Rocky Rooted Cinque Foil

24 April 2025  (Thursday)

Again, up early, and downstairs to make a pot of tea. There was already one cup in the teapot, so I heated that up first and had that as my morning treat. Then up to my desk, typing up the notes that I’d made yesterday with Vanessa about potential shows that could come to the Great Green Barn.

With some bread remaining over from a loaf I bought at Lidl on Tuesday, Richard did toast for breakfast which was a real treat. I must say, toast has got to be one of my favourite ever foods. I tend to prefer something savoury on toast, though the occasional bit of jam is always welcome.

The morning was full of work work, and the afternoon saw me getting down to the allotment just to potter, water and water inside the poly and greenhouse - there was certainly no reason to water outside, and in fact I had to empty some of the gravel trays without holes in as so much water had accumulated.   The rain that we had yesterday and overnight on Tuesday will certainly have washed in the nematodes that I put down on Monday, which I go through in next week's upload of A Week at the Plot, which of course covers the work I do this week at the plot. I often wonder whether A Week at the Plot should change, but you know what, it suits me so we'll just go with it as it is at the moment. And as I type this I realised that I’m now into my fifth year of A Week at the Plot. Quite extraordinary!

I carried on some work at the front of the plot, on the new bed by the rose that will be a squash bed… digging up a single plant of Cinque Foil bigger than my trowel that had a huge root that had literally grown through a stone!  Talk about pernicious!!!

For supper I decided to have some Fry’s Vegan Hotdogs which were in the freezer, as you buy them as a frozen item and cook from frozen… nice texture, though I think I prefer Ye Olde Oak veggie ones… I just wish I could find proper hotdog rolls rather than the brioche ones that I find rather dull…

We watched the original black and white film, Invasion of the Body Snatchers… watching again it is quite an allegory for our times!


Weather:  much brighter than yesterday, and quite a bit warmer though still with that chilly bite in the air, particularly in the house. It's bright and sunny in the afternoon, though a little breezy. 

Breakfast:  Toast with Pro-active spread and yeast extract
Lunch:  Softened red lentils with a tin of Carrot & Coriander Soup, and a few ends of bread and a pitta
Supper:  Fry’s Veggie Hotdogs (cooked from frozen), rolls and homemade coleslaw