David got there before me and strimmed the grass, filled in a few dips with soil then I met him up there and together we cut down the old fruit bushes which were full of bind weed. The netting has also been a great support for bindweed too! Anyway, cleared a lot and it's now looking much tidier. Still lots to do with leveling off the ground so it's easy to run the mower over. Will be googling fruit trees to buy soon ready to plant in the spring.
Didn't think I'd get a bigger squash than the 5kg one but near to it!
2.13kg the smallest one and the other two have bust the scales!
The turnips I sowed last week only took three days to germinate. Went up the plot yesterday evening to water and the kohl rabi and spinach has also popped up. At this rate when we're back from holiday we'll be eating it!
I made the starter for a dinner party at the weekend for eleven..... Of course I had to impress with using something from the plot! Here it is! Candy stripe beetroot cut very thin into matchsticks, apple, watercress, mint, a lemony dressing and crumbled feta cheese. Delicious!
After a lot of rain and warm weather the plots growing well. Picked the last of the spinach. Have frozen loads of it. Also picked the peas. Jack shelled the lot. Some on our dinner plates tonight then the rest frozen. Dug up a few more potatoes and the rhubarb keeps on coming! Cabbages ready and loads of courgettes! Tonight I made courgette & bacon pasta.... Delicious. The butternut squash plants are growing crazy. Broccoli not so good. Picked a few pathetic looking heads. Apparently they like really firm soil and not too much watering.
Roasted some candy stripe beetroot this weekend. Lovely.
I did pick a baby one earlier this week... A little early but today I picked three beauties! Plus more lettuce and spring onions
Watering tonight and picked a lovely plump raspberry... Delicious. Lots more to come but must net asap!
Picked my first few peas too...eat straight from the pod. Can't get fresher than that!
Plus pulled a few candy stripe beetroot.
(oh.... And more spinach! )
Its been pretty busy at the plot these last couple of weeks. Lots of sunshine meant lots of watering to be done. Evie has helped with that a lot... A great help. A few days of heavy rain and the plots gone mad! Spinach is growing so quick I can't keep up! I've frozen heaps of it, given some away and cooked a few different recipes. Spinach and feta filo pie was delish. Soup and tomorrow night I'm making pots (home grown by the way! ) with chorizo and spinach! Can't wait....
I picked the first cabbage tonight plus dug up a few potatoes. Oh....and just the one courgette too! I must remember to remove the male flowers.
Plenty of radish, rocket and picked a huge bag of spinach! peas doing well, lots of flowers, spuds, cabbages. So exciting! Watered it all then the heavens opened! Typical....
Quick visit to the plot to check on things after a few days of continual rain. My first strawberry had ripened by a slug eaten its way through it!
Also, I could kick myself as the caulies I planted last weekend have been eaten by pigeons! Lady on facebook suggests video tape to deter birds so i will buy some plug plants if I can and start again.
More radishes, rhubarb, rocket and some asparagus from Derek. Yummy.
Jan gave me some cauliflowers and butternut squash too so will plant those.
The enviromesh arrived so i quickly put that on the cabbages with collars too although its not wide enough for when they grow taller. Will either make a frame or chop it in half to lay the other way.
Planted my cabbages and broccoli today. Temporarily rigged up some netting to protect from birds whilst waiting for some enviromesh to arrive from ebay. Its bird protection and also from cabbage whites.
