Water butt needed

I moved a water butt from the bottom of the allotment and took a bin from home to the plot, only so we can catch as much water as possible for the summer months. Been going to move the bins for months but never did,so while it was raining last week I took them down. To get the water into the butts I pushed some drinks bottles onto the guttering, then extended them to reach the butts so now we can save water.

2nd attempt at making pickled red cabbage.

This is my second attempt at making some pickled red cabbage,I did manage to get some pickling vinegar so will see what this tastes like.

Just a little veg

I Went to the allotment just before Christmas to get myself some veg,only got a couple of thing for dinner as we had some already in freezer. All I could fetch back was some carrots and leeks,think that what I have left to dig up as well and a few cabbages (red).

Happy Christmas

Happy Christmas and New Year to you all and all the best for 2013.

Seeds I have

aubergine ophelia vs
beetroot cheltenham green top vs
brussels sprouts brilliant vs
broad beans imperial green longpod vs
carrots senior
cucumber burpless vs
cauliflower all year round vs
cucumber telegraph improved vs
carrots paris market atlas vs
cabbage primo vs
courgette green bush vs
chilli pepper cayenne vs
carrot resistafly
carrot flyaway f1 vs
courgette jemmer f1
pepper chilli long slim
chives organic herb
dwarf french beans vs
florence fennel zefa fino vs
little gem
leeks musselburgh vs
lettuce all year round vs
Marrow long green bush
ailsa craig onions vs
arther main crop
onion ishikura bunching
pea onwards vs
sweet pepper redskin
organic h hot pepper hungarian wax
parsnips tender and true
raddish mixed vs
spring onion white lisbon
suttons white lisbon suttons
swede best of all
swede ruby
sweetcorn minipop vs
squash turks turban vs
sweet pepper sweet spanish mix vs
sugar snap peas vs
swede marian
squash waltham butternut
sweetcorn kelvedon glory f1
tomato money maker
tomato garderners delight vs
tomato money maker vs
tomato garderners delight vs
turnip golden ball
tomato garden perie
rhubarb
melon canta charentais

also have some half packs




flowers

candyfuft spangles vs
alyssum carpet of snow vs
nasturtium tall single mixed vs
Blaze of fire salvia
clarkia elegans duble delight
sweetpea late spencer mix
primrose mardigras mixed

Pickled red cabbage

Thought I would try and make some
Pickled red cabbage, I had a wander around the net for some ideas. The one I went for was to use some pickling vinegar,but our supermarket I went to didn't have any in. So I had to use standard malt vinegar then try to get some pickling vinegar at a later date,I have some now so will use that next time.

I chopped up some red cabbage into small bits and put into a bowl,then I covered the cabbage with salt and left all night to let the salt take the water out of the cabbage. Then I rinsed the cabbage the next day to remove the salt,then sterilised a jar and filled the jar with cabbage and vinegar. It is quite nice but i will make some with pickling vinegar and see how that tastes.

Not enough time

Wow what a week I've only been to the allotment for about 2 hours this week,beginning of the week it was frozen and end of week a little wet. Another thing that didn't help I was on Jury Service for the full week,so by the time I got home it was to dark to go and do anything. I don't think I will get anything done this week unless we get sent home,it's another week on jury service so half of me wants a trial and other half wants to go home.

I still have a few things that need doing at the plot but will have to wait to do it,i think last year I was all sorted when it came to Christmas just don't want to start to panic.

With all this spare time I've had this week I could of done loads of blogging,I wish I could do more blogging but always find something else to do or just lazy and do nothing at all.