy preparing an area for a new potting shed, excited 😂
OOoooooh, new potting shed. That IS exciting!
Nice ate my overwintered peas previous years so I sow in pots plant out early march
Blooming Nices! :D Yeah, the mice really are a pain aren’t they!
@@JessieatPlot37 hahahaha they are a pain aren’t they but cute and we do share the land with them so need to outwit them🤣
Good job on the polytunnel door Jessie. Poor Annekin. One of our cats got kicked in the face by a cow in the field next door. His poor face was squashed and he wouldnt eat due to major sinus congestion. We got him to eat in the end by squirting Webbox Lick -e- Lix into his mouth, also Melting Hearts by Gourmet in the round tin, heating his food up (maybe that's why Annekin stole the lamb bcause it was hot) the vet told us to try this! Also tuna and any strong fish and to pour the juice over any catfood. Hope it helps, its so sad. I'm glad to hear he's eating now though. Big hugs.
Thanks Jenny! Oh gosh your poor cat!!! That sounds horrific. We have tried everything - heating the food, smelly stuff, he is ‘steamed’ every day with a decongestant and fed exactly those Lick-e-Lix via a syring hahaha! the things we do! Did your cat recover? Is he okay now? poor love.
@@JessieatPlot37 Yes he did recover. He too had decongestants and you always knew when he was around cos he sounded like Darth Vader! He was checked regularly by our vet and had a good life. He passed away in his sleep 3 years later bless him at the age of 17.
I did love how you thought the door out, before you started. ❤️👍
:) Thanks DN.
That cat has some sense of timing😀….and looks rather pleased with himself😀😀😀
Oh i know!! I’m sure he’s just playing me hahahaha!
busy week, long may the paworce be with Annie, I too have an ancient moggie who likes to get poorly randomly. words have been said, I'm not digging a hole for a new tree till spring 😉
Hahahah, thanks Sans0m. :D Yeah, sometimes they just need a talking too hahaha!
Hello Jessie, Finishing much of your garden, We have had a few pets reach the final days this past couple years very difficult and not fun at all. Wishing all the best for you and your cat I hope his last days are all good days!
I love deep rootrainers I buy 1-2 every year (budget) . Tomatoes work so well I am also going to try the eggplants next year. My new strategy on beans is any that I miss and go too far I let them go dry and later shell all of them into a jar and cook them together in soups ect. Take care bye for now
Ah I’m sorry you’ve had a run of loosing pets, its bloody awful isn’t it. I’m hoping I’ve got a bit of time left with Ani.
i hope Ani gets better soon!! : )
Thank you Judith!!!
My aim this winter is to keep my protea seedling alive. Chuffed that I’ve got them to sprout and growing slowly. Overwintered chillies once and I got an ugly plant the following year that had loads of fruit but very few leaves- I don’t have space to over winter them now.
I managed to overwinter 2 Hot Lemons one year and one of them was just like you say - not a good plant but loads of early fruit. the second one was an absolute monster and got HUGE but very few chillis…🤷♀️ Very odd!
Oh and good luck with the Protea!!
I had a laugh at approximately 32:28 - was that a technique in slug removal? 😂
Hahahahahah!, It was a precision slug intervention Leanne!
Your Shallots, if you wanted to you could grow them in pots - I've done it in the past . 1 per 7" (2ltr) pot if you want large shallots. Pickling size you can get away with a 6"pot. And peas ... I'm just about to sow some ( DOuce Provence) in hanging baskets and putting in the greenhouse ... they work OK
Yeah, i thought about maybe individual pots but I’m still thinking the polystyrene trough will work well. Nice idea about the peas in the hanging baskets!
One technique I have used when a cat stops eating is introduce some food competition: may be a thought to consider a new rescue kiltie in the house. There are always cats who need a good home at Britain's version of the SPCA. Fourteen isn't ancient for a cat. Most of mine have lived into their late teens/early 20's.
14 certainly isn’t old for a cat at all but he wasn’t expected to survive as a kitten and has had his (un)fair share of health problems! So 14 is impressive for him. I just hope its longer.
Hope Ani continues to eat, bless him. Pleased you had some help with your polytunnel door.!
Thanks Lin! Yeah sometime you just need a bit of height!
Green tomatoes, I amend "Indian pickles and chutneys, recipes but use green tomatoes instead of aubergines or mangoes.
Your shalotts will be fine you just got to keep on top of watering and feeding them^^
It’s always the watering!!
You might consider making some green tomato salsa which is great when making white bean chili with or without chicken. It can be either frozen or water bath canned .
I’ll have a go that that Loreena, thanks. :)
Fried green tomatoes! So yummy
So I’ve been told!! Going to give them a go Charlie!
hope your cat will be ok... my little dog had a tumour removed yesterday so sleeping a lot but still jumping up on the chairs when im not looking she not aloud to in case she pops the stiches
Ah, sending best wishes to your Doglove Pauline!!
@@JessieatPlot37 thanks xx
Dibbing skills 😀
I empathize with the struggle to get Anakin to eat. I’m dealing with similar at the moment. 🤞🏻 for both of our kitty boys.
Ahhh, fingers crossed for your Boy!
Glad I’m not the only one who doesn’t know tall dark and very handsome, give us a clue Jess😊
Hahahaha
Lay your green tomatoes outside on a table to let the sun turned colors
Yeah, they’ll ripen up no problem. :)
Great video as usual, l am a patron but have never had the Monday video not sure why? ( I have limited tech abilities) I overwintered my 3 🌶 plants last year in my unheated wash house and had my best harvest to date.😻💐🤞
Oh no Helen! Do you have access to the Patreon App? The link is put out on there on the Monday.

Green Tomato Pie
1-1/2 cups sugar
5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Pinch salt
3 cups thinly sliced green tomatoes (4 to 5 medium)
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
Pastry for double-crust pie (9 inches)
1 tablespoon butter
In a bowl, combine the sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt. Add tomatoes and vinegar; toss to coat.
Line a pie plate with bottom crust. Add filling; dot with butter. Roll out remaining pastry; make a lattice crust. Trim, seal and flute edges. Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until tomatoes are tender. Cool on a wire rack to room temperature. Store in the refrigerator.
Not sure about tomatoes and cinnamon Bob!
Hi love the videos I was wondering can I ask where you buy your pond plants from wanting to start a pond but would love some tips about start one and where to buy these thanks
I like a twit removed all my tomato plants even though they looked green and nice. I thought nothing would grow now as its October and they had flowers on. Was this the right thing to do Jessie?🤷🏼♀️ I’m new to all this forward thinking, sowing seeds at the right time ( I always get it wrong) and I don’t know where to begin with succession planting. I don’t own a green house or a poly tunnel. Plus I am going in a small space. Help needed. Pretty please 😊
if you had no decent size green tomatoes on the plants it was correct to remove them, too late for them to develop fruit from flowers. I chucked my plants which had only tiny tomatoes on, they won't grow bigger this time of the year. Full (or nearly) full size green tomatoes I put on the windowsill in the sun to colour up
I did the exact same thing, Pauline😆
Hi Pauline, nah i think you were probably right to chuck them out. Especially if they were outside! And honestly - we all still get the timing wrong sometimes. It’s a game of chance, this gardening lark! :D
Hi Jessie, good job on putting a new door on your polytunnel 👍 you got a lot of planting, clearimg jobs done today. Good luck with your onions & shallots 🤞 shame about the white rot. So pleased your cat is on the road to recovery, we love our pets so much. Thanks for sharing and take care 🙂
Thanks Christine :) And yeah, we do love our pets so much. I’d be lost without that boy!
Please tell me what the name of the plant with the burgundy flower clusters heads are beside the polytunnel door. Beside the orange ones
Bad squirrel & bird problem here, for years I haven't been able to allow a SINGLE tomato to ripen on the vine!! Horrible. They are all picked half-ripe & allowed to ripen inside at room temperature. At frost, I pick everything, and the hardest green ones I batter & FRY. Preheated oil/pan very important, otherwise the food will get soggy. But very nice, almost lemony flavor to fried green tomatoes! 👉If I have millions, green jalapeno salsa. Jalapenos, onions, green tomatoes! For tacos, eggs, nachos, and of course as tortilla chip dip.
try making a green tomato curry. Needs cooking through.
I’ll put that on the list Paul, thanks. :)
You mention field peas are these what we would also know as split peas if they are were did you get them from and what verity are they
Hi Maxine. I was talking about Field Beans, rather than peas. They are a form of Broadbean with much less impressive bean pods than the cultivated varieties.
I planted one beefsteak tomato this year because I never have success with them they are always little.
This year because of the hot weather we had quite a few tomato’s mostly small but no flowers on the beefsteak then suddenly flowers on the plant and of course it was to late to get many ripe but boy did they get big, fortunately for me I like green tomato chutney also I’m going to have a go of green tomato chow chow the Americans seem to like this so I’m giving this a whirl 👍🏼
Has anyone else had trouble with white fly my tomato’s runner beans courgettes and herbs have been absolutely smothered with them. I had to put my cats tablets in a piece of meat making sure it’s not to big or cheese apparently cats like cheese. Must be costing you a fortune luckily we had insurance. Hope he gets better
Glad you got a good lot of toms even if they were small. Green Tomato Chow Chow? I’ll have top look that up!
No white fly here (i say very quietly, incase they hear me and come running)
Yeah, unfortunately no insurance - its been a bit of a nightmare on that front.
So Jess I gess you inundated with questions on who is the tall dark handsome chap😮or is it just me that doesn’t know🤔
Nope. I don’t know who this fella is either. I would like to know though….😂
@@kilykissinger4779 maybe she will tell if enough of us ask😂
Mmm... tall .. very useful!!
At least Jessie could tell us which garden centre we could buy one from....🤔🤔🤔
Hahahahaha!
I like green tomatoe chutney sending healing for Annie have you tried liver as it's a strong smell it worked when I had a cat that went off its food
I know some people go crazy for it Richard! I think maybe i overdosed on it the first year i made it!
We have tried everything with Ani - even heating up strong smelling stuff so it smells even more… but I’m hoping we are passed that now and he’ll start eating normally soon 😆
Hi Jessie,
Have you considered field beans in root trainers. I started to do it because pigeons and black birds dig them out. I keep them in the greenhouse until they have two sets of true leaves and then plant them out.
I plant about 200 field beans per bed so it would be a bit of a mission to start them all off in pots! But Yeah, definitely worth doing if you’re only doing a few Gina! If its not mice/rats its the blooming birds isn’t it!!?
Really enjoyed the vlog. Hope Ani will be ok. Did you say the spreadsheet would be downloadable on Monday? I can't find it on Patreon or youtube or your website. Now this could be because I don't fully understand these platforms, which is proablably true, or its not yet available. If I'm the problem I'm going to need help!
Jess were you into Agriculture as a proffesion before you started blogging
Yay Ane! Have you tried yogurt on your finger? That has worked for my sick pets before 🤷🏻♀️🤞
I’m hoping he’s going to keep nicking my dinner :D But no, not tried yoghurt!
Can I borrow your tall chap for a supermarket shop??🤣
Hahhahaha! I’ll ask. :D
"Gimme more! More!I've got to have more!😅😇😇😇🥰😅😁😊🥰😚@mwa haha. Tell us more about your future plans now. Maybe we can meet pops.
Hahahahah!
How is it time for you to plant broad beans? Do you expect growth over the winter?
Broad beans can withstand temperatures down to -10 C and overwintering can get you an earlier harvest next year. Aquadulce is the variety Jessie planted .
I’m sorry about your cat not being so well. It’s notoriously hard to get them to swallow pills, grinding them up in their food can sometimes work. Even though he is getting on in years I hope he still has a good bit of time left in his life.
Yeah, its a really pain with the pills isn’t it! But yeah, fingers crossed he has a while to go yet! :)
Nice to hear annie is eating again. I`m a absoluut cat lover. My boy is called loki and he is only 8 he is allready a problem child ( kidney) but he is such a good friend,i love him . Talking about love...who is the dude with the adidas shoes? 😛 I see you got your winter stash of chard again,lovely. Do you have more recipes besides the stuffed pasta? And are you doing some more recipes soon again? My garden is a mess, i need more time. Somehow everything exploded after the long drought and now the rain, and i don`t mean only the good bits 🙄😅. Till next week ,lots of love from Begium❤💋
Thanks Jessie. And ahhhh Loki. Ani has been a problem health wise since he was a kitten. All the problems! But he’s come through the lot! Everything crossed that Loki does the same! :D Lovely boy.
Oh yeah, winter chard stash is in place! :D I mainly eat it with past to be honest, either as the shells or in the lasagna. But i do use it for other things too…perhaps i should do some more things on here.
I know what you mean about the garden exploding after the drought…. Everything has gone nuts!!
32:45 Who were you giving the middle finger to? 🤭 lol
Jessie, how do you prepare your achochas for eating? I picked one off the vine and chomped into it - it was like eating a fleece-lined slipper!! 😳 🤢
Hahahahahah, i read your description out to mum and we really laughed. I can totally see that hahahah! I’ve actually been de-seeding and slicing them and frying them up with onions and stuffing them (with grated cheese) into toasted sandwiches… not the healthiest but SO GOOD. I have used them in stirfries too and actually an Achocha risotto i made was really tasty!
I put fennel frons, parsley and thyme in the dehydrator today since a big frost is coming soon. Do you have a dehydrator?
Ah fab Charlie. Yeah, i do have one, I’ll need to get it out soon too!
SO, who is the BOY?
Hahahaha!
You’ve inspired! I just ordered my hot pepper seeds for next year. I’m in western Canada, and I ordered from a Vancouver company called Lucifer’s House of Heat. What could go wrong, eh?
If the seeds come with a contract which needs to be signed in blood, do let us know. Because we're all desperate for guaranteed chili success.
@@RichWoods23 - I’ll let you know! Lol!! They also sell hot sauces. Yay…cilantro lime hot sauce with pasta is incredible!
Omg thanks for this tip. Just checking out the website. Love some of the descriptors “recklessly hot” 😂😂
@@francesbatycki404 That's really good to know, but even though my mouth is watering I probably couldn't justify shipping the product 8000 miles. Probably.
Hahahaha, what a name! :D Sounds fantastic Frances! :D
I'm wayyy to heavy-handed for root trainers, im going to try those container-wise deep cells, same size as the root trainers but a little more robust for clumsy sods like me, think there the ones that manufacture charles Dowdings trays, and i just ordered there 7cm cell, cell trays to replace the flimsy balancing act trying to fit even the square pots on a tray without knockin half of them flying every time they need moving to be watered, tony had a link on a vid to a company selling sets of 20 trays for £30 that have only been used once, cant complain when there nearly £6 each direct from the manufacturer.
Hahahah, yeah, every time mum goes near them she breaks them. She not allowed now 😂 I was looking at the CD trays. maybe next year! 20 for £30 is amazing!
I now use the deep cell trays from containerwise they are really good.
I overwintered my capsicum plants and now in spring they are still looking pretty dead lol
hahahahah, that really made me laugh Cherie… i know the feeling!
I’m stuck wondering if the spider in the wheel barrow made it out alive… he tried to get away from the root trainers but got wiped out by the potting soil 3 times.
I didn’t even see him until i watched the video! I hope he was okay!
@@JessieatPlot37 Ah... all the many struggles in the tiny world around us.
Forgot to ask Jessie, how do you freeze parsley? Thanks. I am loving your videos. New subscriber here
Wash leaves, cut off stalks. Allow to dry. Open freeze on a tray. When frozen put in a ziplock bag. You can crush to make chopped parsley.
Parsley is pretty resilient and will continue to grow throughout winter unless bitterly cold etc. I plant my parsley into my tomato pots. Once I have removed the tomato plants, I leave the parsley for winter/spring. In September, I chop half of the pots severely. This encourages new fresh growth for winter. This means that I should have a steady supply for winter and no need to freeze.
Yeah, just wash it and then make sure its fully dried before you freeze it. I don’t chop off the stalks because i use them too. But as long as its dry and you lay it out on a tray or something to freeze first them bag it up once frozen… should be good!
just wondering where are the chickens ?
Same place as always. Just didn’t feature this week!