Finally some produce!

Now I know I have a reader - posts for Suzi!
So, have been locked out of my allotment for the past 3 weeks so haven't been able to check anything.  Finally got a new key today and popped in to discover a bountiful harvest of tomatoes. Got some peppers from my brother and a couple of "supermarket" standard heads of broccoli - very pleased. Add to that some refined beeswax, small tub of honey and some eggs and I must admit I'm feeling rather pleased with my efforts :)

The honey and beeswax came from some wild comb my bees constructed in their hive in some space next to a feeder. Inconvenient but a lovely little unexpected treat. 

Ok, not a lot of spring!

My apologies to my reader for the delay in putting out a post. So spring did somehow spring, not that a lot of the country noticed and it would appear that we have some summer now. My allotment has turned into a weedy wasteland due to some neglect but at least things are growing finally - if only we could eat thistles!!

I had a lovely crop of rhubarb and this year discovered the joys of rhubarb and ginger. 

The gooseberry bush is so heavily laden with fruit that it looks like someone has sat on it. I hope that the sweetness of the current strawberry crops will transfer to the gooseberries, which on a normal year are sweet enough to eat off the bush....

BUT the most exciting news of all - my bees are coming this week!! My queen (we're calling her Latifa, obvious I know but hey ho) is laying!!!!! Watch this space for bee news!!!

Meanwhile a nice pic of a chicken....