How's your Xmas Dinner coming along???

[Patchninja]

Alcohol and raspberries sounds wonderful!

[FROSTYFRECKLE]

I'll grow my Christmas tatties and when I've emptied my tattie planters (of Charlottes) I'll pop in some carrots which then go into the greenhouse (plus fleece) until Christmas. Will have frozen blueberries and honeyberries left hopefully. And I'm hoping to have some Chinese greens, don't know which - just any that survive. Plus I'll have JA's. Oh and leeks.

[Alison]

Made loads of raspberry vokda last year and it went down a storm in Christmas hampers.

Re what am I growing to eat on Christmas day, the sprouts are in their final positions already and there'll be loads of tatties (probably roasties and some boiled PFA), parsnips are coming through well as are the carrots. Also, am growing some storing tomatoes so am hoping to be able to serve fresh home grown toms for tea with some winter lettuce from the polytunnel.

Not sure what else will be served up yet, will see what looks good but am expecting the cranberries to be as rubbish as they always are - one day will manage to cook my own cranberry sauce from my own berries rather than having to resort to buying again!

[Florence Fennel]

Is raspberry vodka the same as chillie? Do you just throw some raspberries into the bottle?

[Alison]

I made raspberry vodka by filling a big kilner jar with fruit, adding sugar to cover and filling with vodka. Shake every few days till the sugar is disolved then just leave to infuse (a couple of months seems good) before straining and enjoying

[perkin]

black tuscan kale
psb
savoy cabbage
tatties
parsnips
celeriac (planted out just this week)
garlic
onions
and possibly broad beans if I can save any for the freezer (they're very popular in my house!)

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