Things are still growing on the allotment

Three week ago when I was on the allotment, nothing much was happening with the few cauliflowers I had planted earlier this year, lots of leaves and tiny curds no bigger than a golf ball, but last Friday I went to the allotment and to my surprise there was an enormous cauliflower, when I looked closer I had 8 little cauliflower all growing nicely in the same bed too.  I could not resist bringing this one home for dinner.

It was wonderful covered with a cheese sauce, and yesterday Mike brought two more home, so guess what we had for dinner again?

The rabbits and guinea pig had some of the lovely green inner leaves and the chickens finished the outer leaves and all of the stalks, so nothing was wasted.  After a bad year for our vegetables the cauliflowers have done us proud finally.  I shall grow this variety again next year it's called Clapton.

I have been sewing, lots of things, but so much in the process and not finished yet, my waistcoat is done, I put the finishing touches to it earlier this week. I will have a number of things finished by next week, so lots of pictures to add.

Thinking of Spring

Last weekend I decided to cheer up the front door step and plant up the pots for spring.

My nephew gave me the pot on the right at the front as a thank you for making his curtains in September.  He also gave me some spring bulbs,  this last weekend I wanted to get it planted up.  I split the bulbs between the two smaller pots at the front and then topped them off with pansies and primulas.

The large pots at the back have some Balm of Gilead in and I wanted to keep that because it has a wonderful smell as you arrive at the door.  I just added  pansies and primulas to these pots, after cleaning out the summer bedding that was looking very sad. Because there are already bulbs in them from last year.

The weather has turned colder and the central heating has gone on, but there are still flowers in the garden trying their best to cheer the dull autumn days.

The greenhouse has been tidied up too and it is looking ready for the long cold winter ahead.  I plan on putting some bubble wrap around the inside of the glass just in case it gets too cold this year.