Time

With changing jobs, time in the garden has decreased, which is very sad.
Anytime spent in the garden at the moment is mostly spent watering,
As the tomatoes are coming along great.

With lots and lots of food, finding the time to eat it all, is also differcult.
Everybody I know could have as many courgettes as they like,
We would not go short.

Blight got to our main crop potatoes, MM & SM cut the tops off, hopefully
Underneath there will be some unaffected potatoes to store for the winter.

All the onions, shallots and garlic are drying in this lovely weather.

Oh and roasted beet root is amazing.

Photos to follow in a few days?

Food!

We are finally getting some food, pulled some rather large garlic today,
along with some shallots, and of course new potatoes!
It looks like we re going to get it all at once!

It is pretty hard to tell when some things are ready to harvest,
still very much being a beginner, when there is no local wisdom
around I do feel rather lame.
So I normally google it or re read my Monty Dom book.

Busy Busy

Busy day today, planted most of the shallot sets. Dug in some of the cow's manure that's been on some of the ground over the winter. Mulched the autumn raspberries with well rotted manure Which should increase water retention and suppress the weeds. Watered the fruit trees we planted last autumn, even tho it's winter the ground is dry where there is no mulch, so they need mulching soon. And I have done lots and lots of hoeing...... Made first contact with my nemisis for 2012 when I was digging today, Horsetail is all over one of our allotments (Allotment 1) which has been in hiding all winter ,waiting...... I ll talk more about Horsetail another time, it is A big pain in my backside. Some info on Horsetail
www.allotment.org.uk/articles/Weeds_and_What_to_do.php
www.sherriff-amenity.com/technical.asp?newsid=3