Vegmonkey and the Mrs.

Wow, it really has been a while since we posted about the beginnings of Autumn – it’s now moving into Winter! We’ve been so busy with work, house moving preparations, other hobbies, seeing people, welcoming nieces into the world etc, that this has been on the backburner. Nothing much is growing this time of year anyhow!

Well, the house is sold (subject to contract!) and all being well, we will be moving within the next couple of weeks. It’s been a long, drawn out and expensive process but will be worth it in the long run. The house we are moving to has an extra bedroom than we have now and a longer and wider garden – although not the acres and acres I aspire to! We will be developing the back of the garden into a veg growing plot before the season properly starts in Feb-ish as long as we get some nice weather to get out there in! Watch this space!

The Mrs. cleared all the green rubbish out of the garden today, including the tomatoes that looked a mess and all of the spinach that looked like it has been peppered with a shotgun! The two rows of greenery where the carrots sat were plucked out of the soil, including the late Summer planted ones (which had pretty much caught up with the Spring planted ones!). The place looks respectable to pass onto the new owners now, but I really will miss the quality of the soil in the raised beds and the ease of access. We are considering planting straight into the ground in the new place.

The allotment however, is not as pretty a picture. It’s been a funny experience which I will post in more depth in over Christmas about, but the upshot is we don’t have it anymore.

Thanks for all the comments during the last few months of inactivity and please continue to do so!!

Tags: november carrots, winter carrots