It's been a while...

Courgettes in the green house

I realise that is a gross understatement as it's actually been over 6 months since I updated this blog. Its been a very busy time: Moving house and planting up our new grden, planning our wedding, working hard and travelling the globe during the summer so there is lots to write up about. Consider this a bloggers IOU.

I'll start close to (our new) home:

The Kitchen Garden.
We moved in early June and have spent a large amount of time turning the overgrown scrub land at the back of the house into a tamed place to grow vegetables. So far we have eaten tomatoes and courgettes that we've grown and today I had some freshly picked lettuce in my lunch time sandwich.

Plants waiting to be put in the bed.

The first of 3 veg beds.

We raided the 2 grow bags of potatoes which hadn't been worked to their potential so only yielded a small quantitiy of spuds but they were tasty none the less and not at all disappointing as it's rewarding having grown anything, no matter how small!

This is all unbelievably exciting for 2 people who have spent the past few years in a first floor flat looking longingly at other peoples gardens. So much so that weeding still feels novel, although I'm not sure how much longer that'll last!

We already have sage growing in the garden along with one head of rhubarb that I'm very excited to see if it grows. We brought a few pots with us from the old flat: Chillis from Wahaca and some herbs: Rosemary, Bay and

Most of the veg that we planted will mature ready for late autumn or early winter with the exception of 2 aubergines the size of ping pong balls and a tiny green pepper that'll need eating before the month is out.

We've got a way to go before we're completely self sufficient but when the days become shorter we'll start to harvest the Brussel sprouts, leeks, Cabbage, Broccoli, Kale, Cauliflower and swede from the garden and in due course I'll post up some recipes for them too.