BUBBLE AND SQUEAK HERE WE COME.....

PICKED MY FIRST CABBAGE DONE WELL ONLY ONE WITH A FEW HOLES IN, GOING TO LEAVE THE OTHERS UNTIL THE HEARTS GETS BIGGER.

EVERYTHINGS COMING ON A TREAT WITH THE WEATHER BEING SUNNY ONE MINUTE THEN POURING CATS AND DOGS NEXT.

WE NOW HAVE TWO FROGS IN OUR LITTLE POND WHICH HAS WORKED REALLY WELL THE TADPOLES ARE GROWING TOO, I NEARLY STOOD ON A TEENY WEENY FROGLET DID MY DEED FOR THE DAY AND PUT HIM BACK IN.

EVERYTHINGS BLURRED HE'S A BIT HUNGOVER!!!!!!

WANT TO WARN ANYONE WHO IS PUTTING NETTING OVER THEIR STRAWBERRIES WE HAD TO RESCUE A THRUSH WHICH WAS REALLY STRESSED MUST HAVE BEEN TANGLED UP IN THE NET FOR A WHILE UNDER IT'S WINGS ROUND IT'S FEET AND NECK, BUT SODS LAW IT FLEW AWAY WHEN WE HAD CUT IT FREE THEN TEN MINUTES LATER TRYING IT'S LUCK WITH THE STRAWBERRIES AGAIN.............

PICKED OUR ELDERFLOWER YESTERDAY AND DRANK OUR FIRST TASTE OF HOMEMADE CORDIAL, LOTS OF DIFFERING RECIPES I THINK I MAY HAVE PUT TOO MUCH SUGAR IN BUT HEY HO DON'T KNOW TILL YOU TRY.........

MY OWN PERSONAL LITTLE HARVEST FESTIVAL..............

COURGETTES ARE BRILL TO GROW NEED A BIT OF SPACE BUT I JUST LOVE SEEING THINGS GROWING , WE HAVE WAY TOO MUCH LETTUCE I SHOULD NOW START GIVING IT AWAY, OR EVEN BETTER SELL SOME A FEW PEEPS HAVE SAID THEY WOULD PAY FOR ORGANIC VEG!!!!

PLEASE PLEASE SUN SHINE DOWN ON EVERYONE THEN WE WILL SEE SMILEY FACES

PICKLING MY LITTLE HEART OUT.....

I KNOW LATE AGAIN SORRYEE.

ANYWAY I DONNED MY STERILE MARIGOLDS, ULTRA CLEAN GLASS JARS, PICKLING VINEGAR,AND VERY WELL COOKED BEETS CAREFULLY TENDED BY MY FAIR HANDS, WISH I HAD GROWN A LARGER BATCH BUT NEW CROP IN,WAITING FOR THE SUMMER SUN. DON'T LAUGH BUT ONLY MANAGED TWO JARS FULL,KEV PRINTED ME SOME LABELS WE HAD A TASTE OUT OF ONE JAR AND IT TASTED DELICIOUS EVEN THOUGH I SAY IT MYSELF MMMM.

GILLYMACS TARTY PICKLED BEET............

OUR NEW BIRDY BRIDGE........

LAST WEEK WE WEAKENED AND KEV DISMANTLED WHAT HE STARTED TO ERECT AS A GREENHOUSE COME SHED WITH A LOT OF WINDOWS IN, AND WE WERE LUCKY A COUPLE ON THE SITE WERE GETTING RID OF THEIRS, TALK ABOUT GIGANTIC IT WILL FEEL LIKE BEING AT THE EDEN PROJECT WHEN ALL THE WINDOWS HAVE BEEN PUT IN,I HAVE DREAMED OF THIS MOMENT SAD BEGGAR THAT I AM BUT MY TOMMIES AND CUCUMBERS ARE CRYING OUT FOR HEAT(I HAVE TOLD THEM ALL ABOUT THEIR NEW ABODE AND THEY SEEM QUITE EXCITED)!

STEADY NOW BOYS DELICATE OPERATION THIS HOUSE MOVING....

YES WE HAVE OUR FIRST OPEN DAY ON THE 5TH JULY WHERE THOSE WHO WANT TO MEASURE THE SIZE OF THEIR MARROWS OR WHO HAS THE RUDEST VEG CAN COMPETE. KEV IS GOING TO A FOOTIE MATCH (COWARD) AND MYSELF AND BOSS FROM WORK ARE GOIN TO SHARE A BOTTLE OF WINE AND A PICNIC AND LAUGH AT EVERYONE ELSE RUNNING ROUND LIKE HEADLESS CHICKENS, BY THE WAY WE WOULD LOVE SOME ON LOTTIE.

ONE POTATO TWO POTATO THREE POTATO FOUR .......

I MIGHT MAKE MY GORGEOUS LEMON DRIZZLE CAKE BUT HE ISN'T HAPPY THAT I MAY GIVE IT AWAY BEFORE HE CAN HAVE SOME THINK WAISTLINE MMMMM.I LOVE TAKING PHOTOS AND THERE IS A PHOTO SECTION SO MAY TAKE THE PLUNGE WITH THAT TOO.

COULDN'T RESIST MMMMMMMM...........

I WILL TELL YOU ONE THING ABOUT THIS ALLOTMENT, TIME HAS NEVER GONE SO QUICKLY AS WHEN WE ARE UP THERE ON A TEA TIME AND SAY TO OURSELVES JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS LOVE THEN DARKNESS LOOMS AND WE LOOK AT OUR WATCH AND GOD IT'S TEN O'CLOCK .I COULD SO STAY UPA NEW BED FOR MY BABIES....... I COULD SO STAY UP THERE SLEEP EAT DRINK AND BE MERRY ON OUR LOTTIE!!!!

YES I KNOW I HAD BEEN WARNED.....

SORRY LATE AGAIN IN DOING MY POST GOT A BIT OF A SPASM IN THE BACK LAST WEEK, YES WE ARE ALL WARNED IF YOU'RE A COUCH POTATOE IN WINTER THEN EH, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BOD HAS TO WAKE UP TO MAD HYSTERIA IN SPRING DIGGING AND MORE DIGGING...... OH WELL DID GET TO READ MY BRILL BOOK "A QUIET BELIEF IN ANGELS" BY R J ELLORY.

WE ALL KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS DON'T WE.............

EVERYTHINGS LOOKING ROSY WE PICKED AND ATE HEARTILY ON MIXED, LETTUCE, RADISH AND BEETROOT IT DOES FEEL GOOD. EVERYONE AT OUR END ARE SOOO GENEROUS AND HELPFUL WITH IDEAS FOR SLUG ATTACK ,BUT THE LITTLE BUGGERS STILL KEEP COMING. CHECK OUT MY PIC THIS IS ONE LINE OF DEFENCE THEY WONT GET PAST HE HE
HELLO HELLO WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE ?

IT'S SLIMY AND GOOEY YUMMY..

12345 ONCE I CAUGHT A FEW FISH ALIVE HE HE ....

SAY HI TO NORMAN I'M A GNOME GET ME OUTA HERE....

CHELSEY BUNS DAY OUT ON THE LOTTIE ! ! ! !

SHE'S DOING A BRILLIANT JOB WATERING......

PHEW WHAT A STINKYPOO SMELL...............

CHELSEY FANCYING A DIP WILL SHE OR WON'T SHE ...

HAVING A REST WITH JESS...........

LIVESTOCK AND COTTAGE ALL IN PLACE .............