[New shoot]

Well rub your hands at a stroke of beginners luck and get ready for your fennel harvest Vagabond    Its one of those crops.  Some seem to find it easy, others like me and Jaydig struggle with it.  If you have the knack, just keep doing what you are doing 

[Vagabond]

I wish I could tell you what I've been doing to succeed with the fennel, New Shoot, but the truth is I've largely ignored them because they've been happily growing and looking after themselves! 

[Flowertot]

4 French beans  , 1 yellow courgette and a punnet of blueberries

[Mattgregory27]

My first ripe tomato of the year 

[Flowertot]

Another handful of French beans, 3 baby courgettes , 4 baby lettuces, Charlotte potatoes, blueberries and a few raspberries 

[lettice]

Over the weekend;
First big picking of Painted lady runner beans
Last picking of broad beans
Garden Pearl tomatoes
A few Burpless cucumbers
Loads of dwarf 'tendergreen' french beans
Raspberries
Chard and spinach and a spring cabbage
Beetroot
Mixed Lettuce
Piles of sage, basil and oregano
Charlotte and International kidney potatoes
Two large bowls of peas
Sweet peas

[Flowertot]

A very colourful haul - Lady Christl potatoes, blueberries, rainbow chard, purple and green French beans, yellow and green courgettes and blackberries 

[Vagabond]

I wish I could tell you what I've been doing to succeed with the fennel, New Shoot, but the truth is I've largely ignored them because they've been happily growing and looking after themselves! 

Harvested the first fennel bulb today and had it for lunch (braised with fish). I was delighted and astonished at the aroma and taste... incredible after shop bought fennel!

(I added the bananas to show the size of the bulb)

[New shoot]

French beans, perpetual spinach and chard, anchocha, tomatoes and ..............  the first of the Minipop sweetcorn.  New shoot does the dance of joy while guiltily wiping the remains off her face.  There was no chance of that making it home from the plot 

[snowdrops]

First runner beans, more broad beans

[Hampshire Hog]

Just picked a few runner beans and a couple of courgettes. Starting to get fennel envy 🙈🙈
Cheers HH

[Flowertot]

Courgettes, French beans, blueberries and raspberries  .

[snowdrops]

Last root of Winston potatoes & first of Ambo. More courgettes, hubby harvested all the remaining broad beans, he even podded them sat on the bench to save taking the pods home to take back to the plot to compost. All bagged & frozen now. A few more straw S & a few raspberries.

[Vagabond]

I'm learning the value of staggering plantings and wish I'd realised this when I started.
The broad beans aren't a problem because I've picked and frozen two batches and will do the rest in the next day or two.
My fennel is coming thick and fast. We've eaten another bulb and given one away. I'll have to see if I can find a freezable recipe for the rest because much as I love fennel, I don't want to eat it daily for the next three weeks!
I harvested all my maris piper potatoes this morning because they were showing signs of blight and I don't want to lose my main crop. But now I've got way too many potatoes out of the ground, so will give some away to friends this evening.
Such a learning curve this veggie growing malarkey (but I am enjoying it too!). 

[Lardman]

Picked my one and only gladstone apple and very nice it was too    It's a long wait now for the gala to be ready