Digging and frozen harvests.,,,

Went down the lottie this afternoon to make a start on clearing what will be this season's brassica bed... and to make sure the snow last week hadn't upset too many plants. (It hadn't thankfully.)

I've been putting this one off... it is a huuuggggggeeeee bed and not in the best shape. The back and sides are full of thistle nettle, bindweed and couch grass weeds... not the best things to have in there.

I only managed 1/5th of it today before the rain stopped play but got a full wheelbarrow of roots and weeds out in that patch..

One of my lottie neighbours stopped as he was passing to tell me to 'Bend with my knees, not with my back' or I'd be in agony later. Unfortunately my knees are already in worse shape than my back so it's the lesser of two evils. I can't wait until it's all dug over....but hey, nothing a hot bath wont cure.

The other side of the lottie is actually looking in quite good shape, the nearest bed is this years potato bed, all ready and waiting, I'd read that there was going to be some more wintery weather this weekend maybe so thought it might be best to wait before putting them in just yet. The middle bed has my over winter onions in and I just collected the last of the leeks out of there today. The end bed had my broad beans in and the rest of it is dug ready for the legumes.


My rhubarb has had a massive growth spurt in the last week or so and it was like hide and seek with the mini scarecrows today :D

Had quite a good harvest today, some rhubarb, loads of psb and the last of the leeks, I've taken them home, blanched and frozen them to last over the 'hungry gap' Every little helps...




In other news, my mushrooms that I put in 4 weeks ago in the house have started to produce, I will get 3-4 decent harvests out of the kit before it will become useless. The difference in homegrown is huge, they are very firm, smell delicious and the stalk is really strong.



Anyway, thats been my day, thought it was time for an update....