Obscene carrots!

A mixed haul to take home for dinner; including some rather rudely shaped carrots1

Plot to pickle!

A nice little jar of pickled beetroot! Pulled from the ground this morning and treated to wine vinegar, sugar and just a touch of chili!

Bee friendly corner!

Strawberry runners!

Over an inch of rain today, but between showers I managed to peg a few strawberry runners into pots!
All in preparation for next season's strawberry basket project!

Dandelion wine!

Bottled some of my home made dandelion wine a couple of days ago and took it to the plots for a tasting!
The dandelions were picked from plots who never use weedkiller. It tastes quite good and will no doubt improve with keeping a few months!

Another small harvest!

Tomatoes for the passata machine and runner beans for the freezer! And spuds for good measure!

Cider press!

Its almost complete, George the retired joiner has done the woodwork and I'll be doing the hygenic bits! We've sussed out good apple supplies as well!

Harvest time!

A few bits and peices for me and my neighbour!

My first Melon!

At last it's grown from goosegog size to almost five inch diameter in a week!
I'm afraid I haven't taken enough care of the plants, I let them get a bit wild when they should have been pruned and the side shoots taken off!
It now has a support net so's it doesn't get its feet dirty!

A roast tomorrow!

Harvest time! More than enough to go around a roast chicken. Plus one or two of my onions!

And for afters!

Looking to next season!

Three gro-bag benches and a bit more staging for next season; all made from reclaimed wood!
Ready to go in the polytunnel.

Passata machine!

Now I'm ready for all my tomatoes to turn red!
My own supply of passata.

Plot blooms!

One of my sunflowers, facing away from the sun! Astors making a nice show!

The marigold barrier between strawberries and brassicas!

The slightly toxic insect repellant, tansy!

Working party!

A sunday morning work party organised to dig trenches to distribute our water supply on the plots.
Sausage or burger inna bun was available along with tea and coffee!