Spanish omelette or Tortilla Española

 

Spanish omelette or Tortilla Española - yet another attempt to use up some of our egg mountain. We also added bacon to the basic ingredients.

From eggs to ice cream

 

The egg mountain continues but we found a useful recipe to turn egg yolks into ice cream. It went rather well with apple pie.

Rhubarb pie

 

Despite the lack of rain, we have a bumper rhubarb crop. Time for a rhubarb pie.

Egg and bacon flan

 

We still have a big egg mountain so here's another egg based meal - egg and bacon flan with roast potatoes. Alas, though our egg mountain continues, we are about to run out of last year's potato crop.

Two month dry period ends with a shower

 

We had no rain from 22nd March to 22nd May. Admittedly there were 5 moments of slight drizzle during those 2 months but that didn't even dampen the dust. Since 23rd May, the weather has been a bit more unsettled. So we have had enough to spot the damp on the ground and to soak my deck shoes (see photo below). 

You can see in the photo above, taken of the allotment car park, the rain has been enough to dampen the ground. It may be enough to percolate into the ground but don't count on it. We are due a bit more rain over the coming week. We certainly need it to get the grass growing for the hay crop. We also have a potato crop that needs rain as well. Perhaps I need to do another rain dance!

Wool sacks

 

The byproduct of shaving the sheep earlier in May was a big pile of wool. We have no use for it. We typically give some of it away to allotment keepers and gardeners but we always have plenty left over. Recently we posted on local Facebook pages that we were giving the wool away. We discovered that local stables use wool and they took the lot! Problem solved.

Another egg recipe

 

Our egg glut continues so we've made custard to use up some of them. It goes well with apple crumble.