This blog is lying fallow for a year...

Sadly a lack of time due to the other commitments in my life means that this blog is on hold for a while as it's unlikely I'll have much chance to post regularly enough to make it worthwhile.  I'll just update as to what's going on with a few photos first though.

Grapevine springing back to life from apparent death during winter.

I'm still gardening, the polytunnel is still bearing the wondrous fruits and veg that a bit of plastic between them and the outside world can create.

Last year's rocket - almost unbearably hot, but it appears to have self seeded lots of little plants around it,

Spring pickings from last year.  The usual ton of parsley, lovely fresh new mint and red hot rocket.

That blue stuff on the doors was never as good as proper polytunnel plastic.  It looked nice but became mega-brittle in the sun, so Mark and Lewis have stepped in and replaced it with the real stuff (bought off Amazon for around £20 for many doors' worth).  The doors were also hanging off their hinges, so they have started a repair job.  Whether or not it wil be finished by the summer remains to be seen,,,

The spinach beyond the parsley was wonderful for cooking and enhanced a number of curries and stews before I pulled it out when it started bolting last week.

Lettuce - it's actually bigger than this and nearly ready to start harvesting leaves now.  The joys of early veg in a tunnel.

Pathetic skinny leeks..  Be lucky to make a soup out of the lot!  I seem to recall leaving them in their seed tray stupidly long last year though.

Broad beans, up and growing.  I deliberately did not buy the dwarf ones this year as they were bitter when young, so fingers crossed these will be tender and tasty for salads.

At last - the purple sprouting.  It was worth picking off all those flaming caterpillars.  In the end it is the crop that just keeps cropping.  I've had many dinners worth, given plenty away, and although I've pulled out a few plants which were flowering, oodles is still to come.

Spring mow.

Rhubarb released from it's upturned bucket.

Digging...

And digging...

Using my tunnel as a seed tray and planted sunflowers straight in the soil for transplantation when they're nice and big and strong.

A trip to France earlier in the year and Oscar fell in love with the chickens.  I can see the attraction of fresh eggs, and they were kind of nice.