Monday, September 06, 2010

Fruits of my labour

Popped to the allotment...bought lots of food back... , including some more lettuce trees... they are about 2 feet tall...eep.. ! Bought back kolh rabi, desiree tatas, lettuce, carrots, spinach, beetroot, gherkins, cucumbers, butternut squash, swede, and of course... courgettes. Still going strong

Thursday, September 02, 2010

Bank Holiday In Devon

o, we had a lovely weekend in Devon! Stayed in Brixham with my friend Livy, who has an amazing house and a frickin BOAT! Wow....

here's some pics

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Elderberry Champers

We made elderberry champagne... using this recipe: http://www.channel4.com/food/recipes/chefs/hugh-fearnley-whittingstall/elderflower-champagne-recipe_p_1.html

but instead using berries, and less lemons...

Will taste in 1 week...! Start the drumroll!

Sunday, August 22, 2010

CORNY?

we had sweetcorn it was tasty

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Trip to Kew Gardens

I went to Kew with my lovely cousin, her boyfriend and her two lovely girls! Had a super day out, was really amazing.

And we went to the butterfly ZONE! it was spectacular... they were amazing
And to end we went to what seemed to be a mad old lady's living room.. jam packed with pictures of plants... from all around the world that she had drawn... was really special

Friday, August 20, 2010

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

.........eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee *and breathe

So excited! Lovely people from work have sent me over MANY gifts... one of them being this lovely bag :D

LOVE batik

Can't wait to go out with it and some tribal jewellery.

Sorry... just entered "SUPER GIRLY MODE"

Allotmenty-Fun Times

Here's some pictures of the allotment, and of the lettuce trees I have been cultivating. Kinda lost momentum on the allotment, going to be leaving by Christmas... so just harvesting it for what it's worth at present....