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Today we have been busy at the allotment enjoying this fabulous heatwave. Covered in suncream we got about moving the ‘shed’ (it’s more storage than shed) forward about a foot so that we can get to the raspberries more easily.
Then we built a compost bin from old gates and a pallet. We feel like proper allotment owners now.
Here’s the before…
And the after…
We stopped lots to eat delicious chunks of frosting coated chocolate brownie cake.
At lunch we sat on the grass in the shade of the car and devoured hunks of bread smeared with gooey camembert.
We cleared a sizeable patch of the allotment which I’m planning on turning into a herb garden with a small patch of grass where we can sit and picnic during the summer.
Then we filled out new compost bin with bits we had dug up and a well-rotted heap of rabbit droppings.
Our day finished with the first barbeque of the year and dinner outside.
Sausages (from Little Heath Farm), lettuce, cherry tomatoes with basil and Parmesan, and bread.
It’s been one of the nicest, most relaxing and productive days we’ve had in a long time. Rosy cheeks all round.
An absolute classic, timelessly tasty and always popular with friends. At its most basic, tomatoes and basil, but here I’ve added in a little crumbled feta.
Mixed Tomato and Basil Salad
Feeds 2 as part of a meal
100g red plum cherry tomatoes
100g yellow cherry tomatoes
Handful of fresh basil
Feta cheese
Dash of balsamic vinegar
Extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper
Cut the tomatoes into halves or quarters and pop into your serving dish.
Tear over the fresh basil.
Add a dash of balsamic vinegar and olive oil.
Crumble over the feta and season with salt and pepper.
Eat!
We ate our salads with cheese – a Danish blue cheese called Castello (available from -the dreaded- supermarket) and a sheep’s cheese called Brebirousse Argental (one of my absolute favourites and available from Barbakan Deli in Manchester).
To finish it off we had a plate of slightly toasted Polish black bread, that we rubbed with garlic and smeared with olive oil.
Yum yum yum.
Coming tomorrow: Chocolate Cake
Eat the Earth 
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