Despite the worst efforts of the weather, an early spring drought, a cold late spring and fairly incessant rain during the summer so far, the plot is starting to produce thanks to some slightly warmer weather.  This evening marked a key point in the year, the first dinner of entirely home-grown produce (new potatoes in garlic butter and a salad of beans, peas, beetroot, spring onions and Lollo Rosso leaves).  The rain has made it difficult at times to get on to the plot, as we haven’t wanted to ruin the soil structure, but it has meant that a good reservoir of moisture has built up, which ought to lead to a more productive year than had we been facing a drought.  That said a bit of ripening sunshine wouldn’t go amiss now.