Sleet and shallots

There I am, putting on my suncream for a good healthy once-a-day walk to the allotment with my husband, and a quarter of the way there, it is sleeting!!! Great news for the first day of British summertime, hey ho. Anyway the walk there and back was invigorating – to say the least!

Once on the allotment, we are surprised by tulips, hurrah:

So lovely to see their beautiful colours. The rhubarb is also doing well:

And we have planted our first crop of the allotment year – shallots!

We made sure to put them in a side of the bed they’ve not been before, and also not to bury them too deeply as they do like having their tops showing (the picture shows them before planting however so they’re not that shallow, LOL!).

Whilst there I did a hoe round, though actually things weren’t too bad, and K mended another one of our raised beds, which was great.

Here is the harvest:

And here are the flowers at home:

Have a good Sunday, and stay safe, everyone.

Anne Brooke Books

The daffodils aren’t over yet!

I might have spoken too soon when I said last week that we had harvested the last of the daffodils as this is the scene that greeted us when we arrived at the allotment this morning:

What do we know?! Nothing, obviously! Anyway, it’s a lovely day so I thought I’d take a picture of the whole plot:

As you can see, it’s definitely a time for planning ahead … Here’s a closer view of the tulips which you can see on the right of the above picture – they’re coming along nicely:

The rhubarb is also enjoying the early sunshine and I’m quite hopeful about it this year:

Whilst at the allotment we chatted to a few people – at a safe distance of course! – and in general everyone is doing okay health-wise, which is good news. It was also lovely to get out and be active in a safe way without worrying about carrying anything nasty to anyone else.

Here is the harvest:

And hear are the daffodils in their vases at home:

Have a good week, everyone – and stay safe.

Anne Brooke Books

March Begins

Really good weather today in spite of the storm we were forecast, so we made the most of it at the allotment by doing some weeding (me) and repairing some of the raised beds (Husband).

The walk across the field to the allotments is still like a marsh though! Thank goodness for Wellington boots – though of course the rhubarb is lapping up the rain. Definitely hoping for a better crop this year.

Meanwhile, the tulip shoots are growing and some of them are even in bud, well gosh. Have to admit that the ones in bud aren’t the ones we actually planted in November though!…

Anyway, here is a mini-harvest of daffodils:

And here they are in a vase at home:

Have a lovely start to March, everyone!

Anne Brooke Books