Sunday 6 January 2013

new years resolution

I'm back on the plot and resolve to visit not only it - but also my blog - more frequently this year. So...

4th and 5th January
I have discovered this winter that it is possible to come by money for seeds by selling produce from my plot. I have been selling jerusalem artichoke and some pink fur apple potatoes to one of the local greengrocers who supplies the more up-market restaurants in town. When I delivered a trayful this week he handed me a bag of garlic that had begun to sprout. This was the impetus I needed to get back on the plot and start digging again. I now have about 50 garlic cloves in the ground and I have dug and replanted 12 jerusalem artichokes in a corner by the rhubarb.



believe it or not this is a radish!

garlic for planting

resilient cornflowers

Hoping our Christmas tree will live on outside

new rhubarb and artichoke markers

...and three rows of garlic





artichokes for the greengrocer and kale for tea