Busy weekend - but fab !!!

This weekend has been fab. Yesterday was spent with friends helping out at the St John's Centre church fayre, where me and Colin were on the cake stall, alongside my home-made Highland Shortbread, another recipe passed down from the Ma. I also made some carrot scones, but only for us to eat. It was a really easy recipe, from a Sainsbury's recipe card. Buy a 52p scone mix, add 2 grated carrots, a spoon of cumin seeds, make up the mix as on the packet and Hey Presto!! Scrummy supper fodder, especially hot from the oven. It literally takes only 25 minutes from mixing to plate, so the next time you are searching the cupboards for edibles, crack open a scone mix and some carrots. It's at least one of your five a day.

Not forgeting to put the hour back, we were up the allotment today, making a flower and fruit tree border between ours and the adjoining allotment. Although fellow allotmenteers respect others plots, I felt like we needed a permanent border - it just gives that little bit of exclusivity and privacy.

We'd put a pumpkin plant in very late, not expecting anything but to see how it grew so that next year we could harvest some and make fab soup and stuff. Well, as you can see, we have this little beauty growing. There are two more smaller ones too. Stan (named because we hope it withSTANds the cold weather) is about 5 inches in diameter, and as smooth as a smooth thing. One day Stan will be in our kitchen then in our bellys. Harsh I know, but just think of that roast pumpkin or pumpkin tart !!