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. 

Another weeks gone.

Wow can't believe how the weeks are passing so quickly and next we know we will be covered in snow,so much to do and so little time. Hoping to spend a few hours this week on the plot more than this week,it's alway busy at work every other week so next will be a little calmer. 

So this week I've done a bit of this and that but mainly not a lot,so anyway I've managed to dig up my second early's and was chuffed I got a few spuds. I did have a few with slug holes in them but I gave them away to family,I kept most of the ones without holes. I was going to store some of the spuds as seeds for next year,but I got them mixed up with a few 1st spuds i had left so don't know which is which. But I'm going to save a few main crop and use them as seeds for next year,never saved any seeds from veg or flower or spuds to use again. 

From the spuds I'd dug up I had some big ones ideal for jackets or rocks,can't beat a nice big pair to hold onto. 

Think I've gone a bit mad on saving some beans for next year,I didn't realise  how many I had left to pick. I've given some away and will have to give some more away,if not my plot will be covered in beans. So if you want some just let us know and I will send some out,at this rate I could supply the full site with beans. 

When I have been to the plot I've started to do a job and finish it then go onto the next,but the last couple of times it's slipped a bit. On Thursday night I ended up picking brambles and elderberries to try and make some wine,what a ball ache it is trying to pick the berries from the stalks. But I did managed to pick just over 2lb and a 1lb of brambles,so I got them sorted and now in a demijohn fermenting away. Just hope I've done it right and it tastes good and fresh,so yesterday I had planned to pull rest of onions up and sort beans out. But ended up sorting beans out and collecting brambles again,that wasn't even on the list to do but I got 3lb of them so going to make some plonk. 

Strawberry bed

The other week I potted a few runners from all the strawberries,I must of potted about 40 new plants. It was time to pot on and start growing again,I had way to many to put back in the same bed. So I decided to make another bed without a frame around it, then potted the new strawberries on. The old patch I just weeded and gave it a quick tidy,left all the old plants in and picked my last fruit from them.