Parsnips: tender and true

We still have quite a lot of parsnips to get through - there seem to be more than last year, although they are not too large. These tender and true parsnips smell of damp earth, and have that sweet parsnipy smell you get when they are very fresh. They will be par boiled, and then roasted in olive oil, with a little black pepper.

Sweet peas

Sweet pea sowing
Originally uploaded by Marj Joly.

Have just sown three varieties of sweet pea, from Matthewman's Sweet Peas. They will go outside on the balcony as soon as they germinate.

Also did a big seed order this week, and getting excited about all the great vegetables we are going to have. Are still harvesting leeks and parsnips, and have a few bags of beans left in the freezer. Plan to have more winter vegetables this year, and need to find a better way to store potatoes as the flat is too warm.

After the storm

January Violets
Originally uploaded by Marj Joly.

These lovely violets are everywhere, and remind me I need to dig them up and take them to the new plot.

The mini greehouse did not survive the storm two days ago, but we can probably use parts of it for something or other. Beverley and John's greenhouse is shattered and they lost part of the shed roof, so at least we didnt do to badly. But the shed is going to have to come apart anyway soon when we move.

Dug up the last of the parsnips, am leaving the leeks until the last possible moment, but they are not doing very well, really.

Am fed up with allotment administration, it is never ending.