Cinnamon Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 Heaps more Pak Choi for us today - we are having a LOT of stir-fry this week A handful of lovelt radish too, plus a couple more courgettes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 I have never had any success with pak-choi, we have some seedings at the moment so here's hoping. Today I have picked :- a bowl full of Rocket potatoes, the last ones, they don't have the best flavour but they are so early so we always grow a few. 2.5kg of strawberries from a double row about 25ft long, there are plenty more to come too, I may even have some for the start of Wimbledon, they are normally over by then. a carrier bag full of broadbeans, pretty much the last of our autumn sown ones. A few raspberries and some asparagus. It took me nearly 2 hours with a bit of weeding along the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 My first ever proper "picking" (apart from the bolted spinach ) ..... *drum roll* a lettuce I had some for my lunch and OH had some in his sandwiches . Very nice it was too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 a bowl of raspberries. Why is it that some of them are delicious and some of them are vile - even off the samae plant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 They are a bit like that, I think that they get a bit over-ripe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chooklady Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 New potatoes, baby carrots (never grown them before) and a large bowl of strawberries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhotchick Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 12oz of strawberries! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 More radishes; the first tiny broad beans and one carrot that had sprung up in the onion bed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 a few radishes and loads of lettuce. my lettuces have gone mad this year, they are in a raised bed that got topped up with homemade compost which has a high chicken poop content Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iar fach goch Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 new potatoes and more spinach! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonfamily Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 i have picked a large bag of Broad Beans (we hate them but I wanted to grow them) I have also picked a large bag of Mange tout again and love it. small basket of radish - just right for a change. 11 strawberries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhotchick Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 a few radishes and loads of lettuce. my lettuces have gone mad this year, they are in a raised bed that got topped up with homemade compost which has a high chicken poop content yes, my lettuce has gone crazy under the same conditions. I picked a lovely bowlful of mixed leaves today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 We have lettuce overload as well! I dashed to pick strawberries yesterday and had been keeping an eye on the raspberries - we have earlies, mids and autumn - I'd looked at the earlies at the beginning of the row and they won't be ready for a week or so yet..... I took a quick look at the 'autumn' end of the row and it was covered with ripe raspberries - I picked a bowlful - or, what would have been a bowlful except they went straight in my mouth!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Lots of beautiful big new potatoes and peas plus the last of the rainbow chard for the hens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Broad beans and I am ashamed to say I spotted a ripe Sungold hiding under a leaf, so I pigged it before OH saw it. Didn't share - s'mine all mine - mwahaha! I did tell him a short while ago and he was rather miffed I didn't cut it in half - I did rub it in a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 More bloomin' Pak Choi. I am seriously fed up of the stuff now If I ever say that I am sowing it again,someone slap me with a wet haddock,please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aga n Chickens Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Last night I found 8 ripe strawberries and a hand full of ripe raspberries. I remembered that I had an experimental 'Ice Cream' in the freezer so we had an instant pud, and very nice it was too. The 'Ice Cream' was only surplus custard & whipping cream mixture I'd made for a triffle when we had the last spell of hot weather a few weeks back. Just spooned it into a shallow enamel dish covered in foil and popped it into the freezer. Also still picking huge Salad Bowl lettuces from our 'Chicken poo enhanced salad bed' Christine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 More bloomin' Pak Choi. I am seriously fed up of the stuff now If I ever say that I am sowing it again,someone slap me with a wet haddock,please. I have never had any luck trying to grow it, what was your secret? Mine always bolts when it only a couple of inches high Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saronne Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Been picking Strawberries, Currants, Gooseberries, Worcester berries, Tayberries, lettuce and Swiss Chard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 More bloomin' Pak Choi. I am seriously fed up of the stuff now If I ever say that I am sowing it again,someone slap me with a wet haddock,please. I have never had any luck trying to grow it, what was your secret? Mine always bolts when it only a couple of inches high Goodness knows I shouldn't complain really should I - the hens love the ends & outer bits too I am just a bit stir-fried out at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chooklady Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Radishes, red currants, strawberries and baby carrots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 My baby carrots are ready too now, so I will pull them this weekend. I have 3 massive turnips ready for the up too, & my peas are looking like they will be ready in a week or so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 some radishes which were only planted about 3 or 4 weeks ago. The only decent radishes that i have grown over the years have come out of B&Q value packs My first few peas and baby carrots to go with my salad tonight. 2 small courgettes which I have roasted for pasta salad, they are coming thick and fast A punnet of lovely big raspberries and another ice cream tub of strawberries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 A vitalite tub, full to overflowing of raspberries plus some tayberries, blackcurrants and blackberries. I need to test the goosberries as well as we've got loads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BocBoc Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Last night we had bacon and red onion quiche made with eggs from our chickens, a salad made with mixed leaves from the vegetable patch, minted new potatoes with home grown mint and homegrown strawberries with a dollop of cream - I love Summer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
