No cabbages thanks

 Very blustery here again today, a strong bitterly cold wind.  What is it with all this wind lately?  Seems never ending.  Not a day to be outside, weak sunshine at the moment but dark clouds and rain forecast very soon.  

I've just done another freezer inventory, adding in the things I bought yesterday, I'm determined to keep on top of it.  I'm going to sit and write up a menu plan, incorporating everything we've got in the freezer and the veg box....it'll just be a list of lunches and dinners, I won't do daily menus - plans change or we have to go out somewhere or something needs using up quickly, so the daily menu goes out the window.  It'll be easier just to write a list of lunches and dinners, then I can cross meals off when I've done them.

I made a list of what veggies we want to grow this year, there are one or two changes from what we grew last year.  E.g. I don't want to attempt any cauli or cabbage family things....I say that every year but husband still persists in trying to grow them, and they are just never successful.  The problem is that he doesn't cover them up very well, there are gaps or the fleece gets blown around (that wind problem again!) so the cabbage butterflies can get in.  Which means bugs and caterpillars and they get eaten to death way before we can eat them.  I'm the one who does all the food prep and I really don't want to be dealing with caterpillars etc., so I'm putting my foot down this year - no cabbage type things!!  I also don't want to grow runner beans - they actually did pretty well last year, bit too well in fact, we were inundated with them.  And the fact is that runners aren't one of my favourite veg....I don't mind young French beans, but even then only occasionally.  Besides, our neighbours, who have an allotment and are avid veg growers, kept giving us loads of fresh beans last year (to the extent that I had to say no thanks in the end), I expect they'll be growing loads again this year.  They grow much more of all sorts of veg than they need, but do like to give plenty away, which is very kind of them.

So, having done the list of what to grow, I've suggested that whilst it's raining later on, husband could draw up a plan for what veg to put where.  We've now got three raised beds for veg growing - well, four including the raised wall bed that was already here.  We've also got a few large pots that can be used - the new potatoes will be grown in bags again, same as last year.  I want to grow shallots this year instead of leeks, we've grown them before, although not in this garden.  I like shallots and use them more than leeks.

The sun has now gone, it's coming over very cloudy and the wind is getting up even more.  I do hope we're going to have a decent summer this year - not too hot though!

Thank you for all the comments.  Jane, our car is over 10 years old so we don't expect to get much for it when we do sell it - every little helps though, of course.  Cheryl, I empathise over your 'weed' (thyme) being thrown out by your husband.....mine's done the same on several occasions, pulling up emerging flower plants as he thought they were weeds....one year he snipped off the buds of my lovely purple agapanthus plants as he thought they were spent flowers that had gone to seed!  Grrrr.  If only they would ask us first before 'helping'!!

Jessica, it's interesting to know that the NHS are supplying different types of hearing aid now, thanks for that.