Finally got round to filtering the chive flowers from the vinegar. It’s so pretty and the chive flavouring is a lovely addition to chips or a salad. I’m thinking I may make some lavender vinegar, though I’m not sure that would work on chips…
We got a lot done on the allotment last weekend. I sowed another row of Salad Onions and Chinese Dragon radish - 5 days on and the radish are already up. Jamie potted up the pepper in the polytunnel and I planted the two final squashes in the tunnel - Winter Celebration. The melon and pumpkin are released and are heading off sideways.
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The cucumbers are planted in their pots, they’re very small plants at the moment but hopefully will be as prolific as they usually are quite soon.
I pulled all the garlic, but the bulbs are a bit smaller than usual. Lucky there are plenty of them, now drying in the sun on an old saucepan stand.
Anyway, that was all last week. I’m looking forward to a hot, hot, hot weekend though am rather disappointed that the blue sky has turned grey in the last hour! Song title provided by Arrow. Have a lovely weekend all.
Yeah, it's roasting down the allotment. I go first thing in the morning to avoid the heat. The weeds are loving the heat though. The plants themselves, not so much.
ReplyDeletePhew, yes that was a very hot day! Had the sun umbrella up on the plot and had to seek shade every 10 minutes! Beautiful though, seeing blue sky makes me happy 😊
DeleteI hope that the next beetroots are okay. That's an interesting cloud formation. Lucky you seeing a Hummingbird Hawk moth, I've never seen one. Happy plotting. xx
ReplyDeleteMe too, Flighty, I don’t want to destroy any more of our precious produce!
DeleteI'd love some grey sky - I don't like it too hot and also need a break from watering.
ReplyDeleteThe sky was blue again for the afternoon and yesterday, but I did have to rest under the brolly quite a lot!
DeleteI don't envy you for that heat. Here in Denmark it only at around +30 degrees for a couple of days and there is always a breeze. I also made a gooseberry crumble. I'm growing my own but these ones were purchased from the market. I hope that it has gotten cooler over there in the meanwhile!
ReplyDeleteIt was a little over the top, even for me! We’re still pretty warm but more liveable now.
DeleteI've been singing feeling hot, hot hot in my head the past few weeks, then over the w/e went to a Birthday bash where the host put on an outdoor cinema showing Benk it like Beckham and the song hasn't left my head as there is a Urdu/Hindi version in the film. Yes, indeed it has been ridiculously hot. Much cooler this week.
ReplyDeleteI always think of the Muppets when I hear that song 😄
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