Down at our Lottie

This week we have been bringing home our own bacon so to speak, from our allotment that we took on just a year ago. Never did we imagine that in such a short time, we could achieve so much. If we could keep a few chickens and perhaps the odd pig I bet we could be almost self-sufficient. I say this after harvesting our first strawberries which weighed in at 20lb. 24 lettuce, radishes galore, courgettes, broccoli, peas, potatoes, carrots, rhubarb, blackcurrants and redcurrants and wonderful smelling sweet peas. All this and it's only July. There is nothing so satisfying as growing your own and if it wasn't for the slugs (which we will be roasting next time) it would be absolutely perfect. Plus we have the small shed from where we will be watching, listening and making notes and hoping that you out there will join us for awhile and telling us your stories and anecdotes.

Plum.