Today we finally got chance to put the our much awaited poly tunnel up. Beth has been excited about this since its arrival in deepest winter and she now 400 sq.ft of space for planting all the plugs that our customers will hopefully be helping us plant on our open day on the 24th of May.
We didnt manage to get the cover tonight as my two helpers had to get off at 7pm. Apparantly there are some people kicking a football around and they could not miss it. I must try to check the sporting calender prior to booking them next. Thank god we aren't in the middle of some life changing experience like the world cup. (that is football isnt it?)
With any luck the weather will stay good and we'll manage to get the area we ploughed today dried and ready for rotavating at the weekend. Then Beth will be straight in with the beetroot seed. I'm still trying to persuade her that just because the boys really love the fact it turns there pee a fantastic red colour it may be a bad idea to plant an acre of the stuff. Look out for special deals on beetroot bulk buys later in the year!
Tuesday 22 April 2008
Spring is in the air
Yeah,
The sun is shinning, yeah yeah yeah. I am so happy the sun is high in the sky. The air is starting to warm and the ground is at last starting to dry out. I really hope I’m not speaking to soon, but I can feel a spring in my step.
The children went off to school full of pancakes, we have a glut of eggs and milk. They still complained that it was a school day! Heres my recipe-
Breakfast fruity pancakes
Pancake mixture.
1 egg
4 oz of plain flour
½ pint of milk
Beat egg, flour and milk together . Heat a little oil and butter in a large frying pan or griddle. Ladle a little mixture into the hot pan and cook, on both sides. The pancakes can be made in advance or kept warm whilst you heat up the fruit.
Chop up some nice ripe fruit, like bananas, plums, apples, warm the fruit in a heavy bottomed pan with a little runny honey.
Wrap some warm fruit in a pancake and serve.
Not be long before “ its too light to go to bed, It cant be bed time “ But we do love the light nights, tea out side, dogs lazy and snoozing in the sunshine. Half the washing, no woollies to wash by hand. Now I’m running away with my self. I can almost smell the drop scones sizzling on the griddle on a smoky fire, home made summer berry jam and butter at the ready. I really do have the best life!
But what of this weeks work load. I must, I must plant the pumpkin seed for the planting day on May the 24th. We are all looking forward to it , excited and nervous ( check the web site for event details.) We hope to have small plug plants for planting direct into the ground in a huge pumpkin bed which we will nurture ready for the boxes for Halloween. I feel a competition coming on. Oh I’m so much more enthusiastic when the weather is kind to us growers.
The sun is shinning, yeah yeah yeah. I am so happy the sun is high in the sky. The air is starting to warm and the ground is at last starting to dry out. I really hope I’m not speaking to soon, but I can feel a spring in my step.
The children went off to school full of pancakes, we have a glut of eggs and milk. They still complained that it was a school day! Heres my recipe-
Breakfast fruity pancakes
Pancake mixture.
1 egg
4 oz of plain flour
½ pint of milk
Beat egg, flour and milk together . Heat a little oil and butter in a large frying pan or griddle. Ladle a little mixture into the hot pan and cook, on both sides. The pancakes can be made in advance or kept warm whilst you heat up the fruit.
Chop up some nice ripe fruit, like bananas, plums, apples, warm the fruit in a heavy bottomed pan with a little runny honey.
Wrap some warm fruit in a pancake and serve.
Not be long before “ its too light to go to bed, It cant be bed time “ But we do love the light nights, tea out side, dogs lazy and snoozing in the sunshine. Half the washing, no woollies to wash by hand. Now I’m running away with my self. I can almost smell the drop scones sizzling on the griddle on a smoky fire, home made summer berry jam and butter at the ready. I really do have the best life!
But what of this weeks work load. I must, I must plant the pumpkin seed for the planting day on May the 24th. We are all looking forward to it , excited and nervous ( check the web site for event details.) We hope to have small plug plants for planting direct into the ground in a huge pumpkin bed which we will nurture ready for the boxes for Halloween. I feel a competition coming on. Oh I’m so much more enthusiastic when the weather is kind to us growers.
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