Weeds

I didn’t get down to my allotment much this week due to it raining most of the time. So I went down on Sunday and got stuck into the weeding. After all the rain we have had the weeds have come back with a vengeance. I spent all of Sunday afternoon weeding and then only got 2 beds cleared. Going back to do more today. Whilst I was hard at work my son discovered a new favourite from the plot. Nettle tea. He picked a few baby leaves, put them in a cup with some sweetener, covered with boiling water and let it brew for 5mins. He absolutely loved it! He now wants me to grow nettles in my back garden just for this. That’s not happening! He can keep it as a lottie drink. I am tempted to harvest some and make a soup though…

I like the idea of trying to use everything from my plot, including the weeds. We have already bottled loads of comfrey tea. This tea is for the plants and not my son. This is apparently a really good source of nutrients for the garden, so in my mind it’s a welcome addition to my plot.

To make the tea we stuffed loads of the leaves from the plant into some bottles and then filled with water. After leaving them for a month I started to use some on Sunday. I filled a watering can with one part tea to 10 parts water and gave everything a good feed. One warning about the tea is it really stinks!

Apart from harvesting weeds, I finally got some bits to eat. It’s only been salad at the moment but it was still tasty.

Below are a selection of pictures from my garden and plot. These are more for my benefit to keep me motivated by showing myself the progress I’ve made. That would be one of my top tips for people that are just starting out like me.