Woohoo… after not planting any potatoes this year we dug up 8.5kg today! Last year’s remnant decided to sprout up in our seedbed of leeks, so we have no leeks, just potatoes… can’t complain Tomatoes are looking great, all green so far, but hopefully a bit of sunshine this week will have the glowing red! [...]

Finally planted out the Brussel Sprouts (‘Wellington’) that we bought from Barnsdale Gardens… they’re looking good so far, but they’ve a long way to go before they get onto our Christmas dinner plate! Siobhan has promised to make Beef Wellington (geddit?!) once we harvest too, so the protection from pigeons begins now, with a bit [...]

After our worries about the mildew we were delighted to see the roses blooming so beautifully…

A few weeks back we planted some artichoke tubers that we were given to us by our friend Katherine… This is what’s coming up in the same spot, so we *think* it’s the artichokes!  We really have no idea!

…well, the buds are! We can’t wait for our roses to bloom – this is our Princess Alexandra of Kent from David Austin Roses – pretty pink blooms and a beautiful scent But we’re a little worried because one of the buds (which you can just see in the pic) and one of the leaves [...]

The raspberries are looking great this year, lots of blossom starting to turn to fruit – we’re so excited because raspberries are definitely our favourite fruit. One thing we’re a little concerned about is the number of runners… they are everywhere, but we’re not sure whether to keep them (we have plenty of space) or [...]

We had a lovely evening up on the plot this evening… plenty of digging, weeding and larking about  

The herb garden on the plot is going crazy! Sage is enormous, thyme flowing everywhere, chives have seeded all over the place and the applemint that we thought had been dug up is also popping up where it shouldn’t! This is great, but we need to find a way to use or preserve them asap… [...]