Green tomatoes

A busy day again starting with a trip to B & Q to return a couple of items and to buy paint so we can redecorate the front room and paint to restore the dining room chairs, at least sort out the little chips they've suffered over the years.

We then popped along the road a little to sell Alison's fiesta which has been suffering somewhat of late and only got through the MoT after a fair bit of expenditure. That means we are a one car family, although we have the motorhome too. To be fair, it has been something I've wanted to do for a while. We don't need two cars and can save in no longer having to pay insurance and road tax on the second vehicle. It also gives us more space on the drive and means we can shut the garden gate for the first time in 8 months.

From there we drove to the allotment where I dug up the last of the potatoes and ran the strimmer round the plot whilst Alison collected radishes and spinach, the last of the viable runner beans and french beans and a glut of tomatoes. There are plenty of red ones but there are lots and lots and lots of green ones, over 5 kg of them. 

I can't quite believe how many there are given the last minute nature of their planting. I've cut up half of them and put them to soak overnight with chopped onion in salted water prior to making green tomato chutney tomorrow. I think we're going to need some more jars!