Survived the exam. It’ll be close for getting the grade I want, but still, I did my best (well - apart from in the handwriting department. I had about 5 different spellings of String! Hope the examiner can read it!).
Went to the allotment. Some of it is looking a bit sad with the cucumbers saying enough is enough for the year. The cucumbers did crop well. Although they are a bit small, they do make good Jack-o-Lanterns. I tried one out (sorry, no photograph) at my local Woodcraft Folk (Gwerin Y Coed) meeting. This coming week, I’ll be doing more for our Halloween Party because Halloween comes during our half term week. I did some reading up on Halloween - a harvest festival. In a previous year, I’ve carved out a swede (that was tough), though think the turnip will make an easier candidate. I had read something that Neeps were used to make lanterns but there is a difference in opinion to what a neep refers to - is it the turnip or the swede?
The squash is going into action a bit late:
The nasturtiums are rampaging across the plot hiding a leafy thing:
It tasted spinachy/bitter but I don’t think it is a spinach. Looking at my sparse handwritten logbook, it appears it is a chicory - Grumolo Rossa.
Perhaps will get round to planting garlic this week - the only variety stocked at a garden centre I visited yesterday was the mild Germidour so that will have to do.
I have already started typing up a plan of when to sow veg. Of course, weather/conditions may delay it but hopefully, I won’t be forgetting to sow things(especially those that should be sown successionally).
Currently reading Spade, Skirret and Parsnip - The Curious History of Vegetables. All interesting so far. Anyone want some “opium juice” made from lettuce?
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