It's in the genes

The vegetable harvest for us.

As we were coming away from Doug’s place on Sunday he took us out to his veg patch and proceeded to give us enough vegetables for a week. Very proud, and rightly so, he showed us his garden. This is his first real attempt at growing vegetables and he certainly has the touch.  Of course it could be that all that growing I have been doing over the years has rubbed off, and he obviously was taking in something along the way.  There are three generations of us now as his Grandad (my dad) also still has a patch that provides them with much of their requirements.

Doug's garden

Grandad's garden

UK garden

Jessica too, in the UK, is a keen gardener and I am sure that she is looking forward to the spring to plant out her raised garden. 

Radishes grown in a tray

Packing up the garden into
the bus.

Not to be out done by all this gardening while in our bus I have a ‘mobile’ garden. It is quite surprising how much you can grow in trays and small troughs. While we are on the road the trays are stored in a locker under the bus, and put out into a suitable spot once our camp site for the day has been chosen. Radishes have done well, as well as the herbs like parsley, basil, mint and chives. I am still experimenting with micro-greens and I am sure that they will do well. The biggest issue with them is that they are in trays which dry out quickly, especially on hot days if left in the sun. Stressing plants does not grow a good crop!!

Courgette fritters

On Tuesday lunch consisted of courgette fritters, pesto and a garden salad, all of which was provided both my travelling garden or Doug’s garden. Not a bad effort.