So a quick update on this year experimental crops. My grapes did brilliantly, see

8 bunches of loveliness. Not bad for the first year when the point was to get the plant established. The sweet potatoes remain in the ground as I type, the plant is still growing as it been more than a little warm recently, so I'll keep you informed.

So to the point of this quick posting. As you know I really like free food and again I point you in the direction of, probably, the best book on the subject, Food...

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I have had an idea. Usually I don't have them so I want to show off a bit, oh and by the way I am in no way saying that it is a good idea but it is an idea and that is what is important.

So I have been doing a little Guerilla Gardening in a small area near my house as I have mentioned before and it is starting to look really very nice indeed. I have just planted some Aquilegia that will be up soon and my mother gave us one for Easter that looks a bit like this,

lovely isn't it.

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I love this time of year. All the hard work that you have put in is literally bearing fruit (and veg). Just yesterday, for instance (and I use it as an example because it was a really good day) we bought home onions, peas, mange tout, 3 types of bean, radishes, lettuces, cucumber, courgette (anyone want a courgette by the way?) beetroot, carrots and my special prize, more on that later. Basically at this time of the year we can f...

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I come before you saddened.

I haven't managed to get to the allotment since the beginning of the week so, after work and a visit to my Nan's and watching Significant Other washing her car, I made the effort to get there to water my strawberries and pick a little.

One or two lovely bright red strawberries had been ignored by the birds and therefore left for me. I can assure you that there is nothing nicer than a freshly picked, sun warmed strawberry. The sweetness. The juiciness. ...

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