today's treasure

i got to the plot just after 7am this morning and it was very beautiful.
came home with:

this is what a goji berry plant looks like - i sowed some seeds ( from a dried berry bought in the wholefood shop) and they seemed to grow very easily and quickly. these plants are only about 2 months old. my research tells me that they are fully hardy if protected from frost for their first winter and bear fruit after two years. i'm looking forward to tasting a fresh goji berry in 2012.

i got the bike, she's called Britney ( she's a Pashley Britannia).
i have lots to show you, here's fanny's tomato plants
they got planted out into the greenhouse - we will take care of them for you fanny.

purple peas are flowering

as is the pomegranate tree

here's some polyculture in action: purple peas on the left, and then a big old mixture of peas, beans, courgette and squash and sweet peas too. the cds really do work to keep the pigeons and rabbits away.

happy sunny little poached egg plants

sweetcorn, variety ' sparrow' we have about 20 plants
and i've been merrily collecting chamomile and elderflower to dry for tea - i really, really recommend picking some elder flowers and making some fresh tea. this is what it looks like (on the right) and you'll recognise the delicious smell

and all this chamomile ! i picked 4 big bunches and strung them up in the greenhouse to dry.

home grown chamomile tea

this is the chamomile that i harvested from the wheelbarrow, the flowers were picked in the morning and hung to dry for a week or so. they made a really lovely pot of tea. i think that this counts as an experiment that will be worth repeating.

i've also now noticed that the dainty yellow flowers are growing in many other places around the plot.

this is a kale called 'ragged jack' i got the seeds at our seed swap and think it's really pretty.



here's kim, planting, watering, covering more brassicas

the chamomile i planted in a wheelbarrow is thriving

some rhubarb had to be cleared so that we could plant the brassica seedlings, i've just eaten it for breakfast, it was very good.