Snowy Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 A handbag full of broad beans and purple podded peas Popped in to the lottie on my way home from the nursery run and didn't have a carrier bag with me so filled up my handbag instead. I keep finding stray peas at the bottom now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Oops. OH brought me a nice little trug home with him last week - it's been rather handy. Today we picked an onion, some purple French beans, and an assortment of dwarf ones. Some of which have gone bonkers this year and want to climb - they're not supposed to and didn't do it last year. A lot of Lazy Housewife beans and an assortment of peas - which looks as though they will not make it to dinner after the gannets have pinched them all as soon as being shelled! Lots of toms. I saw a teeny butternut squash beginning to form - whoohoo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperman Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Today we picked..........drum roll please. Onions 50 Kg without leaves we have already used loads Cabbage Carrots Parnsips Curly Kale Strawberries Rasberries Potatoes Peas Broad Beans Do you think we will have enough onions until the summer ones are ready? Kev. Edit: forgot the.... Blackcurrants Courgettes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Here you go Kev - all that in spite of what happened - the light at the end of the polytunnel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperman Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Here you go Kev - all that in spite of what happened - the light at the end of the polytunnel? Like it Just for a bit of fun I checked how much 50 Kg of organic onions would cost at Tescopoly. £114 Admittedly I generally wouldn't but that many onions in a year or possibly a lifetime The summer ones will be ready soon too. I might have to try onion wine Kev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 OK I'm coming to shop at your lottie - we consume loads of onions. Naughty DD often pinches some raw - ours at the moment are rather hot (I thought the earlies were supposed to be milder) - she ran off fanning her mouth!!!! That'll teach her! Until the next time I chop up an onion I expect - although I have to say she doesn't eat them like apples - yet. We probably get through at least 300/400 (depending on the size) onions a year - not enough room to grow them all, but what I can get in helps a great deal - bearing in mind those organic prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Just for a bit of fun I checked how much 50 Kg of organic onions would cost at Tescopoly. £114 ....but, did you dare work out how much they've cost you? - mind you, I don't think they'll work out as expensive as the eggs our hens all produce Like Koojie - I'm coming to shop at your allotment - we haven't grown enough onions this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperman Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Just for a bit of fun I checked how much 50 Kg of organic onions would cost at Tescopoly. £114 ....but, did you dare work out how much they've cost you? - mind you, I don't think they'll work out as expensive as the eggs our hens all produce Like Koojie - I'm coming to shop at your allotment - we haven't grown enough onions this year. Well the sets were about £3 it took an hour to stuff them in the earth and I spent about 3 hours weeding them since last November. Those 3 hours I would have normally spent at the pub, so money saved there and Cathy did the planting so I am still up on the deal. You're right though the saving money thing goes out of the window when you factor in labour costs. But you wouldn't do that with any other hobby would you? Kev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Just as well really! ....and a good job that Cathy's rates are in new shoes - it doesn't count as buying anything new if you buy them for her does it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted July 9, 2009 Author Share Posted July 9, 2009 Here is what I get from the garden today. Should keep me busy for a while The potatoes are my Charlottes, & they look amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 lovely crops, it is great at this time of year isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Have unearthed half a bucketful of spuds and a mountain of onions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 DD brought home the tiniest potato from school today as they have managed to sucessfully grow some in their new veg plot in the school grounds. They would have let them grow for longer but they felt it was only fair to get them now as Year 5 are leaving. She said it was the most delicious potato she'd ever tasted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhotchick Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Fresh home grown potatoes are delicious aren't they. I had some for dinner tonight. I also picked a mountain of salad leaves! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 DD brought home the tiniest potato from school today as they have managed to sucessfully grow some in their new veg plot in the school grounds. They would have let them grow for longer but they felt it was only fair to get them now as Year 5 are leaving. She said it was the most delicious potato she'd ever tasted. Aaaaaah! - I'm glad she enjoyed her lonely potato! Charlottes are our favourite potato Sarah - the flavour is superb. We have 10 x 40' rows of potatoes and half are Charlottes. Although they are salad potatos we like them for everything and they're great as an 'old' potato as well, they grow big enough to use as Bakers. We don't know if they keep through the winter as we didn't grow as many last year but we will be keeping some this year to see how they get on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 We had red early spuds that OH dug up a short while ago - they had got quite big - but they were delicious and crispy when roasted. More calabrese and runner and Lazy H beans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanbb Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 A lovely fresh cucumber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Well done Susan Pulled up a few carrots to give the others a bit more space and they were big, just like shop bought (but MUCH tastier) First time my carrots have actually amounted to anything. Lots of lettuce, radishes, and broad beans to pick today. Have netted the blueberries as there are loads of developing fruits and the blackbirds are a nightmare for fruit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eeyoreshunny Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 1 little gem , about 15 radishes, kohl rabi, peas, swiss chard, round parmex carrots, normal carrots, 1 beetroot, 3 courgettes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireG Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 My first cherry tom I also exchanged half a dozen eggs for a large paper carrier full of tatties and a cabbage. We have allotments next to us and i've struck a deal with one of the chaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Charlottes are our favourite potato Sarah - the flavour is superb. We have 10 x 40' rows of potatoes and half are Charlottes. Although they are salad potatos we like them for everything and they're great as an 'old' potato as well, they grow big enough to use as Bakers. We don't know if they keep through the winter as we didn't grow as many last year but we will be keeping some this year to see how they get on. Carl has just found out that Charlottes do not make good chips in the Actifry!! We picked more peas, beans, tomatoes, cucumber, blackkcurrants, gooseberries, strawberries and raspberries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Well, I can top that . Wait for it ..................... *drum roll please* one raspberry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Well, I can top that . Wait for it ..................... *drum roll please* one raspberry awwwww, bless! Bet it was the best raspberry you ever tasted though this was our harvest for today! Thinking of setting up a stall outside the house! http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2945362&l=8ec3b4003f&id=568396756 http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2945363&l=f904c6438b&id=568396756 and http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2945927&l=c39ea22a45&id=568396756 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 oh and 2 sheds brought me the biggest one of these that I have ever seen! http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2945275&l=5a50693d04&id=568396756 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhotchick Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Well, I can top that . Wait for it ..................... *drum roll please* one raspberry I empathise ANH, I think my garden has it's own micro climate. A cold one! Over the past few weeks, I've had a decent haul of strawberries, a few raspberries at a time, a good supply of salad leaves, 3 courgettes. No beans of any type yet though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
