Shoots and leaves...
The whims and woes, highs and lows, of trying to grow fruit and veg in Nordic latitudes.
Peter got us up really early because it was wind still and he was determined to get the plastic over the polytunnel. By 10:30 it was all done so we stopped for coffee before anchoring it down (which takes several hours) and a light gust of wind blew half of it off the frame while we watched. We had a dodgy half hour with us all clinging on to guy ropes before we finally managed to get it back in place. Now it won't budge as T & P spent all day securing it tightly. In fact I think it looks better than last year (if a polytunnel can ever look anything other than ugly). I did some weeding around the strawberries and planned the raised beds for the kitchen garden. Also weeded the roses in front of the cabin. Stef and I went into Karis to buy some seed potatoes but could only find Timo (I was looking for Annabellas). I bought a few and put them in sand (chitting) - will deal with them when I get back from the UK. This evening we had a leg of lamb, cooked in the Weber, It was really really good. And I brought a cake from Espoo: Caraway and Orange cake - one of Hugh FW's recipes - it was made from locally grown Finnish caraway. Finland is probably the largest producer of caraway seeds in the world.
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