There's nothing more satisifying than a good clear out...

14 March 2010

Especially when you get some lovely meals out of the casting out!



We pulled up the last of the leeks to make space for some Spring planting. They weren't as fat as they were last year but they were certainly very tasty and we have had a good few meals out of them (leek & potato soup; leeks wrapped in ham; chicken, leek & mustard pasta).



One of the brassica tunnels was also cleared as the cavalo nero had finished (we still have one tunnel bursting with it) and we needed the space to plant some parsnips and beetroot. We haven't had much success with beetroot over the last couple of years which is odd as everyone says it is a really easy crop to grow so fingers crossed, this year we will have some better results, especially as we like it so much! This Raymond Blanc recipe has become a recent favourite of ours:



We constructed a new brassica tunnel on the plot. We have decided to put the bigger crops that take up a great deal of space on the new plot (brassicas, courgettes, rhubarb etc) and will probably put our potatoes on part of it too as they should do a wonderful job of cleaning the soil.



Whilst digging over the new plot we unearthed a couple of slow worms who must have come up to the surface for a sunbathe. Thankfully we managed to avoid skewering them with a fork, so we relocated them to the raised bit at the back of plot so they could scurry away into the undergrowth.