Another great crop from 144 & 121 plots!
Picked the last of the sweetcorn for eating that night and for the freezer......
I was overwhelmed with the aroma of the carrots whilst pulling them from the earth......
And the beetroot never fails to amaze me with it's vibrant colour and taste.....
Unfortunately all this autumnal harvesting was marred by the fact that my neighbour and ex fellow plot holder was over on my previous plot 142!
Although I had had a very successful morning digging 122 before breakfast I returned after coming home for nourishment to dig over some of 144 to find "Mrs Chicken Wire" as she is now referred to, and her shadow (Mr Chicken Wire) tending to plot 142. Why is it that everytime I turn up her voice goes up by about 15 decibles and she laughs, no I stand corrected, "CACKLES" at simple words like compost, seeds and Bamboo Canes.
Yes she grates me.
She annoys me to hell and back
and
it's not enjoyable being on my lovely plot 144 whilst she and sidekick are there.
I do try to avoid being on 144 at the same time she is on 142, but sometimes its not always possible, timewise to go down to 121 as jobs there have been completed.
So I have to turn my back and work away, trying not to listen for the high pitched cackled that may eminate at any second, disturbing the peace and tranquility that you would expect of ones allotment.
Still, the nice thing is, is that I am there on 144 more often than she is on 142, so I do get my little place of solitude and tranquility more often than not.
Back to the harvest.
The carrots looked very orange, smelt very carroty and tasted divine.
The Beetroot were a vibrant purple and roasted - melted in your mouth
&
The sweetcorn was way better than the Jolly Green Giants!!
He he!!
To top the morning off, another allotmenteer, Val, on a close by plot gave me a gift of a packet of Mizuna (very rare as I have not been able to source them for months) seeds and a lovely "Gardeners Handcream" for looking after her polytunnel for a few days. Ok, so I did sing to them, but I didn't expect that - what a lovely surprise.
Thanks Val!!
