Hungerford allotment blog - grow your own, harvesting and vegetarian cooking. Enjoying allotment wildlife, weather and other things that catch my attention.
Enjoying time on the Marsh Lane Allotment site in Hungerford, Berkshire.
A record of successes, failures and a handy reminder for me.
From 2017 each post title brings a song to add a little extra music to the world - enjoy!
This last week I’ve worked more than my current required hours but it’s still felt rather like holiday time. I think there are positive vibes in the air.
We’ve been walking to the river to feed this lovely family - eight cygnets! The River Dun is so clear and there are masses of fish which were also jumping out of the water to eat the floating swan & duck food. One afternoon it was so warm and sunny we decided to go to a local pub for dinner and a bottle of wine - what a treat! Sitting in the riverside garden the same swan family swam buy and were enjoying eating the weed. So beautiful.
We’ve been to the allotment nearly every day, there’s not much to do apart from watering and picking a few bits for dinner. Courgettes are still a major element in our meals:
Layered courgette, tomato & shallot bake with cheesy sweetcorn topping
Pan-fried courgette, sweetcorn, chard & lardons with roast potatoes and onion sauce
Courgette and sweetcorn fritters with our first two runner beans
The Baby cucumbers are producing well so I made tzatziki dip, using a recipe from this great recipe book my sister gave me.
We enjoyed that as part of a Sunday picnic - here’s Jamie ready and waiting ☺️ You can see we were prepared for all weathers but I’m pleased to say it didn’t rain and we had a great time with various plotholders dropping by.
We’ve pulled our last Nicola(?) spud - not sure went wrong to produce those mutants! Let’s blame the weather but I think I may have something for the Horticultural show after all 🙄
We’ve picked most of our sweetcorn now and are noticing that something (birds or squirrels) has been stripping the cobs clean on some plants around site. I left a partially formed cob on the plot and the next day we could see just how popular sweetcorn is - amongst many species! We’ve seen wasps eating them but never ladybirds before! It is a very good year for ladybirds and quite surprisingly most I’ve spotted (ðŸ¤) have been 7-spots rather than harlequins.
It’s been feeling rather autumnal in the mornings and evenings now, but apparently another heatwave is due over the next few days - good! I’m not ready for Summer to end yet.
Now sing-along with Boney M - you surely can’t resist!
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