At last, after 3 months of intermittent weeding and trying to keep up with whether the seedlings are going to be scorched or drowned, our first allotment crops are in!
It’s official!
This week we’ve been enjoying loads of broad beans, salad leaves, rocket, radishes and even our very first blueberry.
It’s great getting a veg box, but it’s also fun to be able to add our own stuff to the ingredients.
I’m sure the more mature members of our allotment community are despairing at the fact that my patch seems to have more baby weeds than anyone else’s, but I’m using the excuse of being 9 months pregnant to full advantage. Half an hour of hoeing last week nearly sent me into labour and I’m not sure the baby would appreciate “allotment number 23″ on it’s birth certificate…
How are your allotments / veg patches / window boxes going?
What are you growing?
If you’re looking for allotment recipes, here are links to some of the latest we’ve put on the Veg Box Recipes site:
If you’ve got any recipes you’d like to share, please add them to the recipe swap section of the forum:
http://forum.vegbox-recipes.co.uk/phpBB2/index.php
Thank you!
Clare
The recipes look great – thanks.
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We’re currently growing peas and French beans – can’t wait for them to be ready
Louise
My seedling herbs, put out in pots in the yards have been eaten by pigeons and washed away by the torrential rain. Back to the drawing board.
I’m a first time veggie grower and it’s been a fantastic experience so far – there’s nothing better tucking into a fresh salad from your own garden! I’ve got red lettuce, rocket, radishes, broccoli, beetroot, leeks, cauliflowers (white and purple) peas, swiss chard, courgettes, butternut squash, tomatoes and peppers and rhubarb.
Crikey! I didn’t realise how much there is until I wrote it down!
Got a bit of a snail problem at the mo, they really like my peas!