Busy busy busy…

Despite best intentions, a couple of weeks have gone by without my finding time, or energy left (!) for my blog, which is a pity because I have done SO much work in the garden.  Every spare moment I have been planting out, weeding, hoeing, tying in and potting on…

As is often the case, whilst lying in bed I have written vivid accounts in my head of what we have been working on in and what we have been harvesting from the garden, but it has never made it to the computer (or Mac in this case)…

The hot weather we have had recently gave me confidence that hopefully the frosts are over now (fingers crossed) and last week I planted up half of the Dahlias, Cannas, and some half hardy annuals in the flower garden, and my squashes, courgettes and french beans in the vegetable garden.

Everything is so dry though, some of the beds are like dust.  The waterbutts have been dry for a a while now, and we haven’t had any rain for a couple of weeks.  

I think both gardens are looking really good though despite the lack of water, and last week we ate artichokes, asparagus and bucketfuls of spinach, sorrel, kale, lettuce and chard. These are definitely value for money, we have been eating them since early spring and are something we will be growing these again next year.  Maximum productivity/cost for minimum effort, and taste fantastic.  It helps having Sarah Ravens cookbook too, she has lots of recipes for nearly everything we grow, our favourite kale one at the moment is Kale and Mushroom Curry, which is delicious.

Above: French beans (gold and green).