A New Year

So here we are and its February already. After two successful growing seasons in the greenhouse attention turns to the coming season. Lessons have been learnt, some harshly, some have been fun but all have added to the store of knowledge as to what crops are successful and which ones the rabbits (damn their hides!) don't like.

A major breakthrough was a spectacular crop of sweet potatoes, so tasty they brought a tear to the eye when baked and served with salt and butter. The Eureka moment came when we visited the home of Thomas Jefferson in Virginia last summer and saw sweet potatoes growing successfully in his wonderful garden (he wasn't in by the way) and picked up some useful tips.

We had a good crop of tomatoes although we will need to rotate this year and watch out for blight.

Thanks to Carey's over estimation with young bean plants we have a year's supply of Borlotti beans, dried and stored in Kilner Jars. No complaints from me - they are fantastic.

We have found a new company vehicle which we are persuading Carey to purchase which is a big improvement on the current one!