I harvested two of our homegrown leeks today.
J made some leek and potato soup and made a loaf of bread.
I was in the garden going through my hundreds and hundreds of potted propagated perennials that I have made.
There's always weeding, cutting off died off stalks and brown leaves and even composting some that have died from the cold and wet.
J called me in for my dinner. The smell of freshly baked bread and potato and leek soup was very pleasing to the nostrils:
Homegrown and homemade soup and freshly baked bread. What could be nicer on a cold February day?
We have just finished our last lot of leek and potato soup, homemade and the best tasting.
ReplyDeleteIt's excellent isn't it Marlene? Especially now the frosts have painted the leeks and turned the sugars into starches.
DeleteI reckon nothing could be nicer than that. Did you save me any?
ReplyDeleteNo we ate it all up JayCee. But we can soon make you some.
DeleteLooks wonderful!
ReplyDeleteIt tastes wonderful Debby. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWhat a tasty winter meal for a working man. Lots of good Irish butter for the bread too
ReplyDeleteYes Linda. The is much more sustenance in a bowl of soup and some slices of soda bread than there is in a sandwich. It also warms you up in the winter.
ReplyDeleteSatisfying after some good work in the fresh air
ReplyDeleteA lovely dry day in the garden GZ and the homemade soup and bread was very welcome.
ReplyDeleteI thought of you yesterday as I was clearing gorse, blackberry and bracken to start my new veg garden. (It was very hot working in the sun). My tiny cleared patch looks very forlorn and the remaining are looks hauntingly large. I wish someone was making my soup.
ReplyDeleteI would loved doing that clearing TM. With my loppers and Azada and a few cans or bottles of cold beer. Yes soup goes down very well after some hard graft. Please post the latest photos on your blog. I love looking at the progress we made after an hard days work on the veg plot. Black plastic sheeting does a good job smothering any cultivated soil before you start the planting. In Galway they use to grow fields of gorse to sell for firewood.
ReplyDeleteWhat could be nicer on a cold February day?
ReplyDeleteA five minute snog with Debbie Harry of Blondie. Tongues permissible.
78 and still hot. Maybe not. But definitely still beautiful. Kate Bush is another Rock Goddess I would like to go for a stroll up to Wuthering Heights with YP.
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Delete"David! David! It's Me Katie!
DeleteI've come home, I'm so cold
Let me in your window!"
"I was wuthering where you'd gone Kathy?"
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DeleteI like home grown leeks. I grew leeks once and they were the best leeks I ever tasted. I was able to harvest them exactly when I wanted, thin and tender. Thanks Dave. The soup looks delicious.
ReplyDeleteI am sure they were delicious Rachel. You can't buy freshness in the shops. Thanks Rachel the soup was very good.
ReplyDeleteThat looks delicious, Dave.
ReplyDeleteI have been busy cleaning up in the tunnels, looked a bit like a bomb site after all the winds. But I was delighted to find a small bucket of beautifull unblemished potatoes, Charlotte I think, the skins will scrape, but I think it will be potatoes , butter and cheese for lunch , not soup, they stillhave the new potato flavour. I also found 2 plum tomatoes and a sweet pepper , still ok.
Small treasures,!
Kathy
This time of year it's great to get any vegetables Kathy.
ReplyDeleteYour soup looks delicious. Leek and potato is one of my favourites.
ReplyDeleteYes it's mine too Jules.
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