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! [...]

Yes, we’re lazy, we know it! But today we went up to the plot to clear LOADS of weeds… We had breakfast – lots of raspberries, straight from the canes – delicious! Shop-bought berries really pale in comparison. Potatoes are looking healthy, plenty of time to go before we dig them up though. And we [...]

The weather wasn’t so kind today, but we managed to dodge the rain to get two rows of potatoes in (King Edwards) and a lot more weeding done. We also harvested three sticks of rhubarb and a test onion! Oh, and some sage… it is going mad so need to find a good way to [...]

Ok, not quite unearthing, but deep in the back of the cupboard we found some old seeds… no idea whether they’re any good, but thought it was worth a bash! Planted in an old drawer (recycling as well!) we have sowed Sweet Marjoram, Parsley, Sage, Thyme and Basil (Sweet Genovese and Red Bordeaux). With a [...]

What a beautiful day today… you guessed it – more digging!! We’re almost there, honest! We put in another row of King Edwards and we’re already looking forward to the roast potatoes!! So there’s two rows of King Edwards now and we still have some left… in two minds as to whether we add a [...]

We’re really liking these light nights! This evening we got a row of potatoes in (King Edward)… just need to dig over a bit more of the patch to get another row in. Unearthed a ‘Swift’ potato from last year which was beginning to sprout so might stick that in on an end of a [...]

A bit behind in blogging, so here’s an update from our Sunny Sunday session! Garlic is fab – the entire row has sprouted So glad we properly weeded that section as the leaves look a lot like grass! It’s not grass, honest! Raspberries are doing well too – leaves are looking really healthy so far [...]

Dug up a pound of potatoes this evening… not to mention two slugs and a load of funny-looking brown bugs that were in a couple of them! Very tasty indeed – boiled them and mixed them up with some olive oil, black pepper and allotment thyme and sage It was only a short row, but [...]