First spuds of the year and some baking...

It’s been pretty wet here this weekend but we managed to get up the plot on Saturday to pick the first load of salad leaves dinner and have a little look at what was under the two rows of early potatoes.

It was lovely to have the first spuds of the year although we’re probably going to leave the rest of the rows in for a couple more weeks as there were some nippers who looked like they could grow a bit more before we unearth them.

As you can see we also found another big batch of courgettes which prompted us to give some of the recipe ideas you all suggested after our last post. The two we decided to try first were the Courgette, Tarragan and Lemon bread suggested by VP from Veg Plotting and the Courgette Cake from Lucy over at Smallest Smallholding.

As you can see they both turned out looking rather yummy. We had to try a slice of the cake while it was still warm as it smelt so good and can report that it does indeed taste just as good as it looks. We’ve resisted the urge to try the bread as we’re planning to have some for dinner with some lovely thick soup.

Thanks for all the other suggestions, we’ve logged them down and will give lots of them a go over the next few weeks and let you know how we got on.