Friday, 25 March 2011

eBay buying and weekend plans...

In my quest to grow some more interesting things this year I had a bit of a splurge on eBay this morning buying some Oca and Ullacon tubers (see below) as well as a few Egyptian Walking Onion bulbs.

Oca

Ulluco

Now, I've only ever once before used eBay for things like this (some tomato seeds a few years ago) and while that worked fine I have to admit to being a little paranoid about what I'll receive this time. Mainly I'm concerned because they're not your everyday seedy type purchases. On the one hand I assume anyone selling something so specialist probably knows what they're doing, but then again perhaps they're working on the assumption that for the same reason I won't have a clue about what to expect from whatever they give me...

I guess really it's just a case of wait and see what turns up... I'm sure I'm just being paranoid...

This weekend we're actually going away for a few days, but all being well if I get up early enough I'll be able to spend a couple of hours on the allotment before we go. The plan is to have a quick tidy and a hoe of all the beds, get the shallots in and get the first and second early spuds in. If I can do all that I'll be able to go away feeling on nicely top of things. I'll try and remember to take the camera up there too so I can post the first plot pics of the year on Monday when we get home.

Have a fun weekend!

1 comment:

Jo said...

Hope you're enjoying your weekend away. They're definitely something out of the ordinary, I wouldn't have a clue what to look for either, or how to cook them come to that.