Sprouts

It's probably not on everyone's top 10 list of Things-To-Do but just spent an hour in the rain and mud on Christmas Eve harvesting Brussels Sprouts for tomorrow's turkey dinner.  

I've heard that some people buy sprouts from a shop but I'm not sure whether that's true or not.

Windy or what?

As we move into the darker wetter days when there's not a great deal to do, along comes the mega-wind and takes out 3 sheets of glass form the greenhouse. 

I didn't take a picture because its just too sad.  Try and get to the glass shop before Christmas or I might block it up temporarily with some board.

Horseradish sauce

I didn't plant this Horsedradish but decided to dig it up to see what's what.  

Interesting that something a bit ugly can turn into something so tasty.  I guess that in the-olden-days, people just sampled everything and found out which things tasted nice, and which things killed them.  They must have been very adventurous to have a go with a horseradish root - good decision though.

Dig . . .Peel . . .Grate . . Sour cream . . . .absolutely delicious

Rainy days and Mondays

Oh no, the scarecrow's face got a bit washed off in the rain.  Moved to greenhouse to prevent further deterioration until the  Scarecrow Builder returns with paintbox.

The scarecrow builder

Which one is the scarecrow and which one is the scarecrow builder?

Scarecrow

A present from Elisa to scare the crows away.  Hope it lasts through the winter till next year when I'll need to scare them away - and the pigeons of course.

Leeks for lunch

A few weeks out and about and everything seems to be in a state of disrepair.  

Leaves everywhere and not much growing except sprouts (ready in time for Christmas I hope), broccoli (still not to sure this is ever going to flower) and leeks, which are looking very nice indeed.  I think I should plant some more so we can have a regular crop over the winter.  Starting to get addicted to Leek and Potato soup off the BBC Website.

• 1 tbsp vegetable oil

• 1 onion, sliced

• 225g/8oz potatoes, cubed

• 2 medium leeks,sliced

• 1.2 litres/2 pints vegetable stock

• 150ml/5fl oz double cream or crème fraîche

• salt and freshly ground black pepper