Busy weekend

As the weather stayed fine this bank holiday weekend we decided to tackle my 2nd earlies and main crop potatoes. The weeds have taken over and thats all you can see, its a very pain staking task something that I wasn't looking forward to. My hubby has been dealing with them and dug up all the nadine so far not a very good crop really but the weeds properly didn't help. He has now started on the wilja. The tomatoes have blight so i've started pulling them up and i've thinned my beetroot.

We had a good crop of Pink fir apple which is a salad potato but they were planted over the side. The rest of the carrots have been dug up and Andres cauliflower and some more greyhound cabbage have gone in.

First swede picked today and i've got an even bigger one on the other side.

First of the brocolli coming through too.

Three melons are growing in the greenhouse not sure what type yet as i've got three different sorts.

As my cucumbers aren't doing very well as they are all bitter i've made some sweet cue pickle but do I really want any more as i've got another two cucumbers in the fridge to use somehow. Pickle onions ready in December and blackberry jam.

Elvis is in the house..Meet her & friends.

I have now got some more hens (looking from left to right) a white egg layer which is a White Leghorn 4-5 weeks old. In the middle a mix breed (Elvis)which will produce a green egg and last of all a blue layer 6-8 weeks old which is a Cream Legbar. I only just got the first two this morning and have all got on well together which i'm really pleased as the poor Cream legbar was having a ruff time on her own as the Welbar wasn't being very nice either. I've put them in an ark for the time being as the white one is very small at the moment to be with the other 3.

Here is Morris the ferret we have had him for a year now. Watch out Morris you may have some friends coming to see you in the future. Girl fiends that is....

The allotment is coming along got another patty pan at last so that makes two but more are forming. One out of three plants doing well in size. Picked some lettuce not sure why as we didn't eat it yesterday. We had two yellow tomatoes yesterday at last and I have picked some cherry toms to ripen at home. I've lost alot to ..could be blight or when we had the cold snap a while back after the warm weather at Easter.

I'm off up the allotment now to get some purple beans for dinner and pick a cauliflower for in the week. I'll try and get a better picture of Leghorn, Elvis & Legbar.

Back from lot and this is todays harvest, we have a melon on the way in the greenhouse......

Beans are here

I'm pleased to have runner beans to eat as I was getting a little tired of cabbage. First picking 750g and plenty of flowers on there for plenty more. The purple french beans have lots of flowers and have two beans forming.

Fennel is ready for picking also kohl rabi. The kohl rabi tasted like turnips really, i'm going to try it raw next time in a salad.

Carrots have been really good this year must be the rain and I even got some purple ones too. Not tasted yet so i'll let you know.

Harvested the rest of my International Kidney Greenford Royals potatoes, I have left them in a bit long so they are very big and not nice new spuds. The mashed up ok this evening after I left them on the cooker a bit too long and they fell apart.

The second lot of cauliflowers are starting to form (All year round) but only about 6-8 plants. I've got a purple type to be planted up as they are getting a little too big so they can go where the Greenford Royals were near all the brassics.

Started some lettuce off the other week again as the last lot didn't too to well and I think the birds are eating it so this time i've covered with a net. Spinach, red top turnips & more beetroot coming through well. Plenty more beetroot to pick too. My only dissapointment has been the patty pan which I have only got one where as people growing courgettes have loads. Picked two more cucumbers and thats it on the plant at the moment. Not sure if any more will form or thats it. We tried swiss chard the other day it was a bit like spinach, the stem was nice and crunchy and that went well in a stir fry the following day.

I'm 7 weeks today. Shortly I should have some friends coming around my age to play. I'm very cheeky as I come out of the run through the fence at the moment but only for another week i'd say as once i'm on growers to eat i'll put on weight.