Rhubarb In Abundance

The rhubarb patch is flourishing! I can’t believe how fast it grows – we can’t eat it quick enough! Lovely magenta thick stems of tangy and sweet deliciousness 🙂 there’s just too much of it.  I’ve been round to our neighbours and asked if they’d like some… ‘Yes please!’ 🙂 it’s great when you can…

Happy Halloweeeeen!

Wishing you all a spooky Halloween… 😀 This year’s pumpkin feels more special, because we’ve grown it ourselves 🙂 Here’s Peter pumpkin’s journey… And here his journey ends… I’ll be enjoying some pumpkin soup and will try my hand a making a pumpkin pie with the rest of my little pumpkin family 😀 I’m off on…

What A Day!

I have to admit I’m still buzzing from this weekend’s Open Day at our allotment.  It was such a great day 🙂 Blue skies, fluffy white clouds and the sun was shining down on us.  Everyone was rallying round setting up in the morning, ready for show time at 1pm 😀 Tables full of delicious…

Very Berry Strawberry

This year has been fantastic for Strawbs 😀 We’ve got two beds packed full of them (you can never have too many!) We’re so surprised at how well they have done.  In the past couple of years we’ve lost most of the crop to mould and some very hungry slugs! 😦  I think the hot, dry…

Recipe : Rhubarb Crumble

I just wanted to share with you a rhubarb recipe that Mr.B has made me on many occasions (he’s quite the Delia!).  It’s really easy to make and so tasty 😀 We’ve got tons of rhubarb on the allotment at the mo… we’ll be making crumbles by the bucket load 🙂 Ingredients: •5 medium sticks of…