Making a meal of it

Dinner last night was lamb chops, new potatoes, peas, sauted courgette and shallots.

Unfortunately the allotment isn't big enough to keep livestock so the lamb came from New Zealand, but everything else was grown on the allotment and dug or picked less than 30 minutes before being eaten.

Very nice it was too!

The harvest begins

The strawberry plants were the first - several handfuls of berries, which is more than I expected from new plants.

Dug up the first two Catriona potato plants at the weekend, yielding 20 or so decent sized spuds and a few tiny pea-sized ones!

First early peas eaten as Mangetout, first two baby courgettes, and four big shallots. Tried unearthing two carrots but they were disappointingly small and forked. The others need time to grow.

Not a brilliant germination rate, but there are seven sweetcorn plants growing strongly. Planted more seeds in the positions of the 4x4 grid where nothing had appeared.


The weeds were starting to take over so have spent a lot of time clearing them up over the last week. Beetroot, Swede, Turnip, Rainbow Chard, Pea, and French Bean seedlings now have some space to grow.


Feltham First peas, and Broad Beans are now getting very large.

Everything is growing

Unfortunately that includes the weeds!

The two courgette plants Mum and Dad gave me are doing well, expecting to eat the first courgettes in the next week or so.


James Grieve apples are bulking up .
A few russets are visible, but nothing on the Howgate Wonder. The trees all look healthy with lots of new growth so looking forward to bigger crops next year. Anything this autumn is a bonus!

The Feltham First peas are flowering, as are the broad beans, so looking forward to a crop soon.
The second and third sowings of peas (Jaguar) are doing nicely, as are the french beans. Will be a while before they are ready to eat.