A little tidy

Popped down for an hour or so to do a little tidy and take a load of rubbish to the tip.

Quite muddy down there at the moment so not too much to do in terms of the beds but am trying to sort out the messy corners..

Anyway it was just nice to be outside today

First visit of the year

Well it's been a long time since my last visit, and my last post... But today I popped down for 30 mins to basically see what needed doing and to get some cabbage and leeks.

My list of jobs is as follows.

Getting rid of the rubbish...

Finishing the path

Putting a new lock on the shed

When a bit drier digging over the fruit bush bed

Planting some new fruit bushes and raspberry canes

That should do for the next few months...

Hoping to get down next week to at least do the tidy up.

Allotment show

Well Sunday is our allotment show and for the first time I am having a go at entering a few vegetables.

I'm going for the onions,  shallots, runner beans and a plate of 4 vegetables. I might also put a cabbage in.  Tomorrow is going to be preparation day.  I've never done onions before so hopefully YouTube will help.

I'll post pictures of the vegetables tomorrow.

Potatoes...

Have dug up my main crop now as am back at school next week and wanted to get them sorted before.

If I am being honest it's a bit of a disappointing year for the main crop, although there were a lot of potatoes a fair few have been eaten by things,  either slugs or red ants.  We have got a few though so not all lost.

Next year I think I will try and do more in raised beds as the new potatoes did really well... Not everything can go well and our onion harvest has been amazing large this year.

The images show the potatoes before storage and the bed they came from.

Chutney making - blackberry and apple

BlackBerry and apple chutney.

3lb apples
1 lb onions
Some ginger
1tsp pepper corns
1lb sugar
350ml vinegar
1.5lb blackberries
Pinch of paprika
1 chilli
Pinch of mustard seeds

Hopefully will be nice.  Made 3 large jars and a little to have now. Will store it for a few months before using it.

A week away

Popped down this evening after getting back from holiday.  Everything seems ok. Picked 2 courgettes that have turned into marrows.

Potatoes need digging up and path needs finishing.

Creating the paths

Using Crazy paving for new paths at the allotment. Today I started the process and will finish it after my holiday.  Got a lot more of the stones left.

Also took some photos of the leeks as well.