Rain Rain Go away!!!

Well Its the bank holiday Weekend and it hasn’t stopped raining allllll day hope it stops for Sunday . Although very good for the allotment I’m very much a fair weather gardener…..

Plum Wine

Started my plum wine last night using the C.J Berry Recipe with a little help from one of the old boys off the allotment, I had been given 20ish Demijohns 1gal and 1/2 Gal last year, which was brilliant. I mentioned to the old bot who gave me them that I had just put on a plum wine from the C.J Berry Book, to which he advised I add barley to help give it some body. I went to the Home Brew centre got a bag of flaked barley crushed and added it to the mix. leaving with the pectic enzyme and will clear and add yeast tomorrow hoping it turns out good.

Introducing the Girls

I will get around to introducing the girls all of them the chickens and the ducks, We have a mixture of Hens we’ve bought as point of lay to hens we’ve bought as chicks to Ex battery hens. We have Tuffty He is our Stud Duck we hatched him and the other Girls (Ducks) in the incubator. however they are nearly ready to join me at the dinner table NOT TUFFTY !! Just the girls lol going to hatch few more ducklings off in a month or two however until then we are thinking we would like a few runner ducks nice little layers and there quite cheap at te minute from a little place close by at £8 a bird sooo i will post some pics of all them in a while

This Is Tuffty and one of the Girls

This is the Legendary Path of Death!

This is the Legendary Path of Death, I really need to sort something out with this not the most hazard free areas of a hazardous allotment……… Problem is where to start and don’t say the beginning!

Home Brewing – Blackberry Wine

Figured I’d just use this part of the site for the Home brew section…..

I’ve just transferred my Blackberry Wine in to the Demijohn Tastes great looks brilliant stains like a mother F**ker lol wooppppsss shhh don’t tell the wife.
I’ve just agreed to swap a few pounds of Blackberries in exchange for some plumbs so planning a plumb wine also …. good times

Allotment.org.uk addition

 
Allotment Vegetable Growing

Allotment diaries, photographs, advice about growing vegetables, fruits and herbs with a forum for chatting on the plot.
 

Good Roots…

I must say we have had some Good Roots this year the Carrots would have been Better given a different location and some TLC but the Parsnips and Beets have been particularly pleasing this year heres a few we picked on Sunday.

Root Veg

I Love Honey Roast Parsnips MMMMmmmmm. oh and Chocolate and Beetroot Cake sounds like the two should never combine but its delicious and moist. I will have to get the wife to make one and i will post some pics….Best sweet talk her first  :-)