WHAT JOBS ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY - 2017

I thought that said pickling the beans... I was about to say steady on Shiney. I thought I was bad with pickling everything in sight but beans really lol

 

Ha ha, worse than me bexy. I was commenting on customer's strawberries in front of me this morning; how big and luscious they looked. She agreed until I said you need cornish clotted cream on them too. She looked puzzled until I noticed they were in fact tomatoes. Should have gone to Specsavers

 

Went mad this afternoon....cut grass, trimmed a few evergreens, watered the potted plants and planted out a couple of grasses
Lovely day but the sun was shy after lunch

 

That's because it paid a very brief visit to Scotland :spring:

 

Just learned most of Cornwall was bathed in hot sunshine.....just here on the coast the mist came over. Still very warm though

 

Its been very heavy here all afternoon as if a storm were brewing. It hasn't happened yet.

 

Nothing very productive today, school holidays is my excuse , but just had to share my first ever success with potatoes .
Due to.....one thing or another my charlottes got totally neglected. Planted to late, not 'earthed up', not watered and basically abandoned
Tonight I thought I really should just get rid of the 'mess' . As I started I found ...... potatoes!!!!
Can't tell you how many, I found two and started rushing round the family, proudly showing off my babies
It really is the small things in life, isn't it?

 

@Loki

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You are right to be pleased with yourself loki

 

Thanks Verdun. You can see how neglected they where
I like to think Mother Nature sometimes gives us a little encouragement although as for trying blooming brassicas again the jury is still out on that one

 

@Loki What fantastic culinary masterpiece do you have planned for them?

G.

 

At the moment I'm thinking of framing them My first success with potatoes in years
On the other hand I could rummage around for some more tomorrow and actually make something with them. Providing there's more. If there is, I think something simple..... maybe potato salad? Or Boiled and crushed with lemon and (homegrown) herbs? Or roasted with garlic and rosemary?

 

Do you remember the Good Life episode where Tom was supposed to shoot the chicken?

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