Ain't Nobody Here Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I picked this today . I was so excited, I never expected my broccoli plants to actually produce broccoli . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Count yourself lucky ANH, mine never did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I picked this today . I was so excited, I never expected my broccoli plants to actually produce broccoli . homegrown brocc is the BEST. however, I gave up after discovering caterpillars INSIDE the stems you can get round this by netting them apparently, but that's beyond me! the heads I picked early on were great (or caterpillars too small to notice), but later on.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 That must be where I went right, I did have them netted (after a caterpillar infestation on my purple sprouting broccoli last year ). There are loads of heads bigger than that one too . Stupid question: once you've cut the broccoli, is that plant no use any more? I'm assuming not but didn't want to get rid of the plant till I was sure . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 As well as all the usual stuff I picked one gherkin today!! - there are more to follow but just that one was ready. The variety is Bimbostar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 As well as all the usual stuff I picked one gherkin today!! - there are more to follow but just that one was ready. The variety is Bimbostar Sub-variety 'Jordan'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 no, I think if you leave them in you will get more (but poss smaller) heads - just kind of like deadheading! good on you for the netting tho, I am too disorganised to do it properly. we had a handful of potatoes and 3 courgettes from the garden tonight. picked the last of the current batch of raspberries, but there were only 10 so I had 7 and the dog had 3!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 As well as all the usual stuff I picked one gherkin today!! - there are more to follow but just that one was ready. The variety is Bimbostar Sub-variety 'Jordan'? - this one is a bit more Kate Moss, straight up and down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 [quote name= - this one is a bit more Kate Moss' date=' straight up and down![/quote] haha! almost spat my wine at the screen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I s'pose one the caterpillas are cooked you wouldnt taste them yum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Sorry rambling your'e on shapely gherkins and I'm on brocolli and caterpillas. Pay attention Ali. A gherkin with boobs - takes some beating eh? OH would like that - he loves both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I picked my first ever courgettes They were quite little (about 10cm in length) and I griddled them after marinading them in olive oil, s&p and some dried mixed herbs and they were very yummy Oh, and I also picked a few raspberry and some peas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Love courgettes - homegrown the knife glides thro them - shop ones you really have to hack at them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 You will get small shoots coming from around where you cut the broccoli head in a few weeks, they are much more like sprouting broccoli. We net all of out brassicas with enviromesh, I hate caterpillars in my broccoli and caulis, they go grey when cooked and tend to put your children off home grown veg. as do greefly crawling around on your salad plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 MMM yum - I wasnt serious about cooking them. i am caterpilla phobic - a girl at school put one down my neck - my worse nightmare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 MMM yum - I wasnt serious about cooking them. i am caterpilla phobic - a girl at school put one down my neck - my worse nightmare I found one in youngest's hair one morning... she took it to school in a match box ah, happy days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Hi peeps. We're having quite a good year so far in the veggie patch. Strawberries have been munched, so have raspberries - and they are flowering again so hopefully much more raspberries later on. Japanese onions are being harvested whenever we need them - only a couple bolted and are lovely and sweet. Garlic has been dried and is hanging in the garage - popped the leeks in their spot. Pak chois have been munched but are now going to seed and being enjoyed by the chickens. We had the first of our calabrese on Thursday. Not one pest among the heads - netting doing a good job. French beans have been picked quite a bit already and now the runner beans are just beginning to join them - picked the first of those yesterday. Toms are doing well inside and out. Peppers are only just beginning to form so quite a while yet before I can nom those. Best crop of all is the mini oak forest. Seedlings/saplings of which get yanked up from every corner, nook, cranny you could possibly imagine - ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopingforchickens Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 I picked what I suspect to be the last of the strawberries today (although I acquired some wild strawberry plant this week which have tiny fruit on them ), also picked some chard and lots of peas, which didn't make it to the kitchen as the kids ate them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westie mum Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Picked 4lb of blackcurrants yesterday and made them all into jam. So now we have 8 jars of blackcurrant jam plus 2 jars of strawberry jam that my great uncle made with the strawberries from his allotment. At least if things become too bad will can live on bread and jam!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarlettohara Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 New pots and white sweet peas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted July 10, 2011 Author Share Posted July 10, 2011 Peas & Carrots today - baby carrots from thinning out,but still pretty big & they look lovely. We also got the first big Cucumber of the season,which the hens benefited from as we go away tomorrow! Goodness knows how many Courgettes we will come home to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Raspberries, fully ripe but the size of Blackcurrants. Two more flipping Cucumbers. One lonely Strawberry. Daisy and Marrigold got in the veg garden yesterday evening and had a feast The first of the Runner Beans I also picked up a penny coin dated 1915 while I was constructing two more raised beds. This bit of the veg garden must have been the rubbish tip for the Cottages as we are always unearthing little treasures when we are digging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopingforchickens Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 A leaf off one of my broccoli plants covered in eggs My daughter has put it in a cup in the kitchen with cling film over in the hope that she can have some more pets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie&Moose Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Peas, broadbeans and enough blueberries to have blueberry pancakes for breakfast tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Iceberg lettuce that we had with our barbeque. Not like the one last week that we had. I was washing it & found a slug floating in the bowl! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
