Happy New Year

We spent a wonderful four hours on the plot on Sunday. The weather was kind and it was quite warm and sunny with very little wind for a change. We started a bonfire and managed to burn all the cuttings from the plum trees that we have had piling up for ages. A corner of the plot gets shaded in the late afternoon so we have to keep the trees well under control.

I had some really great Xmas pressies the best being a new scarecrow made by my two grandchildren (will post a picture soon) trouble is with all this wet and windy weather I cant bring myself to leave him out of the shed overnight. Barbara bought me a new nest box to replace the one that was smashed by our moronic visitors and a Jamie Oliver camping stove which we used on Sunday to have a brew up and heat up the vegetable soup (keep it quiet but it was supermarket veg)
but it was home made.


As we were unable to spend as much time as we would have liked on the plot last year we only have leeks growing but they are very good.

We are again going to the potato fair at Dulwich next week to buy some Sarpo as they did so well for us last time, and we are still eating them.

Along with all the usual girly stuff,I bought Barbara a new pair of loppers and she was more pleased with them that anything else. I have had to make her promise that she will not use them unless I am with her as she gets carried away and lops anything in sight.


Hope to get to the plot this weekend but the weather forecast is not to good so will have to see.