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<\/a>The last harvest of the year<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>The veg plot is now empty<\/p><\/div>\n
Its been a mixed year with the worst year ever for beans but the best year ever for leeks. The tomatoes didn’t get blight for the first time and yet the yield was small. The courgettes kept rotting before they got big enough to eat until late summer when I was picking them small and cooking them whole right up until last weekend.<\/p>\n
Most weekends we have had something from the garden though, which is very satisfying. We will have a rethink next year and see if we can do better.<\/p>\n
I decided to cook all the leeks.<\/p>\n
<\/a>The leeks are ready for cooking<\/p><\/div>\n
Then I made them into portions (enough for the two of us) topped with cheese sauce.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Leeks in cheese sauce<\/p><\/div>\n
I have kept one for Sunday dinner and put the rest into the freezer. I find they freeze well like this and when needed just need to go into a hot oven for half an hour and they taste the same as if they have just been made from fresh.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile the chicken’s strip still has dandelions and chard to supplement their daily greens.<\/p>\n
<\/a>The chicken’s plot<\/p><\/div>\n
That’s Peaches waiting expectantly for me to pass some leaves through the wire. They love to take the greens from my fingers and rush over if I pause at this spot. This strip is just to provide a bit of fun for both the girls and me and I intend to keep something in this strip for them all year round.<\/p>\n
Other than that we will just have to wait and see what next year brings to the veg plot. It’s always fun to anticipate the crops we will get.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have been digging up just enough potatoes and leeks all summer as we need them but decided it was time to dig the rest up before winter. There were a couple of potato plants still to dig and \u00a0half … Continue reading