Early Spring update.....

The postman delivered an eagerly awaited parcel the other week.

The small brown package from The Real Seed Company contained a selection of seeds which I hope to grow this coming season on the allotment:

Hokkaido Winter Squash- these did really well last year and so I'm growing them again.

Sanguina Beetroot - an old favourite.

Pink Passion Chard - how can you resist a vegetable with such a name?!

And a new-to-me summer squash Patisson Blanc Patty Pan.

Though the weather has been beautifully spring-like in recent days, I'm holding off planting the seeds for several weeks. 

We could still have snow!

But, the other day, I popped down to the allotment to check everything over and to dig up some more of the overwintering leeks.

I planted these leeks as little seedlings back in August, which maybe was a little late, as they are very small. Mr digandweed remarked on them saying they were 'hardly bigger than a spring onion' which is true, but I'm just calling them baby leeks!

I was going to make them into soup and then decided on something a different for a change and braised them in some homemade chicken stock with garlic and thyme and added some frozen peas towards the end.

They were delicious with some steamed salmon.

Hope you are enjoying some spring-like weather too.

Speak soon

Annie

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