Just A Quick One

Just a Little Update

We had'nt really planned on doing much at lotty on Sunday, so we went to the garden centre in the rain. After finding dark patches on one or two of our tomatoes we thought we had blight, but after a little bit of research we found it was only Blossom End Rot. So now we need to keep an eye on the PH levels in the soil and use feed only on two waters a week. Not that we were far off before.

Seeds

Were still trying to find seed potatoes despite knowing that were probably a bit too late for it. But whilst we were looking for them at the garden centre we found seeds for purple carrots. For anyone who doesnt know, carrots were originally purple, but have been cultured over the years to produce an orange veg. I dont know why, maybe they're more aesthetically pleasing when they're orange. Im not a big fan of carrots in the first place, but i'll eat anything that comes out of Lottington.

Shallots

Whilst standing in the hut doorway, John noticed a bunch (not sure what the name for a group of shallots is) of shallots that looked to be jumping out of the ground at us. Well of course how could we resist pulling them up. We took them home, along with some beetroot and had some lovely cheese, onion and beetroot sandwiches. Even the Blur, who, having tried raw shallot still had some in her sandwich. I was saying to John yesterday, she's gonna be one healthy child with all the good food she's eating and the space she has to run around in.

Back To The Drawing Board

Its nearly nine o'clock and blogging has been a nice little distraction, but I think I better get my head back down and finish my chicken coop plans. Iv found it harder to plan than I was expecting, but its not looking too bad. Hopefully it wont be long before I can put a picture of the coop and chickens on here.