Cucumber – “Mini Munch” were potted up into individual pots to continue growing a couple of weeks ago.

They have now been potted on again into their final position: a grow-bag in the greenhouse.

They have more than doubled in height over the last couple of weeks. Looking good!

…… and, look…….

…… tiny cucumbers with flowers forming (right)!

Won’t be long until we get delicious mini cucumbers. 😋

Summer Squash – “Little Gem”, or for those from Southern Africa, “Gemsquash”.

Some of these have been planted out into pots in their final place within the greenhouse and are growing away fast. (Left)

For others, I have put a climbing frame above each pot instead of my traditional trellis attached to the greenhouse. This is for the plant to grow up. I have used the frame as there is a chance that the Allotment will be relocating and I can then take them with me. (right).

There are also a couple of Gemsquash that have been potted up ready to be planted directly out into the Allotment.

We have some lovely Perpetual Wallflowers in the garden. One Purple, one Purple & Yellow, and one Orange and yellow.

A week ago, I took some cuttings from each, dipped them into rooting hormone powder and stuck them into sand. I then gave them a good watering and secured a clear plastic bag over the top with a rubber band to act like a mini humidifier / greenhouse. They now get left to take root and become new plants. Well, thats the theory anyway! 🤞

This week, they are all looking fine (left). Nice misting inside the plastic bags, as it should. It is a bit early for any signs of rooting / growth just yet.

The Tomato’s (Gardeners Delight) are also steaming away and shooting up (left). I have placed string ties for them to grow along, as I usually do, and they are heading up them quickly.

Unfortunately, last time, I got a bit heavy handed with the one on the very right and snapped off the growing stem. 😔. As I thought, a new shoot has developed from the leaves / stem joint below and is already taking over as the main stem (right). I’m calling it a Chelsea Chop for my tomato plant!!! 😬

The Seed Potatoes (Picasso) which I had planted into grow-bags in January had sprouted in early February. They needed more compost added to the bags on two occasions as the plants grew.

They are now outside full-time and thriving. The blooms have now finished. That means that we could start harvesting them as “new potatoes”, but I will wait until the foliage dies down before harvesting to give us larger tatties!

They are all looking good. Obviously enjoying their foray out of the greenhouse.

The watering system is now set up and working, but has been temporarily discontinued because we are getting lots of rain at the moment.

The allotment is really starting to fill up now. Quite a bit more green in evidence now. Looking really good now.

Also moving out from the cold frame this week: Summer Cabbage (Caraflex) (right). – These have moved in next to the Spring Cabbages (left). Again, they look absolutely tiny in comparison to their cousins, but again, have doubled in size over the last couple of weeks, and look nice and healthy.

The Spring Cabbage – “Spring Hero” (left) was sown in September last year, then planted out into the allotment last autumn. As the days start to lengthen, they have taken off and are now bulking up nicely. Forming hearts now.

We have already harvested two of these beautiful tasty cabbages.😋

Peas (Early Onward) were sown directly into the soil.

A structure with a net was erected for the peas to grow up.

I will let them get to about a foot tall – they are pretty much there now! Then I will then sow another row of peas on the right hand side of the bed to provide a successional harvest.

The Broad Beans (The Sutton) are doing well. Lots of flowers now. These will soon turn into lovely broad beans.

I have direct sown Beetroot (Boltardy and Golden) seeds directly into the raised-bed, and added to them the ones grown in the greenhouse.

They are all looking really good and growing quickly, now that the birds have been banned from eating them!

The Shallots “Longor” were also planted out in March. They are also looking great and doing well. They have had their winter cover removed. (Left)

They are now starting to divide into their “cloves” Right). Their leaves will soon start to brown off and it will then be time to harvest them.

I had sown Parsnip Countess directly into the raised bed just before the last posting. No signs of any growth yet!

Winter cabbages (Tundra) (right). Looking great! 😊

The two Strawberry beds (foreground) still have loads of white flowers everywhere (left).

Lots of wee strawberries forming now (right)

It wont be long until we are gorging on fabulous strawberries (hopefully 🤞!).

The Gooseberries are forming on the bushes (left). Also getting close to full size, but not softening up yet.

These are the green gooseberries. We also have red gooseberries.

Cucumber – “Mini Munch” were potted up into individual pots to continue growing a couple of weeks ago.

They have now been potted on again into their final position: a grow-bag in the greenhouse.

Looking good!

Summer Squash – “Little Gem”, or for those from Southern Africa, “Gemsquash”.

Some of these have been planted out into pots in their final place within the greenhouse.

For others, I have put a climbing frame above each pot instead of my traditional trellis attached to the greenhouse. This is for the plant to grow up. I have used the frame as there is a chance that the Allotment will be relocating and I can then take them with me. (left).

There are also a couple of Gemsquash that have been potted up ready to be planted directly out into the Allotment.

The Chilli (Apache) 🌶️ is coming along nicely. It has doubled in size over the last couple of weeks. But I noticed that the leaves had developed bumps and were curling over. Turning the leaves over, I noticed loads of tiny whitish insects – maybe aphids, maybe whitefly. Me bad – I sprayed them! But I have ordered some ladybirds on the internet and plan to release them in the greenhouse when they arrive to keep these nasties under control.

The Tomato’s (Gardeners Delight) are also steaming away and shooting up. I have placed string ties for them to grow along, as I usually do. Unfortunately I got a bit heavy handed with the one on the very right and snapped off the growing stem. 😔. This is not a major problem though as a new shoot will develop from the leaves / stem joint below and will take over quite quickly as the main stem. I’m calling it a Chelsea Chop for my tomato plant!!! 😬

The Seed Potatoes (Picasso) which I had planted into grow-bags in January had sprouted in early February. They needed more compost added to the bags on two occasions as the plants grew.

They are now outside full-time and thriving. They are covered in blooms. I have never seen this many flowers on my potted potatoes. Hope that means that we will get a great crop!

The Ficus Bonsai was starting to look a bit wooly and overgrown. So it was time for a serious haircut.

Back into shape again and looking very suave after it’s haircut (left)

I returned the Ficus and Juniper Bonsai to the display frame which I created before my last post. Looking great 😊 !

I resisted the temptation to take the scissors to the two Jacaranda Bonsai’s and left them alone completely.

Only a couple of very tiny snips to the two Acer Bonsai’s on the top shelf. It really is the wrong time of year to prune an Acer, because being a Maple, they can bleed syrup from the wounds to the extent of sickening and even expiring.

The watering system is now set up and working.

The allotment is really starting to fill up now. Quite a bit more green in evidence now.

Also moving out from the cold frame this week: Summer Cabbage (Caraflex) (right). – These have moved in next to the Spring Cabbages (left). Again, they look absolutely tiny in comparison to their cousins!

The Spring Cabbage – “Spring Hero” (left) was sown in September last year, then planted out into the allotment last autumn. As the days start to lengthen, they have taken off and are now bulking up nicely. Forming hearts this week. Wont be long until we get delicious cabbages from these – they are the most tasty of our cabbages.

Peas (Early Onward) were sown directly into the soil.

A structure with a net was erected for the peas to grow up.

Last year, someone (I’m convinced it was pigeons or blackbirds) dug up all of my pea seeds. So I put a protective net fence over the top of them to try to prevent this. It failed! The birds still got in, so I had to add some more netting on the other side. That seems to be working and the remaining peas (which have not been snaffled by the birds) are now growing well.

I will let them get to about a foot tall and will then sow another row of peas on the right hand side of the bed to provide a successional harvest.

I have also sown some more Broad Beans (The Sutton) directly into the soil. Two weeks before this, I had sown some of these seeds in the heated propagator inside the greenhouse. Hopefully these two sowings will give us a successional crop, thereby extending our harvest.

The directly sown beans have sprouted.

The ones grown in the greenhouse have been planted out.

It is impossible to tell the difference between the two! So much for this successional planting nonsense!!!!

They are all growing away nicely, some of the greenhouse grown plants have developed flowers this week, so maybe there is a difference after all!!

I have direct sown Beetroot (Boltardy and Golden) seeds directly into the raised-bed.

The **&%$”?! Birds snuck under the net and scoffed most of the tiny seedlings. I have blocked the edges of the net – a few remain and have grown nicely without the birds predating on them.

To these I have added the beetroot grown in the greenhouse. Again, it is quite difficult to tell the difference between the two!

The Shallots “Longor” were also planted out in March. They are also looking great and doing well. They have had their winter cover removed and are now starting to divide into their “cloves”. Their leaves will soon start to brown off and it will then be time to harvest them.

The Rhubarb is coming along nicely (left).

It must surely be time for another Rhubarb Crumble, me thinks!!!

The Seed Potatoes (Picasso) were chitted in the greenhouse from January.

They are growing away nicely and are looking really healthy (left).

The Onions “Hercules” from the greenhouse were planted out into the allotment in March. They are coming along nicely and looking good.

The Redcurrants are forming on the redcurrant bushes now (left)

The Gooseberries are forming on the bushes (left). These are the green gooseberries. We also have red gooseberries.

I noticed a collection of “bugs” near the tip of the Gooseberry stems (right). I might release some of my ladybirds here as well (when they arrive!). At the moment, the plants look ok, so will just observe.

As I explained in earlier postings, I had set up a heated propagator with artificial lights added. Within this, I germinate my squashes, pumpkins, cucumbers etc. I can set the temperature of the propagator quite high (at 25’C) which these seeds need to germinate.

I had a major disaster last year because I left the lid on causing too much humidity and death by rot and fungus of all my lovely seedlings.

This year, I have managed to avoid all that nonsense by allowing a good airflow into the propagator using logs (left). The vast majority of the seeds planted germinated well.

Cucumber – “Mini Munch” have been potted up into individual pots to continue growing. In a week or so, I will pot them on again into their final position: a grow-bag in the greenhouse.

Summer Squash – “Little Gem”, or for those from Southern Africa, “Gemsquash”.

Some of these have been planted out into pots in their final place within the greenhouse (left).

For some of these, I have put a climbing frame above each pot instead of my traditional trellis attached to the greenhouse. This is for the plant to grow up. I have used the frame as there is a chance that the Allotment will be relocating and I can then take them with me.

There are also a couple of Gemsquash that have been potted up ready to be planted directly out into the Allotment.

The Seed Potatoes (Picasso) which I had planted into grow-bags in January had sprouted in early February. They needed more compost added to the bags on two occasions as the plants grew.

The weather has improved dramatically over the last few weeks. So, the potatoes moved outside the greenhouse door (left) during the day and back into the greenhouse at night. They are now outside full-time!

Yesterday, the first flower buds have appeared (right) 😊

Leeks – Oarsman and Below Zero – Both have sprouted nicely. Looking good. In the cold frame now. Needs to get a bit bigger before planting out into the allotment.

Tomatos (Gardeners Delight) plants from our local Garden Centre have now been planted into their final position in a grow-bag in the greenhouse (left). They are now taking off and growing like Triffids!

They already have their first flowers (right)!

The two Jacaranda Bonsais and the Ficus Bonsai have both started sprouting lots of new growth and are looking great. I have removed them from the mini-greenhouse they were in over-winter. They have been happy in the main greenhouse for over a week now (left) and I will move them outside soon – see later.

Today, I spent quite some time putting together a frame which arrived in kit form.

The allotment is starting to fill up a bit now. Quite a bit more green in evidence now.

Peas (Early Onward) have been sown directly into the soil.

A structure with a net has been erected for the peas to grow up.

Last year, someone (I’m convinced it was pigeons or blackbirds) dug up all of my pea seeds. So I have put a protective net fence over the top of them to try to prevent this (bottom left).

It failed!

The birds still got in, so I had to add some more netting on the other side. That’s working and the remaining peas (which have not been snaffled by the birds) are now growing well.

I have also sown some more Broad Beans (The Sutton) directly into the soil. Two weeks before this, I had sown some of these seeds in the heated propagator inside the greenhouse. Hopefully these two sowings will give us a successional crop, thereby extending our harvest.

The directly sown beans have sprouted.

The ones grown in the greenhouse have been planted out.

It is impossible to tell the difference between the two! So much for this successional planting nonsense!!!!

I have direct sown Beetroot (Boltardy and Golden) seeds directly into the raised-bed.

The **&%$”?! Birds snuck under the net and scoffed most of the tiny seedlings. I have blocked the edges of the net – too late I fear! But a few remain to grow.

The Onions “Hercules” from the greenhouse were planted out into the allotment before we went away. They are coming along nicely and looking good.

The Garlic – “Granny’s” and “Solent Wight” were sown in autumn last year. They have both sprouted well and are now growing very strongly. Should be a good crop.

The Welsh Onions have come on nicely. I split them up last year and planted out several individual plants. They seemed to die at the beginning of winter. But, no, they had not! They sprouted in February and have done well. The plan with these is to harvest some as they bulk up, and to divide others into more “new” plants for the future.

The Seed Potatoes (Picasso) were chitted in the greenhouse from January. In my last posting, I described in great detail how they were planted out into two raised beds in the allotment using my fancy potato planting tool.

Over the last couple of days, the vast majority of them have sprouted and are looking really healthy (left).

The two Strawberry beds (foreground) are starting to “green” up nicely. There are even a few white flowers now. Another month or two until we are gorging on fabulous strawberries (hopefully 🤞!).

The Redcurrants are forming on the redcurrant bushes now (left)

The Seed Potatoes (Picasso) which I had planted into grow-bags in January had sprouted whilst we were away on holiday. So, two weeks ago, I added some more compost to the bags, covering most of the new growth with the compost.

By last week, the potatoes had grown through the new layer of compost. So I have added some more compost to fill the bags up.

Hopefully the weather will warm up a bit over the next week or so, and then I will be able to put the bags outside the greenhouse to continue growing.

So, it’s now time to plant them out into the Allotment.

I have a handy potato planting tool (top). You wiggle it down into the soil. Open the handles………

Pop a nicely-chitted potato in (middle) ……

Remove the tool…….

et voila, the potato is planted at the correct depth (bottom)……

“Seem-pilz” as they say!

I received three Broccoli (Marathon) plants from a mail order just as we got back from holiday earlier in the year. I put them into a cold frame to acclimatise them to the Scottish weather for a week or so.

They have now been planted out into their allocated raised-bed in the Allotment. (Left)

A protective netting has been placed over them to protect them from the pigeons and other scavengers at the moment, but later to protect them from the dreaded cabbage fly!

Also sown last week:

Summer Cabbage (Caraflex). – These have sprouted in every cell. 😊 (top)

Broad bean (The Sutton). – Most cells have just sprouted in the last day or so. 😊 (top)

Beetroot (Boltardy = red) & (Burpee’s Golden = yellow). – Both have partially sprouted, more still on the way (middle)

Chard (Bright Lights) & (Perpetual Spinach). Both have sprouted well (bottom) 😊

The two Acer Bonsais are looking great and in full leaf now. I am hoping to move them outside over the summer.

All of these seed trays have been placed into the propagator in the greenhouse.

Note the wood logs – allowing ventilation – hopefully not so much as to lose all the heat!! 😬 This strategy seems to have worked just fine and there is lots of lovely healthy green growth within the propagator.

Now, my regular readers will know that I always have to experiment with something! Others would say that I’m a sucker for punishment 🤷‍♂️! Well, we have some newish air plants. We have found that they do quite well with a high humidity. So I have placed them on a rack above the seed trays, hopefully taking advantage of the high humidity in the lid of the propagator.

As expected, the air-plants did very well in this environment. Unfortunately, they have had to move back up to the kitchen because the seedlings have grown too big.

The Broccoli Marathon which I planted out at the beginning of the week are looking great.

I have also sown the Runner Beans (St George) directly into the soil.

A “wigwam” structure has been constructed for the beans to grow up when they germinate.

Again the same “someone” dug up these seeds last year, so a protective netting has been applied.

…….no signs of any growth yet……

I have sown some Carrot (Amsterdam Forcing) directly into the soil.

I have sown these very thinly using a seed tape. I have also sown them very early in an attempt to avoid the dreaded carrot fly.

I will put a carrot fly preventative netting across the top of them soon.

…….no signs of any growth yet……

I have direct sown Spinach (Perpetual) seeds directly into the raised-bed.

Hopefully this will provide a second harvest (succession sowing) after the ones which have already germinated in the greenhouse.

The Shallots “Longor” were also planted out before we went away. They are also looking great and doing well. (Left & right).

The Welsh Onions have come on nicely. I split them up last year and planted out several individual plants. They seemed to die at the beginning of winter. But, no, they had not! They sprouted in February and have done well. The plan with these is to harvest some as they bulk up, and to divide others into more “new” plants for the future.

The Apple Tree (Eater) is beginning to come into blossom (left).

The Apple Tree (Cooker) is a bit behind (right). Most of the blossoms are still forming.

The Redcurrants are forming on the redcurrant bushes now (left)

Close up (right)

The Seed Potatoes (Picasso) which I had planted into grow-bags in January had sprouted whilst we were away. So, last week, I added some more compost to the bags, covering most of the new growth with the compost.

Today (left) the potatoes have grown through the new layer of compost. I think more compost will have to be added during the coming week.

I received three Broccoli (Marathon) plants from a mail order just as we got back. I put them into a cold frame last week to allow them to acclimatise to the Scottish weather. They will then will get planted out into the Allotment next week. They are looking good and have grown dramatically in the last week (left)

I have more plants arriving later in the growing season – I’m attempting to get a nice staggered approach to the crop (successional sowing!) instead of the usual glut of Broccoli which we get at harvest time. These later plants only arrive in June / July. On reflection, 3 broccoli will not last us that long. So, I have sown some more Broccoli seeds in the greenhouse (right)

Also sown last week:

Summer Cabbage (Caraflex). – with the eye of faith, there may be a couple of signs of activity just below the surface. Maybe tomorrow!

Broad bean (The Sutton). – No signs of activity yet

Beetroot (Boltardy = red) & (Burpee’s Golden = yellow). – No signs of activity yet

Chard (Bright Lights) & (Perpetual Spinach). One solitary seedling has appeared. More will follow, hopefully!

All of these seed trays have been placed into the propagator in the greenhouse.

Note the wood logs – allowing ventilation – hopefully not so much as to lose all the heat!! 😬

Now, my regular readers will know that I always have to experiment with something! Others would say that I’m a sucker for punishment 🤷‍♂️! Well, we have some newish air plants. We have found that they do quite well with a high humidity. So I have placed them on a rack above the seed trays, hopefully taking advantage of the high humidity in the lid of the propagator. 🤞

So far, so good! The air-plants are also looking good. Unfortunately, they will have to move again as the seedlings grow.

The soil is clearly warming up. The weeds are germinating like mad.

Time to get weeding 🤮!

and……….

Time to get sowing………

if the soil is warm enough for the weeds to germinate, it should be warm enough for some of my seeds to germinate!!!

I have also sown the Runner Beans (St George) directly into the soil.

A “wigwam” structure has been constructed for the beans to grow up when they germinate.

Again the same “someone” dug up these seeds last year, so a protective netting has been applied.

I have sown some Carrot (Amsterdam Forcing) directly into the soil.

I have sown these very thinly using a seed tape. I have also sown them very early in an attempt to avoid the dreaded carrot fly.

I will put a carrot fly preventative netting across the top of them soon.

The Shallots “Longor” were also planted out before we went away. They are also looking great and doing well. (Left & right).

The Welsh Onions have come on nicely. I split them up last year and planted out several individual plants. They seemed to die at the beginning of winter. But, no, they had not! They sprouted in February and have done well. The plan with these is to harvest some as they bulk up, and to divide others into more “new” plants for the future.

Last year’s crops are still providing for us.

The Brussels Sprout are looking very tatty now (top), but I did get a few tiny Sprouts from them today for our Sunday Roast. This will be the last crop from them – they will be confined to the compost heap next week! 😥

There are still lots of Leeks left over from last year (bottom). They will be turning woody and inedible soon, but so far, so good. We are still getting tasty leeks for the table.

Hellebores looking lovely

Daffodils, Tulips and Alpines all provide brilliant colours

The Seed Potatoes (Picasso) which I had planted into grow-bags in January have sprouted whilst we were away – both bags 👏 (left).

So, today, I have added some more compost to the bags (right) – covering most of the new growth with the compost. Apparently, this has the same effect as “earthing up” potatoes which are growing in the soil (allotment), thereby increasing the yield.

Leeks – Oarsman and Below Zero have been sown in pots. These are two varieties which grew very well last year in the Allotment and produced fantastic tasting leeks from early autumn, and are still harvesting now! This new sowing has been placed into the mini-greenhouse within the actual greenhouse. I’ve set the temperature in there to maintain a minimum of 15’C and also have enhanced artificial lighting. Hopefully this will stimulate the germination of the seeds!

Today, I have sown:

• Courgettes – “Gold Mine” (yellow) & “Zucchini” (green)
• Butternut – “Walnut” – We have struggled with Butternut crops for a while. This variety seemed to give us the best crop we had for a while last year. Let’s see how it goes this year.
• Summer Squash – “Little Gem”, or for those from Southern Africa, “Gemsquash”. These are beloved of those folk from Southern Africa, and one of our personal favourites. For some reason, which completely escapes me, these grow incredibly well in the Far North of Scotland, both in the greenhouse and outside in the Allotment. 🤷‍♂️
• Pumpkin – “Jack of All Trades” & “Wicked”. These have both performed very well for us over the last few years, with huge crops of delicious pumpkins.
• Cucumber – “Mini Munch”. These grow well in the greenhouse and produce huge crops of delicious finger (bite)-sized cucumbers.

The allotment still looks pretty bare at the moment.

The Shallots “Longor” were also planted out before we went away. They are also looking great and doing well. (right)

The Rhubarb plant has resurrected itself, as it always does, after winter. It wont be long until we get huge delicious sticks of rhubarb.

The Red Current bushes are now well into leaf. ☺️

Last week, I described how the Acer Palmitum Atropurpureum (right), which I had turned into a Bonsai in January, was doing well. Tiny little buds (top) had developed along its branches had enlarged some more and were a bit more obvious at my previous posting (middle). They were even more obvious last week (bottom) and looked ready to burst into full purple leaf any time now.

Last week, it was an almost lime colour with orange edges (top)

This week, it has developed it’s full summer colours. A lovely lime green coloured leaf (bottom)

The display of fabulous colours over the last few weeks, from when it first started developing its leaves (above) to now, have been nothing short of stunning!

Similarly, the Shallots “Longor” have also mostly sprouted now, so I will plant them out into the allotment before I go away (see below).

Unusually, they took longer than the Onions this year. Normally the Shallots are the first things planted out into the Allotment.

The Onions “Hercules” from the greenhouse have been planted out into the allotment now (left)

The Shallots “Longor” from the greenhouse have also been planted out into the allotment now (right)

The Snowdrops – are still going strong.

Lots in flower now and spreading out through the flowerbed from the original little clump very nicely.

More of the Crocus’s have made their presence known down the side of the driveway. Purple and Lilac colours are now starting to join the orange ones which seemed to be the first to show!

Similarly, in the pots at the top of the driveway, the purple and lilac Crocus seem to have swamped the early orange varieties.

Daffodils in the pots are growing nicely and have even burst into their lovely bright yellow flowers. It always brings some joy to this time of year.

It is so interesting how these Daffodils are flowering whilst those at the bottom of the garden have not even started poking their first leaves through the grass yet. I suspect that this is due to the sun-trap effect at the top of the driveway, together with the 20ft altitude difference which seems to make all the difference.

At the top of our driveway we had a bed which had “done its own thing” over the years. It had become very over grown, with grass invading everywhere and was a real mess.

Eventually I summoned up the courage and attacked it. The shrubs were given a major haircut. The grass and weeds were trimmed right back to ground level. A weed preventative membrane was pegged to the entire area and a bark layer added to make it look a bit nicer.

Three full days of hard work. But it was worth it. Oh my! What a difference!

Last time, I described how I had bought a couple of Acer’s from our local garden centre in late autumn. In mid-January, I had given them a massive root trim and repotted them into proper Bonsai pots. They had seemed to have survived this radical assault at the time of my last post.

The Acer Palmitum Atropurpureum (right) is looking fine. The tiny little buds (top) along its branches had enlarged some more and were a bit more obvious at my last posting (middle). They are now really obvious (bottom) and look ready to burst into full purple leaf any time now.

Within the greenhouse there is a separately heated mini-greenhouse with artificial lighting.

This mini-greenhouse shelters my most tender bonsais from the harshness of winter. Even the frost-free greenhouse is too cold for them.

There are two Jacaranda Bonsai trees (top left), and a Ficus (Fig) (bottom left). Thanks to the mini-greenhouse they have survived winter, so far. This method has worked well for the last 3 years, so I have every reason to believe that they will survive.True, the Jacarandas look a bit tatty, but they will produce new leaves as soon as it warms up a bit more.

My other bonsai is a hardy Juniper (right). It is looking great after its winter in the normal greenhouse. It’s moss, well, not so much!!!

The Shallots have now started sprouting. I will wait another week or two to let them all shoot and get a bit stronger before planting them out into the allotment. They better hurry up as it is only 3 weeks until we head away on a wee sun-break.

Today’s wee harvest. I still find it amazing that we are still getting delicious fresh veg from our Allotment at this time of year and in the harshest of conditions.

This will probably be our last beetroot! The rest are still tiny after my disaster with them last year. I dont know that the rest will ever grow now!

The Brussels Sprouts are still looking and tasting a-maze-zing. They are soooo much better than shop bought ones!

Sadly the Winter Cabbage (Tundra) are now finished. The last one is halfway finished in the fridge. I will still get a couple of delicious coleslaws out of it.

I also had to take out the Kale today and relegate it to the compost heap. RIP 🪦! It had done well!