Minnie&Moose Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Picked my first ever home grown cauliflower today - it's only small but a perfect size for the 3 of us. I've never had much luck with brassicas before so I'm very proud of this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Some beans (we thought we had cleared the plants, so these are a big bonus A cabbage that is going to be for dinner And 3 tubtrugs of weeds Cathy X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 - we count our weeds in wheelbarrows full Well done on the beans! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stehaggan Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 I have picked some of my saffron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 We picked some ripe tomatoes from the greenhouse on Sunday after a week away, we left it closed and they survived the frost So did the chillis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 We picked the last of our tomatoes today as well We also picked chillies and peppers from the polytunnel and carrots and parsnips from the veggie plot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie&Moose Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Stripped our medlar tree today - haven't weighed them but got a large veg box full. Have now left them in the shed to 'rot' for a couple of weeks before I make jelly - which is much nicer than it sounds, honest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 My medlar jelly doesn't taste of anything much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie&Moose Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Hi Lesley, My medlar jelly doesn't taste of anything much Sorry to hear that. Did you let the medlars turn soft before cooking them or cook them straight off the tree? I've tried both in the past and find letting them go soft first seems to bring out the flavour - they're also really good if you use quince as the pectin source for the jelly instead of lemon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Yes, I did let them go soft. I have quince but we love quince jelly so I didn't want to wasted them with medlar. I'll mix some next year and see if it's better.....can't help thinking it would be the quince which would give it the flavour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Parsley I'm making flounder fishcakes. And some more of our horrible raspberries to give the girls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken deficient Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 some huge potatoes and a very rude carrot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 pick the first sprouts of the season today I've finally found a variety that grows on my plot re medlars I've a friend that makes medlar jelly, she picks them last weekend in October but doesn't make the jelly till nearly christmas. We had a jar of last years at Painswick for sampling have to say it was well tasty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 The very last of the physalis - there are still about 50 unripe fruits on the plant but they're not going to do anything now Alos, last of the peppers. We still have carrots and salad leaves in the polytunnel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 The first of our purple sprouting on Sunday, it was lovely, it is under enviromesh and this year because the white fly hasn't been so bad we have been able to leave it covered and have kept the pigeons at bay. We did lose a couple of the first heads that rotted in contact with the snow on top of the mesh but the side shoots are coming on now. We also harvested more carrots which have survived the frost again they are under enviromesh, parsnips, a couple of swedes and 3 beetroot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 On Sunday we had some peas from the summer with our lunch - I'd harvested loads, so froze some. So lovely to have the smell and taste of 'fresh green' (yes, the colour does taste) at this barren time of year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tara.F Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 WOW! chickencam! That's early for purple sprouting! You lucky devil! what variety is it? I lurve psb.....it's my absolute favourite veg in the whole world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 I will have to check my seeds, I know that it was an extra early one. I love it too, the rest of the family aren't so keen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chooklady Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I picked some carrots that have been there since the summer, they were lovely so sweet, my son is a bit of a carrot addict and he sad they were delicious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Last night we had our first lot of parsnips. Delish they are. Also leeks which were tasty and creamy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 I had to really search for this thread, it had slipped waay down. We picked our first strawberries today and our first new potatoes, which came from the aubiose and chook poo on the compost heap at the allotment. The plants grew from last autumns rejects, so were a mix of all sorts, but they tasted lovely and had that amazingly soft texture that only freshly harvested new potatoes have The ones in the soil are just coming into flower, so we may have some later this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 We're on the first strawberries as well - warm from the sun and eaten in the garden We've had a lot of asparagus this year and self-sown spinach. We're still eating overwintered carrots from the polytunnel and the new ones are just showing. We've also had salad leaves all year through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Yum! I was eating wild strawberries too yesterday..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 we're nowhere near picking anything yet! got the usual one spear at a time from the asparagus, so now just have masses of fern, and was late with the potatoes. cant believe you are getting strawberries already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 I've not got anything in at home this year - I have given up this time around; just too much going on.... I'll get mine from Phil's dad who always grows far too many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
