Got what I asked for

      The rain continues. I must not complain but the grass is now getting so long! Hey ho!  The weather continues to be mild and wet but the forecast is for the temperature to drop below double figures over the next few days. Pretty much the norm for this time of year. A  new arrival at Watermeadows. A Brahma hen. She is a nice bird and is settling in well.
    In the outside garden the winter vegetables have really welcomed the rain. My first sowing of broad beans have taken off well and I now fear they will be too advanced to over winter well. Time will tell. The second sowing has just put there heads up. The garlic and over winter onions have put down roots and are sprouting. Good sign. In the brassica bed the winter savoy cabbage is playing catch up and the early purple sprouting is reaching for the sky! The summer cabbage (that's a laugh!) is also playing catch up and I am about to cut the first head. Winter leeks and parsnips have recovered well from the drought and I am expecting a good crop assuming that critters do not eat them first!

Latest addition Brahma hen

First sowing of broad beans

Garlic and onions

Savoy winter cabbage and early purple sprouting

Cabbage

Winter leek bed

Parsnips