Wednesday this week was just too wet and windy to do anything outside! We made a quick dash for the shed and ate our lunch before deciding to retreat back into school! It had been bright and pleasant earlier, but a real storm just picked up as lunch time came.
Thursday was much better so we got stuck in emptying the bags of potatoes - a mixture of Pink Fir Apple, Maris Piper and King Edwards.
Meanwhile Danielle and our new member Grigor collected onions and pulled up the remainder of the lettuce. We may plant some more lettuce next week just to see if we can get one more crop before autumn sets in.
Here you can see our first "organic produce" box (in a bag!) We have a dozen staff hoping to buy one. This one contains 1 kg of Maris Piper potatoes, 1 kg of Pink Fir Apple potatoes, 2 onions, a small carrot, a bulb of garlic, some lettuce and curly kale. We hope you enjoy it Mr Simpson - you are our first customer!
Rob was here again too and built us a notice board so that we can put a "welcome" sign for people to see as they enter the garden. He also fixed some of the raised beds, improved the tool store and started a "stone pile" to help clear the site and encourage wildlife to hide there. A great help! More photos to follow soon.
Here you can see our first "organic produce" box (in a bag!) We have a dozen staff hoping to buy one. This one contains 1 kg of Maris Piper potatoes, 1 kg of Pink Fir Apple potatoes, 2 onions, a small carrot, a bulb of garlic, some lettuce and curly kale. We hope you enjoy it Mr Simpson - you are our first customer! Lewis has been off ill this week and we have missed him! Conorhan helped with the potatoes along with two more new members - Kerridwen and Joanne who we are happy to welcome to the club.
Rob was here again too and built us a notice board so that we can put a "welcome" sign for people to see as they enter the garden. He also fixed some of the raised beds, improved the tool store and started a "stone pile" to help clear the site and encourage wildlife to hide there. A great help! More photos to follow soon. 
LOL ... Mind that that "wildlife" doesn't take a fancy to your crops! You might find yourself in the spot of needing to hire a couple of unemployed foxes to keep watch. Luckily, I know an ecologist down Norfolk way who might have a few to spare.
ReplyDeleteAh, potatoes! I do love nice fresh potatoes ... mashed, with the skins on (that's where all the vitamins and minerals are, and most of the flavour, too), with a dash of garlic and a touch of basil. And ... look out, dieters! ... BUTTER! If you're trying to use a minimum of butter, it's nearly hopeless, but you can cut the amount down considerably, by the addition of a few tsp. of canola (rape seed) oil and a dash of salt.
It's also nice, after whipping the potatoes, to put them into a hot oven for a few minutes.
Mmmmm, that sounds like a tasty way to try the potatoes!
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