and the pyromaniacs have arrived...............
Hill House work week..........Carrie and John beavering away moving stuff around for the decorators and creating a pyro pile...........Catherine weeding the veg beds and preparing for the growing season. Although much to our amazement despite the severe winter the veg are hanging on in there.............we knew kale was tough and the old leaves certainly are but it has produced flower shoots which are just like purple sprouting broccoli and very tasty and tender..............we also tried what Joy Larcom's book suggested after the cabbages were harvested, to cut the stems across so that they would sprout again..........it worked so each one had produced four little cabbagelets, one at each corner. I have moved the leeks into a new empty bed and the thinnings are coming to Edinburgh, or rather the lucky ones are, the rest will be tomorrow's dinner. certainly weren't expecting to be eating anything out of the garden at this stage, so a nice surprise!
Some red lettuce had also made it through the winter, so they are also in a new bed which will be the designated salad bed.............green cos, chervil, spicy salad mix and leaf beet are in too with one of the old windows on top to encourage germination...............
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