Slow News Week

Despite evidence to the contrary - it's been a cold start to the month, with snowfall across the country (although not where we are) - Spring is on its way. 

We now have snowdrops, daffodils, crocus and even primroses out, and any day now the tulips should hopefully flower too.

Elsewhere in the garden the rhubarb is on its way up, and we may even need to cut the grass before long.

Looking forward to some warmer weather, but today the sun has at least shone (and I've got my washing dry 😎).

More 'actual' news (hopefully) next week!

Rhubarb to Jam

With fresh rhubarb growing in the garden - and only one jar of rhubarb and ginger jam in store - time to use up last year's rhubarb from the freezer.








Cue jam making . . .

. . . and jam!

Garden Bounty

Alongside everything else that is going on, the garden is continuing to yield its bounty - here we have potatoes, rhubarb and courgettes (on the cusp of marrowdom):

The tomatoes are coming along too, although the strawberries are proving disappointing - they don't seem to have really got going after last year's major weeding exercise, and the slugs are getting to what fruit there is before we do!

Rhubarb and Custard

The rhubarb is our current success story - the last couple of weeks of sunshine seem to have agreed with it - at any rate it's provided us with our first fruits of the year (well veg I suppose).

Harvested the first few stalks and transferred them straight to the cooking pot. Unfortunately we were a little generous with the water, and our stewed rhubarb and custard came out more like rhubarb and custard soup - it tasted nice though!

Might try making rhubarb and ginger jam next - somebody fed me some once, and I seem to remember it was rather good . . .