Peg pinging weather!

Lovely start to the day yesterday so into the washing machine went the sheets and pillowcases,  few bits of clothing and out onto the line by 11ish.   No sooner were things pegged than a breeze started but that rapidly turned into strong blustery winds that twisted the sheets round and round the line,  pegs started pinging off,  pillow cases hanging on by - well, I was going to say a thread,  but a peg really.   So with great difficulty I unravelled everything and with help from John,  we folded the sheets up  and pegged them onto the airers which are in a more sheltered-ish place.  

And then the same again today,  albeit without the washing problem.   The forecast has a risk of strong gusts here and high winds and high waves along the coast.

Despite that I've been out picking fruit and veg,  just peas this time,  another half bucket full which when podded gave us almost 750 grams so plenty to eat and to freeze.  And also 400 grams of strawberries - the first decent picking of the year.

The box of peas that we bought this time say 'ready to pick in 117 days'  - the first planting  went in at the very end of November and sure enough we were picking by the middle-ish of March,  pretty much as predicted.   Now the first planting are finished and yesterdays pickings all came from the ones planted on January 1st - about 130 days - clever isn't it?

Someone asked me  'do you always weigh what you pick'  and yes,  mostly I do as it's nice to know what we're getting for the work that we put in,  and to know what's gone in the freezer because come the depths of winter we won't have a clue unless it's been weighed and written down somewhere!