Valkyrie Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Well, I can top that . Wait for it ..................... *drum roll please* one raspberry You can have a fanfare instead! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 this was our harvest for today! Thinking of setting up a stall outside the house! Great photos - did you think a year ago that you'd be showing off a haul like that??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Calabrese, onions, 4 different types of French beans - Lazy Housewife frozen as there were loads and some runner beans again. Lots of toms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 this was our harvest for today! Thinking of setting up a stall outside the house! Great photos - did you think a year ago that you'd be showing off a haul like that??? no way! It's self perpetuating though isn't, the more you grow, the more you WANT to grow? We've soooooooooooo got the bug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Calabrese, onions, 4 different types of French beans - Lazy Housewife frozen as there were loads and some runner beans again. Lots of toms. calabrese and lazy houswife? que? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Calabrese, onions, 4 different types of French beans - Lazy Housewife frozen as there were loads and some runner beans again. Lots of toms. calabrese and lazy houswife? que? calabrese is brocolli - I think its the official name for the stuff they sell in shops, the actual brocolli (so called is a lot more open - I think thats right ) no idea what lazy housewife is (except me ) cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 im baaaaack with links calabrese clickity click brocolli (or rather purple sprouting brocolli clickity click see what I mean about the names cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 That used to be in the garden! They are huge, so I put a gardening glove against it for you to see. And here is Lazy Housewife: Oops did I say Housewife, my bad! I haven't got a piccy of the actual beans - just leafy bits up a few canes before they started performing at the end of the bed. I gather they are called Lazy Housewife because they are so prolific, that the housewife doesn't have to hunt high and low for them. I think it's the best French bean I have ever grown. It is light green, so easy to spot, and can have huge, almost runner bean sized pods. The flesh is tasty, freezes so well you don't have to blanch it unless you intend to keep it a very long time. I just chop 'em up and pop in a bag and into the freezer straight away (wash first of course). The pods are quite flat. If you would like to try some I can send you some seeds for next year. Last year wasn't very good for seed saving (although the peas were brill - but not so hot this year for me). DD likes eating them raw too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 Super piccys! I just pulled 20 beautiful baby sized PARSNIPS A huge cabbage And 3 more bloomin courgettes. Is it just me,or does picking courgettes make everyone come out in an itchy rash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 great pics kooj Have pm'd you xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Yes - I have been itchy many a time after courgette picking. I think there was a variety that wasn't supposed to have the hairy scratchy bits - I'm sure I did try years ago. Any one want to see more pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 yes to the pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 I cut the biggest leaves off the courgettes so that they are easier to spot and pick -evil things! We've picked broad beans, french beans, courgettes, beetroot, peas and potatoes - all to go with some slow roast mutton later on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Okeydokey. These were taken some time in June, so it has grown much more since then. This is the brassica bed. The cauli's have lighter colouring. I think I may have done a different sort of calabrese too. Behind are the runner beans, but they have been well munched by snails and slugs. The small bed to the left contains the early onions and the upright leaves are some garlic which still has yet to be harvested - it doesn't look ready yet! Here are the onions close up. We have been harvesting the bigger ones first to give the others a chance. I don't hold much hope for those under the leaves though! This is the odds and ends bed (or one of them!) with toms - all sorts. Rainbow chard, beetroot, some more onions that I sowed from seed - they seem to be doing quite well at the moment. You can see the last cauli gone to seed (not wasted - the girls munched it all except for the stalk) and the bigger brassicas are sprouts. Ah, there's my old ironing board! This is the other side - there are pot marigolds in between, but they aren't in flower on here yet. I also have rhubarb chard in there and lots more seed onions and celeriac. It's full up now! Flowers to the side are valerian and borage - good for bees and butterflies.Any more pics wanted - I have loads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 finerly dug up a root of red duke of york wel wearth the wait dwarf beans and some more peas black currants and rubarb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 MORE broad beans, purple podded peas and potatoes, plus I pulled several nibbled leaves off the brassicas for the chooks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 I cut the biggest leaves off the courgettes so that they are easier to spot and pick -evil things!We've picked broad beans, french beans, courgettes, beetroot, peas and potatoes - all to go with some slow roast mutton later on. My hands & arms are still lumpy,red & sore several hours later I also picked more red & white onions today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhotchick Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 My veggies seem to be a bit behind some people, but I'm finally getting some courgettes. I picked 5 good sized ones today and 3 smaller ones earlier in the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 My courgettes are not doing much yet. Perhaps I was a bit late planting them. Found a forgotten row of radishes and picked 20 very nice ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 My courgettes are late as well - but I know I will be drowning in them soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 I get a rash from courgette leaves and other squashes too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Yesterday some beans, onions and a couple of baby aubergines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Strawberries - lots of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 last of the blackcurrants, few errant strawbs, manky rasps for the girls, courgettes, lettuce, single runner bean (!), kale and beetroot. Now whats for dinner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 I know that feeling! - we're on 10 a day....not 5 a day.... We picked a large courgette ( ), french beans, carrots, onions,peas , tomatoes and broccoli........5lbs of broccoli!! - it had been hiding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
