Like I haven't got enough to do already...

First a confession, there are no grapes, at least not on my plot. There will be next year. Next year there will be grapes, melons, oranges and lemons, the whitest most tender asparagus shoots, pumpkins the size of houses and ambrosia will seep up through the soil, enough to feed the world and bring peace to all…

At least that's the plan. This year I did have potatoes but they had a little bit of blight, the beetroot was good and I seem to have managed my first carrots. Overall it's been a good year according to my standard measure, 47cm long with a girth of 45cm at the widest point and a prizewinner if only I'd made it to the fete in time. Not bad for a courgette.

So why am I here, potentially talking to nobody? Well obviously alcohol had some influence, as did childlike envy...'wilbach has a blog, I want one too, it's not fair'. All things start in the Albany.

And what have I got to offer? Well hopefully some useful and informative comments on the joy of allotmenteering, some recipes, some commentary on the inadequacy of existence (my existence at least) and some excuses for not spending more time down the allotment.

But enough for now, early days.

Future episodes? Photos maybe, humour, something about allotments, a slow but steady improvement in my writing? We can but hope.

A quick recipe:-

Ingredients:
1 quantity of Alcool Special Pour Fruits Spiriteux (or any 50%+ flavourless booze)
Some fruit, cherries are best but it also works with blackcurrants, raspberries, strawberries etc, experiment a little and let me know.
Sugar (about 4 teaspoons per cup of booze)

1. Get the various ingredients together in a kilner jar (Any vacuum sealable jar).
2. Shake gently until most of the sugar has dissolved.
3. Put on a shelf for some months.
4. Look! Fruity liquer.
5. Drink liquer, eat fruit.
6. Lie down.