I Made Veg!

The allotment worked. It made food! It's very exciting. Potatoes leaves were starting to look very unhappy, and a couple had flowered, so I chopped the tops off and couldn't resist digging a row. To my slight surprise, there in bottom of the trench were perfectly formed potatoes. So I ate them. She Who Does Not Dig is away at the moment, but shall be subjected to a very excited me pointing at potatoes with a massive grin when she returns.



The plots also on the verge of producing beans. A solitary bean was ready for eating a few days ago, and I gobbled it up, so I suspect that lots will be ready now. I had planned to go today and drop off the overflowing compost bin and harvest beans but I got very distracted by another project of mine, of which more in a future post...

But for now: yay for veg!

Birthday!

She Who Does Not Dig earnt several months worth of brownie points by making me an absolutely amazing birthday cake, decorated with all kinds of allotment related icing and marzipan figures. There are advantages to her being a primary school teacher's daughter!






Aren't they great. :-)