bellekatz Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Got a small freezer bag of potatoes, more mangetout and some more strawberries. My peas have amost disapeared but the courgettes are coming on nicely now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Just some broad beans today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 One onion! (needed one for tea ), loads of peas and broad beans and a couple more radish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 A few beans, but I have put them in the fridge while the others fatten up a bit more - give them a kick start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carrie Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 3lb gooseberries- for jam 1lb raspberries - for with icecream tonight-yum lettuce spinach blackcurrants rhubarb 1st early potatoes So far so good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 I must have been very late planting everything (or Scotland is just way behind you lot ). I've only got lettuce which is pickable . I pulled up all my bolted spinach - gave one to the girls (not interested in the least ) so we had all the rest for tea - it was very tasty . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 We were late planting our crops and North Scotland seems to be about a month behind in harvesting. I have picked about a dozen strawberries and a few leaves from the cut and come again lettuce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 If your season starts a month later than down here....do you get a shorter season altogether or does your season finish a month later than ours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 jurys still out on the spuds I think they needed lifting earlier for boilingas for yours first earlys should start to have yellow leaves about now thats why the ones above got lifted First earlies can be harvested as soon as you can see flowers, by the time the leaves are yellowing the skins are beginning to set and they will have a more floury texture. I dug up a small potato plant that was self sown by my garage and got 2 perfect new potatoes, it only had one shoot and no flowers so you can harvest earlier than you think with some varieties. We picked a huge carrier bag of broadbeans yesterday, just about the last of the crop. Over the weekend we have had Courgettes loads strawberries - nearly over now Raspberries redcurrants peas beans radishes lettuce turnips potatoes carrots asparagus cherries I love my garden and allotment Edited to add tomatoes, how could I forget Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 If your season starts a month later than down here....do you get a shorter season altogether or does your season finish a month later than ours? I've found that everything catches up as we have longer daylight hours in the summer Sunrise is about 4am at the moment but it getting light before then. Sunset is about 10.15pm but is light long after this. The downside is that the chickens want to free range until nearly 11pm and won't be tempted in the run with corn if there are midges about to be eaten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew and Alan Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 lettuces , chicory and other edible leaves for a salad, black currants, potatoes, raddishes, kilos of yellow courgettes (any one want some??!) some onions n garlic and a few cherries... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 (edited) jurys still out on the spuds I think they needed lifting earlier for boilingas for yours first earlys should start to have yellow leaves about now thats why the ones above got lifted First earlies can be harvested as soon as you can see flowers, by the time the leaves are yellowing the skins are beginning to set and they will have a more floury texture. I dug up a small potato plant that was self sown by my garage and got 2 perfect new potatoes, it only had one shoot and no flowers so you can harvest earlier than you think with some varieties. We picked a huge carrier bag of broadbeans yesterday, just about the last of the crop. Over the weekend we have had Courgettes loads strawberries - nearly over now Raspberries redcurrants peas beans radishes lettuce turnips potatoes carrots asparagus cherries I love my garden and allotment Edited to add tomatoes, how could I forget not all of my earlies flower I normall work on 10 to 12 weeks from planting this one also a new veriety it only got dug up cus it had started to go over was going to dig red duke of york should add I grow 30 odd verieties of moderns plus the same amont of conservation spuds as well Edited June 29, 2009 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 jurys still out on the spuds I think they needed lifting earlier for boilingas for yours first earlys should start to have yellow leaves about now thats why the ones above got lifted First earlies can be harvested as soon as you can see flowers, by the time the leaves are yellowing the skins are beginning to set and they will have a more floury texture. I dug up a small potato plant that was self sown by my garage and got 2 perfect new potatoes, it only had one shoot and no flowers so you can harvest earlier than you think with some varieties. We picked a huge carrier bag of broadbeans yesterday, just about the last of the crop. Over the weekend we have had Courgettes loads strawberries - nearly over now Raspberries redcurrants peas beans radishes lettuce turnips potatoes carrots asparagus cherries I love my garden and allotment Edited to add tomatoes, how could I forget not all of my earlies flower I normall work on 10 to 12 weeks from planting this one also a new veriety it only got dug up cus it had started to go over was going to dig red duke of york shuol add I grow 30 odd verieties of moderns plus the same amont of conservation spuds as well I agree, better to pick early than to leave them for the slugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 true but I'd never get spud far to many keel slugs on our allottment site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Some early spuds picked for OH today, they are still very small but should be great for salad spuds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 15 onions and 6 radishes and a serving of spuds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 5lbs of strawberries. I have made a LOT of jam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 3 yellow courgettes and a nearly dead Black Rock ... she would have been had she been in the veggie patch any longer Heavens, aren't they quick? I turned my back leaving the gate open for just a minute. This is my first veggie patch ever ... being a townie all my life and I'm very proud of it. The little MINX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Blackcurrants - and we have a Splash Orpie that ended up like DA's! Someone managed to negotiate netting and was pigging on the blackcurrants. Funnily enough we only had 4 redcurrants and I'm sure there were quite a few originally. Tell tale signs was the colour of the poo. So that was it - no more blackcurrants for her!!! Will go and pick more beans later when the oak is shading them more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Just off to pick a freezerfull of peas and probably a lot of courgettes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Picked my French beans and discovered some runner beans ready to go, so gathered them up too. MIL and FIL paid a short visit and went home quite jealous! We have so many calabrese heads ready - in spite of me staggering them, they have all produced more or less at the same time - that I will have to freeze some of them before they bolt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Lots of raspberries, blackberries and tayberries. Isn't it a bit early for blackberries?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 In the end we had chicken with both sorts of beans, I picked a calabrese (but most of it was eaten raw and it had deliciously sweet stems). New potatoes and I picked one of our onions, chopped and fried in olive oil with a few of our garlic cloves and sungold toms. I had to add a bit of puree for a sauce and added the calabrese water to stop it getting too thick. Oh it was all yum! The only thing not from the garden was the chicken, but OH said that could be arranged. It wasn't a popular suggestion. For dessert we had blackcurrants made into sauce on ice cream (which wasn't home made). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I picked a carrier bag full of peas and that was only the tip of the iceberg, will be back this evening for more. My freezer is already bursting at the seams with all sorts of things from the allotment, it has been a pretty good season so far. I also picked some huge raspberries and radishes, some baby carrots, new potatoes and a lettuce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I agree, I've never had such a good harvest of calabrese! Even if I freeze them all, there won't be any room left for other stuff! So I picked a huge head this morning and gave it to my mum. Then she tried to buy more in Waitrose this morning - I made her put it back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
