Cinnamon Posted June 8, 2011 Author Share Posted June 8, 2011 A good handful of Blackcurrants,some Raspberries & more Strawberries too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddie Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 It's rained!!! ruined the roses, but i can see my veg plants growing, almost!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 a big bowl of raspberries! must be the 1st year I've ever got to them before the birds... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Huggers R Us Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Well not today but we have had salad leaves for weeks, lollo rosso is ready and more ready to go in, in fact the green leaves were so overgrown they had gone to seed so I had to pull them up to let light in for the smaller plants 2' tall they were !!! the strawberries are nearly finished the best they have tasted delicious this year best yet, had flat leaf parsley all winter all the herbs are overgrow, the beauty of a poly tunnel, new chooks so we hopes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Just under a kilo of strawberries. I've managed to resist scoffing them all, and they are now in the dehydrator. Smell in the kitchen is fab. the only problem with dhydrating these sort of things is that it really intensifies th flavour, and the dehydrated bits are really small.... it would be SO easy to munch the whole lot as soon as they're dried. Must resist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 and another big bowl of raspberries today, gone into the freezer already. flowers on the french beans, so a few weeks for them... 2 courgette plants massive and can see buds forming. slug-eaten one is making a comeback so going to nurture it for later crop. several potato plants well into flower, but cant remember if that means they are harvest-able now, or do I just wait? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 several potato plants well into flower, but cant remember if that means they are harvest-able now, or do I just wait? it depends on weather they are first earlies 2nd earlies or main crop first earlies I tend to start diging at about 10 weeks (started to lift some last Sunday) from planting for baby new potatoes alot of my first earlies haven't flowered this year and quite a lot of modern first don't flower 2nd earlies depending on the variety I start to dig them about 2 weeks after the tops have died off salad types I'll start once the first have finnished normally mid to late July main crop again 2 weeks after the tops have dig off so that the skins have set that said I also have to dig one root of every variety up by the middle of August so that I've got them washed and sorted for the Sandwell show display Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 One strawberry And I ate it straight away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 I got two and ate them straight away too! \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 thanks sjp. my prob is that my chitting spuds got knocked off the windowsill by visiting child, and all mixed up, so I have no idea what is what! so I will have to trawl back thru threads to find out when I planted them - but timing advice v. useful, I've not heard that before, so thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Marple Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 My potatoes have never flowered yet I always get spuds!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 sometimes the flowers on first earlies are not fully formed and you will miss them, our main crop look fab at the moment in full flower. I think a mix of purple and white flowers standing in lush green rows is one of the finest sights of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 potato flowers are one of my faverite flowers. ranging from white to purple and the salad blue that has a dark center and light blue petels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Picked my first home grown produce of the year yesterday, a Cucumber which was very tasty. Very jealous of everyone with Strawberries and Potatoes ready, my Potatoes are only just poking their leaves through the soil and the Strawberries have only just finished flowering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 I got two and ate them straight away too! \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 12, 2011 Author Share Posted June 12, 2011 Heaps & heaps of delicious Peas. A handful of Raspberries & the same of Blackcurrants. My first courgette will be ready soon too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 My courgette flowers keep falling off I remember a squash I had growing in the garden last year did the same thing and only ever produced one fruit. Should I be pollinating them myself, or will they eventually start to fruit? I'm sure I have seen mini courgettes in the shops with their flowers attached Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 They don't really like cool humid conditions, it should pick up as the weather improves. You may be envious of people with strawberries and potatoes, but we are envious of your cucumber, mine are growing well but no cucumbers set yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 4 raspberries and some new pots and 4 strawberries. My soft fruits seem to come in small amounts - so annoying as apart from scoffing at the bush they tend to end up as toppings for puds etc. Kids impressed though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Carrots, cauli and new spuds to go with one of last year's boys from the freezer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie&Moose Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Coriander, baby salad leaves, beetroot, cherries, cavalo nero and 2 strawberries! Should have been 3 strawberries but the dratted squirrel beat me to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 On Friday I picked our first 2 courgettes - had them raw sliced in a salad, and on Saturday morning I picked 0.5lb of blackcurrants to make ice-cream. I reckon I've got another 3 feeds on the bush Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Half a carrier bag full of broad beans which we had for tea with some Vanessa potatoes followed by strawberries (we picked another 5 punnets) and a few raspberries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 ANOTHER big bowl of raspberries (6 bags in the freezer already) and loads more to come... must find out what I can do with frozen raspberries as we only ever eat pud at weekends and they never ripen just when you want them do they?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Probably our 20th and 21st courgettes... Loads more to come!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...