Late
June was when I harvested the last of my shallots. They had done well
this year - as you can see. I laid them in the poly tunnel to dry
before braiding the way most people do onions and garlic. It is my
preferred method of storage for shallots - though my late father
always pickled his. This doesn't work for me, as I don't eat pickled
vegetables in my meals - I use garlic, shallots and onions in my
cooking.
This
is my salad and herb tub. It used to be Betty's doorside tub and
contain a dead tree. Liz rescued it after Betty passed away and the
tub came in handy for popping herbs and lettuce/salad leaves/spinach
into - as the seeds will fall and regrow into new plants as I 'pick n eat'. I aim to have
year round herbs & salad, and this tub will assist me. I
may give up the salad and keep it to herbs only though - let the
salads die out and fill in with soil and herb seeds... or remove the
salads to pots.
This
is the table top. On it are my seedlings ready to grow then take to
the allotment on the right - a hole where I sweep scraps, mud and
water in the middle (this all falls into a sack below to save for
re-potting next year) and plants to grow in the poly tunnel on the left
- dill, a chili or two, an eggplant, clematis cutting, etc.
In
the back yard, I have a pleasant area - near where the purple
lungwort and bluebells appear in spring. This is late spring/early
summer - and the lychnis is in bloom, along with bindweed for the
bees, and a few other plants I grew and/or Liz gave me.
Here
is a sample of late June croppings.
Then we reach July. At the start
of the month, I did a minor alteration to the window decor in my
coffee lounge - with the purpose of simplification, or de-cluttering.
became
