a weblog with an allotment attached
17 August 2006
(or, as we say in this house, there’s always room for ice cream!)
You may have noticed that chez soup we love ice cream. Any of you who read the posts from our recent holiday in Trento will have divined this from the numerous mentions of how much of the stuff we ate there. [...]
Filed under: Enthusings, Fallow — Clare @ 10:48 pm
14 August 2006
After hours of regular and dedicated graft (doesn’t sound like us, does it?) the plot is finally starting to look as though someone cares for it instead of the tatty, abandoned face it presented to the world when we got back from our holiday. I won’t pretend that the bindweed is not still [...]
Filed under: Hard labour, Review & plan — Clare @ 7:51 pm
12 August 2006
Visit a vegetable show – there’s bound to be one near you soon – and you will see trestle tables piled high with artfully arranged presentation produce. Perfect, un-nibbled cabbages, uniformly conical carrots and aubergines polished to a high mirror shine await inspection while their growers stand protectively nearby. I don’t know if [...]
Filed under: Harvest — Clare @ 1:02 pm
9 August 2006
This working from home malarkey is really something, I can tell you. Today we got up at 9am (what bliss! A lie-in! On a work day!) before both settling down at our respective computers to earn our honest bucks and ensure that the mortgage gets paid. We took it in turns [...]
Filed under: Hard labour — Clare @ 6:53 pm
7 August 2006
While we were down the allotment on Saturday I did this:
I know, I know. Looks innocuous enough, doesn’t it? And I’m not even sure if it’s a bite, a sting or a thorn. What I can tell you is that since doing this, my little finger has swelled to practically twice its [...]
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 1:18 pm
6 August 2006
No allotment for us today, though we did spend a long time there yesterday evening doing some weeding and watering and preparing a bed for the leeks.
No, today our trio was rehearsing as we have gig in a fortnight. A paying gig no less – all proceeds going to Phil’s ‘good grief is trio [...]
4 August 2006
French beans are great. They look great, they taste great and this year’s batch have additionally proved their greatness by surviving complete neglect and drought conditions. Go Neckar gold!
Filed under: This much I know — Clare @ 7:59 pm
2 August 2006
Once again we had a 45 minute stint of wrestling with the rampant weeds. Any more than that and the boredom makes my head go pop. The good news is, we can now see some of what we’ve planted and even some pathways. It’s good to know that we are slowly making [...]
Filed under: Hard labour, iPlot — Clare @ 8:12 pm
1 August 2006
(with apologies to my veggie and vegan readers…)
Here’s a recipe for a wonderful weekday treat. For the full effect, it MUST be a weekday. Roast chicken on a Sunday is all very well, but trust me, there’s something a little bit decadent about enjoying a meal like this on a school night. (You [...]
Filed under: Hard labour, Harvest, Mulch — Clare @ 11:20 pm