Fires and Food

And The Work Goes On

Having only arrived only few minutes before 10:30, I then had to rush down to the gate to let John in. Would be a simple enough job but with both our mobiles off or with no credit we ended up at different gates. Eventually the three of us were in the same place at the same time, and work could ensue. So off for digging again (you think id be bored of it by now, but im not.) We planted sprouts out a few weeks ago, but I put another couple of rows out now that they're a bit bigger. This time to avoid them being eaten by pigeons they've been covered by wire, which is easier to work with than the poly tunnel. John got to work cutting and strimming the grass whilst also preparing our fire. We thought, as we needed to have a fire it may as well serve multiple purposes, and brought along bread, bacon, tea, coffee and milk. It might not seem like much but they tasted amazing. But what was even better was picking potatoes from our oldest patch and cooking them on the fire. It hadnt even traveled 1/4 mile from their patch to our mouths.

Planting With The Blur

Blur had decided that she'd like to plant cucumbers so after a rummage in the seed tray (I brought some asparagus seeds along) it was off to greenhouse 1. There id prepared some trays of seed compost and we were set to plant. Well that is until I opened the packets to find two cucumber seeds and one asparagus seed. Should have checked first, they got planted none the less, we just have to hope they grow.

Nearly A Whole Meal For Nothing

My hope has been that we could have a whole meal for nothing more than a bit of hard work. Not quite a whole meal but 90% of our dinner came from Lottington last night. Potatoes, ratatouille made from our own courgettes, garlic, red onions, and white onions, a bit of our garlic for the ham left over from Friday nights dinner, and our very lovely beetroot. John also cooked the spinach perfectly.

Chickens!!!!!

After talking to a man from another plot the subject of chickens has arisen again. He bought 12 chickens from Lincoln at not much each. We had planned on rescuing battery hens, so now we have more information its time for me to start planning to build the coop. Im not sure where to start but fingers crossed, with a bit of research it'll all come together in the end.