sjp Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 4 baby courgettes 1 courgette/marrow 1 muhroom flat of beans 10 mushroom flats of spuds 1 disapointment 9 very good to exalent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 OH dug up some huge spuds today. More beans but no peas - the little *** has started on the nice ones now - nothing in the trap except for another slug. It's not meant for you!!!! So I am going to be really nasty now and put out some bait instead. Don't worry Poet - I still have plenty of seeds from last year, so I will set some aside just in case. The onions grown from seed have romped away in the last couple of weeks, but we are still going through the early ones - which are still growing - where I have taken some out, the others are filling up the gaps! More calabrese and there's a really nice mini cauli that I will pick in a mo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 1 of the heritage varaties i dug up this morning have to say i'm pleased with the results considering i had to lift them a good 3 weeks early (from 3 roots ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Following my two week absence I wasn't sure what I'd come home too, but I got: 2 cucumbers from the greenhouse (one green, one round yellow one ), and from the lottie: the last of the broad beans; peas; potatoes for two meals for 5; couple of shallots; 4 carrots; 2 raspberries (eaten on the spot ) and 8 squashes about the size of small footballs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 More onions and beans. Have looked at the butternut and although the plants are still more or less the same size as when I planted them out, there is at least one squash forming - just over an inch - but lots of flowers on them now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abbey Road Girl Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 I can finally post something here! Yesterday I picked: a handful of raspberries one Eight Ball courgette one yellow patty pan squash three yellow "summer squash" a four inch green courgette and one MONSTER marrow These are the first things I've been able to pick since harvesting currants. I could have picked some lettuce but did some much needed weeding instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 We did loads of weeding last night and plated some rather late leeks which have been sitting in a seed bed at home for ages, we shall see if they grow ok or not, they have been well watered in by the rain today. I picked 3 cauliflowers 2 of them only small because clubroot had got to them, some calabrese, another big swede and loads of potatoes, only a few earlies left them we will tackle the main crop. Not to mention the usual crop of courgettes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Plums from my magic plum tree that the fairies planted This plum tree appeared a year or two ago. It's more of a bush than a tree and has just got in the way, looked ugly and was covered in thorns. This year it's decided to grow some fruit, but not all over, just on one side The resulting plums are no bigger than a 50p but are lovely! And it's so funny to watch the chooks when they find one that's fallen off the tree The fruit is mainly on the baby Brahmas side of the garden and they insist on running at a million miles an hour squeeling with delight and attracting attention from everyone rather than just eating it quietly on the sly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhotchick Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 A carrot. It's as big as my little finger (or should I say as small!) First time growing carrots. How can you tell when they are ready without pulling them up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 A carrot. It's as big as my little finger (or should I say as small!)First time growing carrots. How can you tell when they are ready without pulling them up? You can s"Ooops, word censored!"e some of the soil away and look at the top of the carrot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted August 5, 2009 Author Share Posted August 5, 2009 Just move the sil from around the top, so you can see how big the top is I usually sow mine quite thickly, then pill out the thinnings as baby carrots, leaving the remainder to grow bigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 We harvested all of our onions yesterday and they are on the summerhouse and shed rooves trying to dry out in the rain, we were forecast sun which is why we harvested them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 The biggest of the onions and shallots - now drying nicely on the greenhouse staging Carrot thinnings - already a decent size! The last few peas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted August 6, 2009 Author Share Posted August 6, 2009 Got a nice big Cucumber today,plus a double handful of cherry tomatoes. I have about 6 Artichokes ready too, but I am not sure what to do with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy chickens! Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Cinnammon wrote: I have about 6 Artichokes ready too, but I am not sure what to do with them Hope they're nicer than the ones I've grown!!! That's what. Cooking the hearts very slowly is recommended, but no matter what I've tried they're tough. Look good on the plot though! Seriously you poach for 30 to 40 mins, after picking off any manky outer leaves, then once cooked (and cooled a little to avoid burnt fingers, ) pull apart and dip in butter or hollandaise sauce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Yesterday I picked our first Runner Beans A small serving each, they were delicious. Had them with peas and broad beans which have been cropping for about 2 weeks now. Also picked 1 yellow tomato and 1 red tomato And..... 1 Blueberry the first one this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 We went out at 8am to sort out the hive. The wasps have driven out the few remaining bees so we just had to check for waxmoth, chuck out wasps and close the hive down. It is ready in case we are offered bees or there is a late swarm. We took the opportunity to rescue as many greengages as we could - from the wasps - wearing beesuits and gloves We have a large bucketful which is about two thirds of the crop - and the wasps are already moving on to the Victoria plum which is laden.....the fruit isn't even ripe yet so we'll have to do battle with the wasps for any of that crop as well. I'm going to freeze the better of the gages and make jam with some of the wasp nibbled ones. We're just off out to dig up most of the potatoes. We'll check to see if the maincrop ones are still OK - any slug damage due to the wet weather and we'll lift those as well before the problem really takes hold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 OH has dug up a load of spuds today, has picked some peas, and has picked the last of the broad beans and is clearing the bed this weekend. Our first Strawberries are going to bed ready in a day or so, late I know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Spuds, beans and calabrese. Toms are going bonkers! Aubergines almost ready and we have a chilli nearly all red and ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 We lost all our Calabrese to a pest attack, a white feathered pest who answers to the name of Rose Well OH has now cleared the Broad Bean bed and has put all the plants in the WIR for the girls to pick at He's going to give them until bedtime and then will stick them in the compost (the plants not the girls ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy chickens! Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 I love this time of year! Harvested first runner beans, peas, red onions, courgettes, potatoes and a big bunch of flowers for the house from the lottie, then chillies, peppers and herbs from the greenhouse, plums, plums and more plums, and finally our first ever blueberries from the fruit cage, only a few but they were yummy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Also OH picked crab apples from a guys front garden up the road - he did ask permission the other week and the fellow was only to pleased - the more pickers the merrier. Otherwise they go to waste and make a terrible mess all over - and then the wasps come slurping up the cider. Well spotted OH and what a nice man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkor Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Everything in my veggie patch to make way for the bantam babes! So....baby carrots, onions, salad leaves, runners, pots, beetroot, spinach, peas, courgettes, flowers, herbs by the tonne (well it seems like it!) Now what first!? Move the bantams or have a mass veggie blanch and freeze, pickle extravaganza! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Toms, chard, beans (spuds have been done already yesterday). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 My first cabbage! I didn't want to leave it too long as the caterpillars have started and it had no protection. It had a small football sized heart, chopped and steamed - nicest cabbage I've ever tasted!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
