Artisan bread

Home-made rocket pesto & focaccia

rocket - courgette - garlic

parmegano - olive oil

salt - pepper - nutmeg
toasted sunflower seeds

lemon juice - balsamic vinegar

Strawberries

A little "acquisition" from amongst the brambles

OCTOBER INVENTORY

Soft fruit:

raspberry, goosegog

blackberry, strawberry

Veg:

chicory, rocket, spinach

spring onion, garlic, radish

purple sprouting brocolli, chilli pepper

Herbs:

mint, chive

Chilly-a-roo

Raaaaa! Radish...the size of a TURNIP

Autumn

Mint transplanted

Spring Onions, chicory & radishes thriving

Spring Onion

Purple sprouting broccoli

Radish

Rocket

Green manure sown:

Mustard, Phacelia, Buckwheat & Clover

Compost working nicely

Bonfire building up

Slug action

Having munched their way through the spinach,

chicory was next on the menu!

Solution ???
- companion planting: marigolds
- beer traps...or, scrumpy traps perhaps?

- broken egg shell barriers