The earth has been made ready by removing weeds and tilling the soil. We do a form of double digging to help break up the clayish soil. On Earth Day, we were happy to see our pea plants climbing up the side fence, the strawberries beginning to bloom, blueberry bushes full of small blossoms and even baby gooseberries already formed.
In the greenhouse, we have zucchini plants, lettuce, eggplants and bell peppers ready to go in the earth. But tonight the temperature will be close to freezing, so we will wait another day before we transplant them.

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We have our own organic allotment garden, which contributes much of what we eat throughout the year. Eating meals involves most of our senses and therefore fresh and health food from our own garden, carefully prepared and well presented makes a great difference.

We like to think of Vegalicious as a celebration of life. It begins in the garden, choosing what vegetables and fruits we enjoy eating. Having some delicious recipes in mind gives us ideas of what seeds we want to order and plant in the spring.

Now we are already looking forward to making and serving broad beans, peas and spinach early in the spring. In the summer we enjoy the bounty of green beans, zucchini and corn. When the leaves start dropping, we are awaiting the first pumpkins for our favorite soup recipes. These pumpkins also provide fresh food throughout the winter. We choose good hearty vegetables that can withstand our cold and wet winter, yet still provide healthy meals on our table. The kitchen scraps go into the compost bins to recreate healthy soil and complete the cycle of life.

So it is about time to get our favorite pumpkin recipes out and work on some new ones. We will keep you posted!

So far this year we are growing green peas, lollo rosso, leaks, yellow bell peppers, parsley, celery, celeriac, kale, basil, red chard, pumpkin, beats, sugar snap peas, pok choi, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, various zucchinis, green beans, wax beans, onions, tomatoes, rhubarb, black and red currants, gooseberries, raspberries and of course strawberries.