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Simon conducting urgent business, whilst tending the lettuces. Who says men can't multi-task?
What's inside the greenhouse...	...that's right, it's tomatoes

Produce!

Hurrah! Our first produce. Yesterday we harvested the first of the spinach leaves. This was doubly exciting, as it was our first ever home-grown spinach. Last year, despite spinach reportedly being ridiculously easy to grow (it was suggested it was actually harder not to grow it), we completely failed. Absolutely no shoots whatsoever. This year, we just can't stop it. It must just be one of those random things. (It appears to be quite similar to car insurance. Last year, Diamond were by far the cheapest, this year, definitely one of the most expensive. I tell you this not because it is relevant to the plot, but it also cropped up yesterday and the whole spinach situation reminded me of it). Anyway, the spinach will be served at our rugby party this afternoon. The lettuces were almost ready, but we are giving them an extra couple of days.

It was also my first chance to see the new greenhouse and tomatoes in their new home. The greenhouse is all spinty and new, and has a shelving system. We are growing the tomatoes in grow bags to see how this affects them, and I have to say the whole things looks a lot tidier than last year (this being one of our "plot aims" this season). There are also some excellent support/watering systems which you can see in the photos, which are working very well indeed. 

It was a rather brief visit, as it started pouring down (of the "thunder, lightning, very, very frightening" variety), so we retreated to the Quays for spinach. There was some thinning out of the lettuces and general pottering, and the compost pile was updated. We are getting a very interesting little eco system in the compost bin. Composting is currently one of the highlights of my life, I can't stop talking about it. If composting was made illegal and Radio 4 closed down, I would literally have no conversation topics left. 

Photos to follow after the rugby party!

Beccy x