My first crop of peas this year

8/6/2015

I have just come home with my first peas of the year! They are from seeds sown last autumn which I featured in the blog protected under bottomless plastic bottles. At least a third did not germinate and those I sowed in modules did not germinate either - two weedy seedlings out of 24. However, the surviving plants have come good and I am looking forward to tasting them; they are beautifully sweet eaten raw!
The spring sown peas have germinated really well and outgrown the net tunnel cloche protecting them. I have delayed staking them too long and had the devil's own job doing it. I then netted them with butterfly netting as I hate maggoty peas!
The first of my strawberries were turning red but when I looked closely the best one had teeth marks - from mice? So I picked all those I could, hoping they will ripen and taste good.
Finally I harvested a large bag of Broad Beans from my overwintered row. I pick them young as I find the taste of the fully mature beans is rather bitter, though even they are nice cooked , then skinned and sauteed in butter and garam masala. Delicious!

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Hi! As "Webmaster" for this site I feel a bit of a fraud.
I am neither an expert at IT nor at growing vegetables. I do enjoy playing at both, however.
I have a 10 rod plot in the middle of the site, having transferred in 2012 from a 5 rod plot I had been cultivating for about 5 years. I needed to give myself space to grow a wider range of crops.
I will be recording my thoughts and activities on the allotment as well as sharing any knowledge and information I gain in my 'travels'.
I constantly seek hints and advice from my neighbouring, and usually more knowledgeable, plot holders and will pass on anything I think is of general use via this blog.