From Pineapple To Kale

When I was in town the other day I picked up a fresh pineapple,

 The top chopped off

 Cut away the flesh

 Start pulling away the lower leaves,

 Excuse the dirty nail, but next to it is the start of a little root

  sometimes the roots are bigger and noticeable, after removing about 6 layers of outer leaves

 pop it into a pot of damp gritty compost,
I give it a spray of diluted seaweed extract, cover with a plastic bag or cloche and leave somewhere warm and sunny.

 With a bit of luck it will start growing and next year will produce a baby pineapple.
 I didn't waste the rest of pineapple,

 

 Sliced up with my pineapple cutter

The first asparagus spear was ready for cutting, 
only one but there is lots more pushing there way up, 
this one was eager

 Martin popped it into a small flask with some boiling water

 and had it with his eggs for breakfast

 After breakfast he had dinner to prepare

 

 The bantam cockerel only small but enough for the two of us,
we have one more cockerel to do, 
We only need one I don't see the point in feeding extras just to hang around and fight.

 Sol did his bit by licking the butchers block clean of blood.
Martin also took this photo of the front garden,
Full of daffodils

 

I picked a crate of curly kale today, this is the last of it
The bed it was in is were the new poly tunnel is going

 The goats enjoyed the stalks

We had some of the kale stir fried in balsamic vinegar with mushrooms and smoked garlic it was yummy.

Its been another glorious sunny day,

I have made a start in digging out the strawberry bed

while Martin was making a start setting the anchor points in concrete for the new poly tunnel. 

That's it for today

 I hope you are all enjoying the spring sunshine.