Halloween party

We had a Halloween party at the allotment last Saturday, complete with bats, hanging spiders and other scary things. It was freezing, but the barbeque, and later a bonfire of old rubbish and pallets, made all the difference - not to mention the food and drinks! We had a great time. Here are some pictures.

El sabado hicimos fiesta en la huerta. Hacia frio, pero lo pasamos genial! Fotos aqui:

The communal greenhouse

Some one dug the wrong kind of compost...!!

The communal shed looked lovely, with all the lights

October birthday roast dinner vegetables

For my birthday last night I made this roast chicken with vegetables for my family. The chicken lived a happy previous life in a farm somewhere, but the veggies... they all come from my allotment!

I dug up the main of my potatoes yesterday, and I was very pleased to see they survived underground perfectly well for more than two months, even after they lost the foliage in July to blight. I can't roast potatoes 'properly' yet so I made them into a mash.

The black (or Tuscan) kale is doing extremely well at the moment, so I picked a bunch of leaves. After months and months growing, the plants ate finally in full production.

But the purple cabbage is the revelation. It appears my clay-ish compact-ish soil is ideal for brassicas!
There are at least three more round cabbages in the ground, and the purple sprouting broccoli plants are having a second wind and producing some more shoots! So I should be eating homegrown greens ('purples' ?!) for a while yet!

Next challenge, Christmas! :-)