More produce.

Only popped into the plot today due to child care and the small matter of the cricket and the World Cup.  Did manage to pick a bit though, and use it for tea!

I picked

• 400g of Strawberries
• 1.5kg of new potatoes
• 5 garlic bulbs - these are drying out in the greenhouse.
• 6 rhubarb sticks

Quite happy with that really.  Made a strawberry and Rhubarb crunchy pudding which was nice.

A few pics from today as well.

Quick picture update

Some pictures from this week.

Eating the produce

Not much to post really, but for my records today we had potatoes and Kale from home.  Planted out the Kale about 6 weeks ago and it is now good.  2nd bag of spuds - enough for 1 meal for 5 of us.  The ones at the plot are looking good....

A brighter afternoon

After yesterday's deluge I popped down with my eldest to see how wet things were.  It wasn't too bad. Planted out a few more leeks and some more cabbages as well.

No pics but here are the first potatoes of the year.

Rhubarb Vodka

The start of my Rhubarb vodka.  Following Nigella's recipe http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/rhubarb-vodka-2034.

Will keep people updated.

A wet Saturday morning

Popped down to the plot this morning to do some tidying up and planting out some of my Leeks. ( I think I planted out about 30 and must have another 70 or so that germinated...)

I got some tidying up done, cutting the grass and clearing out some weeds.  But then the rain came so cutting and weeding became a little more tricky.  So I started putting some of the leeks out.  Completed 4 rows of about 8/10 in a row by the onions and courgettes.  Hopefully will have some more out tomorrow as well.

At home the tomatoes are doing well.  I also have got the first of the new potatoes from a bag.  They were not massive so will wait another few weeks before I go for another bag.  Salad still doing very well, have 1 pot about finished and another 2 troughs have seeded and ready for picking.  Today I put another one out so will have some more in a few weeks.

@ Home

As well as the allotment this year I have been doing a fair bit at the new garden in my new house.  As I have said before we have a greenhouse which is great but I have a bit of a surplus of plants this year...

However, it has enabled me to do a few firsts.  I have planted some Rhubarb from seed and today I planted them on in their own pots.  I have also got about 15 tomato plants on the go!   However, having a bit of space in the actual garden has allowed me to plant some crops at home as well, so the following pictures show the state of my garden here and my greenhouse.