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Posts tagged veggies

May 29

was at the allotment at 6am this morning for some watering —- oooh it was so lovely and fresh there and the sun so gentle……     by the time i left the sun was hot!

So potatoes earthed up, peas climbing, garlic and onions doing well, courgette and fruit bushes in… gladioli and dahlias in… just the sweet peas and brassicas to go!


Apr 21

another busy day down on the allotment!   Peas are in, covered with fleece against the chilly nights.  Potatoes in - now we wait!   Raspberry canes in! (still got to cage them and put in supports….), onions and garlic doing well - shallots a little slow!

Still - at least we have had rain this week - so something is happening! 


Mar 4
should be ok for cauliflowers and brussel sprouts this year!  ;-)

should be ok for cauliflowers and brussel sprouts this year!  ;-)


Jan 23
oh its heating up… no not the weather…. the gardening activity!!!   So much to plan, so much to think about…. think i need to do a spreadsheet to keep me on track!!!!!!!!!!!  or is that going a little bit too techy over a gardening project!?
So - i have seeds galore… now i just need to plan what i need to do with them…..great fun - but headache making!!  
will keep you posted! ;-)

oh its heating up… no not the weather…. the gardening activity!!!   So much to plan, so much to think about…. think i need to do a spreadsheet to keep me on track!!!!!!!!!!!  or is that going a little bit too techy over a gardening project!?

So - i have seeds galore… now i just need to plan what i need to do with them…..great fun - but headache making!!  

will keep you posted! ;-)


Aug 28
so what i love about “growing yer own veggies” is that almost everyday there is something new to harvest…..
particularly pleased with the sweetcorn and celery as never grown either before and they are fabulous.   Feeling really happy…..
so what will be next?   desperately hoping my peppers will ripen - got about 4 different varieties… will keep you posted!  :-)

so what i love about “growing yer own veggies” is that almost everyday there is something new to harvest…..

particularly pleased with the sweetcorn and celery as never grown either before and they are fabulous.   Feeling really happy…..

so what will be next?   desperately hoping my peppers will ripen - got about 4 different varieties… will keep you posted!  :-)


Aug 19
today’s harvest!   So this is abundance out of control!!

today’s harvest!   So this is abundance out of control!!


Aug 9

i have been absent for a while - mainly cos i have been on my annual holiday to beautiful italy!  how i love that country.

When i am there i am always amazed at the flavour of the food, of the random shape and colour of the vegetables in the markets - not the sterile mass produced food we have here in the UK…..  this has, over the years, made me want to grow my own.  Gradually my little garden is being converted to a giant veggie patch - and what fun i am having growing my own.

Tonight I “picked” (foraged for…) my first new potatoes - mmm!  And of course there are tomatoes in abundance now… both mini round ones and lush plum shaped ones.  The pleasure of growing, cooking and tasting my own home grown is….. immense.  Abundance is a wonderful word!