Home grown Salad for tea,~~with our first New potatoes ~~

Home grown Salad for tea,with our first New potatoes

15/6/2013

My friend Derek advised me to lift a couple of my potato plants as he has harvested a good number of new potatoes already this season. I usually wait for the plants to flower before I dig the potatoes but I gave it a try and the results are pictured here. I took home some onions, lettuce radishes and these very tasty new potatoes from the allotment yesterday and Margaret and I enjoyed a beautiful home grown salad last night.
I spent a couple of hours weeding and tidying up around the shed. I planted some leeks that have been grown from seed, and I sowed another row of radish seeds to follow on from the radishes we are eating now.

My first new potatoes with assorted salad and some rhubarb stalks.

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John~~Battling with the elements, pests and diseases in my struggle to keep the garden growing. A constant daily struggle that will be recorded here.

Gardening is such a delightful pastime. I spend time on my allotment almost every day of my life, and the sensation of pure satisfaction never ceases to amaze me. I get so much out of this pleasure, I think the benefits are so huge that the government should legislate and make it more available to everyone. I will list just some of the obvious reasons here. ~~
1) Fresh fruit and vegetables and other produce.
2) Fresh air and an intense feeling of getting close to Nature.
3) Healthy exercise without the necessity of machines that are found inside a gym.
4) The satisfaction obtained by growing plants and watching and caring for them through to maturity.
5) A regular occupation that you can make into a routine, somewhere to go to at a certain time every day.
6) The companionship of like-minded people, with whom you can get ideas and swap tips on your mutual interests.

There is peace of mind in a garden

Home grown Salad for tea,with our first New potatoes

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