In the kitchen garden I have planted my seed potatoes (Duke
of York). Each day I search for signs of new baby leaves emerging. It looks
very neat and tidy without any weeds but now we have had so much rain I'm sure
the weeds will jump up to say “hello”.
I have planted 2 rows of broad beans plants that I have had
growing in the greenhouse and tied them to little willow sticks that I have cut
from our hedgerows last year. It has been very windy here so I don’t want them
being bullied by big gusts of wind and thrashings of rain. It is possibly not
the best time to have transplanted, but I thought they might do better with natural
rain settling them in.
I have a few rows of garlic planted; some I have bought from
the supermarket which I thought might be successful and also 3 elephant bulbs.
I have never tried growing these before.
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| Garlic growing in the greenhouse |
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| Freshly planted in bed |
The kale has started
to go to seed but I will definitely grow it again. It’s been so good in stews,
raw in salads and lovely in omelettes and quiches. The girls in the orchard
love it also they rush up and snatch it before I have even let go of it.
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| Kale |
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| Lovely Purple Sprouting Broccoli |
The purple sprouting broccoli is in full growth alert with
plenty to be picked on each plant. I have been boiling and steaming it. Boiling
makes it loose it colour so I thought I would give a try at dying some sheep’s
wool or interlining to see if the colour will catch. I do enjoy taking my trug
and picking a basket full. I have also put a few batches in the freezer.
The rhubarb is growing well and we have had some tasty
crumbles with it. It has such a lovely bright green leaf with eye-catching red
stems. It looks so pretty with puddles of fresh rain collected in the robust
leaves. I have had one plant where I have had to remove a flower head.
Hopefully it will produce tasty stems.
Well we have lots of plans to be in the garden this weekend
but think we will be dashing in-between April rain showers. These cloud burst
make good stops for a nice cup of coffee while planning where the spade and
fork will dig next. Will be in-touch soon. Have a super weekend. Take care and
enjoy life.
