Everyone agreed that Sunday was too cold. As one plotholder said “it’s a lazy wind; it doesn’t go round you”! The wind was bitter. With the hedge offering us some protection on our plots we did manage to stay for a few hours and as the sun began to make a show it felt a little warmer, until the wind blew again - brrr!
I finished clearing the plot for the potatoes. It'll have another dig over when the potato fertilizer is added but it's nice to see some clear soil with all the annoying grass and weeds removed. You'll notice the canes topped with plastic bottles. I still think these could be something of a mole deterrent - they don't like vibrations caused by the rattling.
We'll see; there are certainly a lots of worms if the mole does visit us. Last week the HAHA committee decided (thank goodness) not to kill the moles. The general concensus, apart from the cruelty aspect, is that it's too expensive and wouldn't solve the problem anyway - I don't consider them a problem; they eat slugs. Last year definitely seemed to be a good year for them but who knows what this year will bring.
Jamie was in his cage most of the afternoon GiggleCl Clearing all the weeds under the brassica netting. He pulled a lot of these, which appear to be poppies - not too sure where they blew in from but we hope there are some outside of the cage too, particularly on the Wildlife Plot.
I'm having a beanfeast this week - a Tuscan Bean stew made following this recipe. I went a bit over the top and soaked too many beans then couldn't resist cooking them all.
I should have frozen a couple of meals worth, but I've only just thought of that. I ate it last night with tortilla wraps; tonight I'm going to add purple sprouting brocolli as we intend to nip up the plot at lunchtime.
It's very tasty. One thing I thought was going to be needed was fresh bay leaves, but I must have seen that on another recipe. I have two bay trees now, but you can see that their leaves are quite different. They both claim to be Laurus Nobilis so should be edible but I'm not sure whether they both are... Any advice?
The song title by The Chicks, it was more appropriate if I'd posted this yesterday for International Womens Day, but actually in this sad world at the moment we have quite a lot to march for - or more likely against - but covid cases are rising again so I'll stay put... and now I really must login to work!
