January update

Greetings to All
Went up to my lottie today,was cold but the sun was shining.
The main reason for going was to check for storm damage.Nothing realy apart from branches fallen off trees,a good thing realy has they do cast shade over the lottie.

While up there i was very surprised by a unexpected harvest....
Carrots,potatoes,parsnips,leeks and cabbage.
The leeks and cabbage i knew of and what i thought would be the odd carrot but to my surprise i bagged up half a carrier bag full of carrots.
I knew i had a small section of potatoes which i grew on the surface of the soil under black plastic....i thought these would be no good has they should of been harvested in autumn but when i pulled the plastic away there lay loads and loads of beautiful spuds some of which are big enough for baked potatoes.
The parnips was the biggest surprise.Again i knew they was there but i didn't think that they had developed so i just left them until today.Got a delightful shock when i decided to clear the bed,there laying in wait was a fantastic crop of beautiful sweet scented parsnips.
So all in all when i got home i had roast spuds,roast parsnips,carrots and cabbage along with roast chicken yum yum.

I know i was a bit late but i also prunned my raspberries while there and covered my rhubarb with large upturned pots without drainage holes to bring forward the shoots.
Was amazed to see the roses still in full leaf...one even had a small rose on.

Anyway i am now going to start making plans for this years crops with a few changes here and there of which i will let you know in time.