Making tea.

Trying to use as much veg from the allotment as I can,even if it's just for me to eat and no one else will try. So I decided I would try and use some bigger courgettes that I have,had a quick check online and found some recipes for courgettes. So I decided to make some courgette burgers and had some beetroot chips to go with them, I tell you these little buggers are lovely and will do them again. Mine turned out ok and got better after I'd done a few,even the beetroot chips were lovely should of done more. 

Butternut Squash soup.

Made myself some Butternut Squash soup all fresh from the plot,it's the first squash I've had. Can't wait to pick the next couple and make some more,just used a simple recipe from www.mycookinghut.com

Latest harvest

The better half was out at work so I decided to pick some bits up from the plot,then cooked myself a little cooked dinner. I was stuffed after eating it all and feel a right pig,but at least it was all from my plot apart from the meat. 

Even more booze

When I went to the plot the other day I had loads planned but ended up doing nothing,thought i would weed a little and dig a little over. But what I ended up doing between a few showers was string some onions up,then spent the rest of the time picking elderberries and brambles. I got about 6lb of brambles and 3lb of elders, so I've squashed and added bits to the elders and now it's in a demijohn waiting for it to mature. The brambles are in the freezer because I didn't have enough barrels to start the wine. I've already filled a demijohn up last week with brambles and have it a little taste,it tasted beautiful and hope it stays the same once the yeast does it work. Only small problem I had I filled it up a bit much and it overflowed in the cupboard,it was like a mini volcano so i had to remove a little and gave it a clean. 

That's one demijohn with brambles in and two DJ with elderberries in,the first elderberry had brambles in because I didn't pick enough and the second just elderberries. Just have to clear some space to do some more brambles,I might even go out and get some more. Even if I freeze them it's all good stuff either wine of pies,oh Ive forgot I've even started making some beer. I'm hoping it turns out ok only started it on Saturday,need to check on it in a few days. 

While I was brewing the beer I bottled up some ribena wine,i got 5 bottles out of the DJ and a glass full and it tasted ok. 

Another week wasted but.

That's another week gone and not a lot done down on the plot,well it has been quite warm so but hard to play out. So I got on with sorting both greenhouse out by trimming a few plants down,so all tom and cucumber plants are a bit naked now. So now all the plants can breathe a little  better now and get a little light in,so things should start to pick up a bit better. As I was sorting the greenhouse I out I noticed I have a red chilli,whoop whoop that's the first one Ive had yeah baby. 

I did notice down at the bottom of the plot the caterpillars had eaten my sprout leaves last week,but they have moved to my swedes now and all I have is twigs now. Looks like most of the plot holders have been hit by the little buggers,you can see them crawling from one plot to the other. 

All my onions are up now apart from about 3 I think,so most of them are drying out and need to be stored. I hung a few up to dry in the shed,it's my attempt at stringing them up but if it works that's fine. 

Found a new mate

Found a new mate and his side kick hanging around the plot,big one always pops his head out when I start to water. 

More brambles

Going to try and make some bramble wine with a few that I collected,I did get 4lb in total so not bad for free. It does take a while for it to be any good,not good if you want to drink it. All I've done at the moment is put them in a tub and put boiling water over them,then squashed them a little and added some bits and bobs. Just have to leave for a little while then add sugar,then put in demijohn till its time to bottle it. It does smell nice.