Late Merry Christmas

    Eleven days since the last blog. It is getting a bit of a habit only producing a blog nearly once a fortnight. At the end of the day there has not really been a lot going on. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year readers.
  Well I guess you get what you wish for sometimes. The weather has been very damp and mild to date (27th December 2019). In fact so damp that when I went to fork up the parsnips for Christmas dinner the ground was almost liquid mud! So, little work done on the vegetable garden. There is some to do in the poly tunnel but I have not get there yet!

Christmas dinner parsnips

I do not know what has got into the chickens. A new record set for this lot! Nine eggs laid in one day at the end of December! A record. Confused chucks methinks!
  I am looking forward to some drier conditions and to be able to get on with clearing the vegetable beds. The leeks are looking generally a little sorry for themselves. The broad beans look good but will a sharp frost knock them down I wonder. Colder nights are forecast. Early purple sprouting is taking everything in its stride and is looking very good. Still some cabbage left and the garlic is well established as are the over winter onions. It will soon be time to think about sowing tomato seeds! Where does the year go?