Valkyrie Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 An aubergine yaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyy! Beans seem to have gone over now, so keeping for seed. Toms still going and peppers ripening - had some in a stir fry this evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Congratulations on the aubergine, Koojie! Hope it was worth the wait We picked several pounds of runner beans and french beans last night along with 4 courgettes, a punnet of blackberries, another of raspberries, a box of windfall apples, a big bowl of plums and 3lbs crab apples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 6 courgettes and some cherry tomatoes. Still haven't found a crab apple tree Asked the postie to look out for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Want me to post you some crab apples, Christian? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 today we picked..... an omlet bag of carrots 2 cabbages 4 yellow courgettes 8 strawberries a leek (to see what it would be like 3 red cabbage leaves (we didnt want that much, see ) a small bag of rosehips (from the hedgerow ) 10 cherry tomatoes 4 broad bean pod thingys loving this allotment thingy im still hunting for a crabapple tree too - might drag Kev to the woods this week cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen&Rog Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Sweetcorn After a couple of disasterous years they have come good.. And the girls are very grateful for the leftovers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Lots of Tigerella toms. The passata machine came yesterday from Seeds of Italy and OH couldn't wait to try it out. Followed WitchHazels instructions and had 2 trays baking in the oven - it all made 1 litre which has been put into 2 recycled plastic containers from the Chinese takeaway! Lovely flavour and is now in the freezer. That machine is fantastic, all done in minutes OH very impressed with my new toy, so thank you WH, no more hours of sieving - 5 minutes of handle turning makes it so much easier. OH wants to grow more toms next year (have no idea where they will go). We also picked loads of red peppers and then popped them in the freezer - made almost 2lb, best yield for ages. Kate - haven't eaten the aubergine yet. But it is earmarked for tomorrow lunch and I wanted to give the poor plant some relief before the branch broke - there are loads more on there, so giving the other fruits a chance to ripen too. Our remaining onions "Stuttgarter Giant" were in a different bed to the others and look OK and are drying off in the greenhouse now (actually they are probably cooking with this sudden heat). Bought lots of garlic to plant from the farmers market the other day - from the Isle of Wight - saved me from ordering on the internet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 I picked some beetroot my ENTIRE Charlotte crop (was less than 2 kilos so a bit disappointing). And some runners and toms for tea. Runners are still going strong and toms are just about to go from comfortable to glut. I'm terrible for planting things too late - I have some cucumbers just beginning to grow that I suspect are too late to survive. Leeks are also young and the brocolli are chewed to bits - thats the ones that survived the chewing. Still I'll know better next year - even if I dont' do better! Is now a good time to plant some garlic? Anything else I should/could plant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted August 31, 2008 Author Share Posted August 31, 2008 6 courgettes and some cherry tomatoes. Still haven't found a crab apple tree Asked the postie to look out for me! You'll have to come and see me then - we have half a dozen trees! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Ooooh, now then, when can I pop over? Holiday next week, but will try and sort something out. When is the season for crabbies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Depends on the apple variety, Christian. Ours are ready and falling now but others will still be on the trees for a couple of months yet. We've dug up the rest of our second earlies (Accent) and they are fabulous. We still have 2 rows of maincrop potatoes in the ground. I picked runner beans, another courgette and some rainbow chard and as we bumped into LSH's Dad while we were at the lottie, he let me go and pick another punnet of raspberries, a basket of apples, some tomatoes, a cucumber and a green pepper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Nice photo Penguinmad - those beetroots look really good. Autumn onion sets should be around soon for you - I am waiting for mine to arrive - assuming that they didn't forget my order. I have been growing winter manures on the bare patches to dig in later next year. I will plant the garlic in pots in October because they like cold to get them going. Christian - sorry to say this but one of my mums neighbours has been knocking off the crab apples from his tree because they were falling on his car - then binned them!! What a waste! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 1 kilo of Crabapples 2 kilos of Blackberries. They were literally falling from the bushes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 a cabbage some huge carrots one sweetcorn not quite ripe a small cauliflower french beans plums falling off and rotting in the wind and the rain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 ..... and a green pepper. My peppers are just coming on nicely in the greenhouse and cant wait to pick them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 I picked 5 little courgettes before the slugs of rot got to them. about 2kg of tomatoes mainly beefsteak one weighed 500g on it's own 1 red and 2 redish peppers. 1 chilli They all went into a spag.bol. along with our own carrots and onions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missuscluck Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Some very strange "Ooops, word censored!"bly pink fir apple potatoes with arms and legs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 A huge swede, which we mashed some of with some carrots for lunch. I love swede. loads of big carrots turnips beetroot for pickling the last cabbage french beans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 A huge pot of tomatoes,including my first black skinned ones. Its a very strange thing,a tomato with black skin.Doesn't look right at all. In fact they look like they have gone bad I think I will cook with them as I can't see the children even considering putting them in their mouths as they are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 We have got some oval shaped ones that are a really odd colour, we bought the plants at a famers market so i can't remember what they are. They are reddish purple with very green seeds. I used a couple in a spag bol last week, not sure how the rest will go down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 A wheel barrow full of main crop potatoes and onions, just leaves my golden wonder which are still flowering to go another carry bag full of runner beans more cucumbers and courgettes, a minicole cabbage, a dozen brussels for Sunday dinner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted September 8, 2008 Author Share Posted September 8, 2008 Sprouts - you can't pick them yet there hasn't been a frost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Sprouts - you can't pick them yet there hasn't been a frost Laughing They are a very early variety.... and very nice they are too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 I picked 312g blackberries from my thornless bush in the garden. The chickens are hoovering up the windfall apples. The two apple trees are ladden with apples, they are a later variety so it'll be a couple of weeks before they are ready. The pear tree hasn't produced anything. The plum trees did ok. No I don't have a huge garden with an orchard they are all small trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 1 James Grieve apple, we only have 2 left we had 5 this year from out little family tree which also has Gala apples on it and hopefully next year we will get some of the Falstaff too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
