With the mild but very wet winter we have had it may seem surprising but we have been longing for rain. Despite the soil, heavy clay, being moist lower down, the top 10 – 20 cm is rock hard and the surface covered in a crazy” paving” of 1 cm wide cracks.
When it started to rain in the early hours and now 12 hours later it is still raining it was most welcome. After the morning in the potting shed potting on cabbages and tomatoes I am now able to catch up on the jobs inside.
Time to write a blog. We have spent the last few months sowing seeds and getting vegetable and fruits ready for a harvest in the summer and autumn. Beans and peas are still in the freezer, the soft fruit has just about finished, last pack of blueberries for breakfast tomorrow, potatoes and onions are coming to the end of their storage life. There is still fresh food to be had from the garden. The leeks finished a couple of weeks ago but have been replaced by asparagus, and with this rain there will be plenty to pick tomorrow. The rainbow chard has a few meals left although the hot weather has caused it to start bolting. With the mild winter the globe artichokes fruited early and the first two were picked for tea last night. The spring cabbage grown over winter were delicious but now all gone. We still have lettuce ready and fresh to pick in the garden are parsley, chives, rosemary, sage, thyme, mint. Basil, corriander and rocket are just starting to grow so it will be several more weeks before they are ready.
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