Cucumber sandwiches anyone?

Apart from such enthralling insights it been a week slowed by filming and we've only managed to do minor things here and there. We did some work around the pond to curb some of the more rambunctious reeds and remove the gelatinous red algae that is slowly spreading across the surface. We've turned compost and Beth tackled the explosion of cucumbers in the hot end, now we just have a giant tub trug of cucumbers to process into relishes and pickles. Perhaps we should have a tea party and stuff everyone with cucumber sandwiches. But any excuse to bottle is a good one in my book, just need some time to do it.
I started the long trawl of going through all the new seed catalogues that are filling up my desks. I love their jolly colourful pages. It's hard when the dull winter days come along not to order one of everything just to cheer yourself up. I'm going to have a list and be restrained this year. Honest.
I want to get to the greenhouse between takes in a minute and sow some spinach, 'Winter Density' lettuce and some more mustard 'Red Frills' as I can't eat enough of 'Green in Snow' at the moment and I love cooking with red colours. I'm most taken with a variety of red orache called 'Mountain spinach' that keeps is blood red colour when cooked and makes an excellent addition to omelettes.
Oh and I've finally found a use for the fairy ring in the square lawn-eat them. I made a delicious lunch of green lentils, mustard greens, garlic and butter sautéed fairy rings. They have a woody, sweet essence, in short, a subtle mushroom taste, but good enough to pick again next week. Just don't eat the stems as they're too tough.