Lesley Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 One spring onion!! (I don't have a garden but have 2 well stocked window-sills) Well stocked window sills sound brilliant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 single courgette while on a late evening stroll around my allotment along with some broccoli florets, and a load of cut and crop salad leaves to keep us going for my sandwiches and K's lunchbox for the rest of the week .. amazing how quick everything is growing at the moment... .. have little cucumbers forming.. the french beans are starting to get to pickable size, first runner beans as tiny as anything and all fluffy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 All of our cucumber plants which went in at different times seem to be producing their first fruits all at once this week, we must have 10 mini cucumbers in the greenhouse at the moment. Just as well we all like cucumber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Beautiful broad beans from the raised bed outside my son's y1 classroom. Once they got over the child who told everyone they were gross and not to touch them with a bargepole (thanks, Reece), we had a class of 6-year-olds busy podding and munching baby broad beans. Reece was so outnumbered that he gave in, had a taste and.... ate more than anyone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 That's the way to do it Children are far more likely to try new things in the company of others doing the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 900g of Tayberries, which I am turning into Seedless Tayberry Jam (jelly) 375g of Raspberries, which I am turning into Raspberry Liquer 2 baby cucumbers which I am making into a cucmber sandwich 2 yellow courgettes which I am going to dry fry, and have with salad for my dinner this evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlo Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Feeling highly inadequate. Green things wither and perish before my eyes so hightly envious of all you green fingered wizards out there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 6½lbs of redcurrants and 4lbs gooseberries plus Father in Law gave us a courgette, 2 lettuces and a big bunch of spring onions while we were at the allotment . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Yum - I love Gooseberries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 So do I but LSH doesn't like the seeds in them so I'm turning them into gooseberry jelly to use in swiss rolls etc for a change from ordinary goosegog jam. Not that we need any more preserves . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 2 of the many cucumbers that have all come at once in my greenhouse. Lots of cucumber was eaten with a chicken salad tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flapjack Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I harvested all my garlic and ate 3 pods of peas Pics of garlic: http://tinyurl.com/3vylnj (scroll to second pic down!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 3oz of basil leaves which I;m turning into Basil Oil (I already have lots of home made pesto in the freezer) A large handful of sugarsnap peas, which I ate whilest talking to the chickens. They had some too, but they only eat them if I pod them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAJ Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Yesterday I picked: broad beans, raspberries, red currants & white currants. Tracy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhotchick Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Lots of broad beans, some strawberries, all the garlic (not a very successful crop) and all the shallots (not a massive harvest either). My boyfriend was impressed though and said "Your vegetable plot is a lot more productive this year". I'm learning and just need to persevere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Yesterday we picked blackcurrants and raspberries. Sick of eating raspberries and made jam from the currants. I am cheating here - we went to a PYO place up the road - we wanted to make strawberry jam, but they had a crop failure, so it happens to the experts too. In the garden and greenhouse: lots of Sungold toms, runner beans, dwarf French Beans, Lazy Housewife climbing French beans and two little courgettes that we ate raw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Home Raised beds More Peas, broccoli, salad leaves and spinach, some raspberries Allotment: dug up my Lady Chrystl (sp) second earlies.. they look and taste fab, courgettes, raspberries, cabbage (greyhound) Checked last night and my first french green beans are almost ready for first crop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 attacked the jungle that is my veg patch today and found courgettes, tomatoes, potatoes, beetroot, carrots, rhubarb, runner beans, peas and broad beans :D Looks much tidier now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhotchick Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 More broad beans, more strawberries and a half dozen precious raspberries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Courgettes and first cabbage of the season, absolutely scrummy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 My first cabbages are nearly ready too, they have huge lovely leaves.We have never grown cabbages like them. They looked really sad about a week after we put them in as well, this rain has got to be good for something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 750g of blackcurrants which I am turning into Blackcurrant Jelly 400g of Raspberries and an as-yet-unweighed quantity of Tayberries, which I will be turning into Raspberry and Tayberry Jelly. Or Cordial. Haven't decided yet. DH picked a large quantity of tomatoes, 1 large cucumber, and 1 yellow courgette, so I'll be having salad for dinner (He doesn't eat vegetables, just grows them). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I have had carrots,beetroot,courgettes & my first pototoes today. The pots were a bit of a disappointment - only 6 good sized spuds from 3 plants in a bag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Licken Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 redcurrants, blackcurrants and gooseberries for me - all now in the freezer until I decide what to do with them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madchook Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Just under a lb of gooseberries -none on the bottom half of the bush anymore as the ****** chooks have eaten them! Hopefully will make some jam if I can adapt the recipe for the meagre amount. 5 dwarf french beans (will make a toddler portion for dd's tea anyway!) 3 tomatoes from my cheaty ready grown and fruiting bush tomato from Homebase. Can't really count the 2 punnets of blackcurrants from the pyo can I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
