Mystery solved...

This week I found loads of these weird plants everywhere on the allotment.

So I did what you're supposed to do in these situations and I posted it on Facebook... After a load of interesting ideas from peas, to old crops, to a devastating weed that could kill our crops! But it was Law who realised that what it was was the shooting plum pips from our trees! As when we go the allotment, we only caught the end of the season and a load of plumbs fell... I didn't imagine this would happen, but if you pull the shoots out ever so gently you see a small plum, pip shell at the base... Mystery solved...

Thank god! I did think for a moment of leaving them in and having a mini plum orchard... But no...

Everything is carrying on tickaty boo at the moment... Not much else to say...  Apart from the pre seeded (In Laws lean to) are in and my radishes look fabulous!

Eats shoots and leaves

Yes today is the day that all allotementeers love, the day they notice that their hard work is being rewarded and things are happening! It was the potatoes first, about a week after planting, then the cabbages...








                               

and then the radishes! The radishes... wow,                                        

Shoots.... Shoots and leaves!


Ok, it doesn't look much now, but you just wait!

Quiet... shhh.... shhh...

Yes, sorry I've been a little quiet lately, but well there's nothing too much to report.

I did finally get those parsnip seeds down and we cleaned out the chicken coop... Which is now covered in poop again... Where the hell does it all come from?! And it does seem that which ever one sits at the back of the other two has a bit of a problem, honestly I defy a horse to do as much!

There is a new character about however, I have named him Monty... He looks a bit like this...

Parsnips V Lazy

After all my digging and planting on the weekend I've taken a bit of a break... To be honest, the weather has been awful, but I do need to get my parsnips in... But having an allotment is meant to be fun, not a chore, so instead of digging and planting yesterday (and Sunday) I had lunch with a friend and relaxed with my family and you know what? I deserved it...

Although on Sunday I did send my husband and daughter up to fetch eggs for breakfast and there, as if we had ordered them, were 3 perfect eggs waiting to grace our table and fill our stomachs... Thank you ladies, thank you.

Back to it today though... If the weather holds out... Those parsnips will be in the ground before the week is up!

Batman is the Robin!

 I found out something really interesting today... Talking to a lovely bloke from the RSPB I discovered that Robins are very territorial and that the Robin that keeps appearing in our garden is the same Robin! Batman is Batman... And I apologise for my scepticism... Sorry Lili, sorry everybody... Sorry Batman...

He also told me that they will rip another birds head off if they invade their territory... Robins are hard mothers... Who knew?!

Yeah, my chickens have jumpers, so what?

Making space

Today I made space for our tomato plants to go, meaning that something had to go. This turned out to be the beetroot - we have a lot of beetroot! - so I brought it home, boiled it for half an hour and yum... Pass the sweet vinegar please...