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Title: Daily Harvest
Post by: JayG on January 01, 2019, 13:30
Link to 2018 Daily Harvest thread:

Daily Harvest 2018 in Grow Your Own - Page 1 of 10 (http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=127164.msg1488310#msg1488310)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Plot 1 Problems on January 01, 2019, 15:50
Grabbed a few salad leaves for tea tonight and a couple of Tokyo Cross Turnips.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Flowertot on January 07, 2019, 17:08
The last of the leeks and some parsnips  :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: snowdrops on January 12, 2019, 16:45
Carrots,parsnips,beetroot,leeks. Think there will be 1 more pulling of Carrots & that will be them done
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Mr Dog on January 12, 2019, 20:14
Carrots, cauliflower, parsnips, PSB, Romanesco, kohl rabi, swede and a surprise haul of a few chillies and peppers.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: New shoot on January 13, 2019, 19:45
Finally dug up the last of the Kifli spuds from last year and got a decent bag full.  No damage either  :)

Also came home with some beetroot, that were a gift from a plot neighbour.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Thrutchington on January 14, 2019, 17:51
Lots of leeks and some parsnips
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: goose on February 12, 2019, 17:33
last of the leeks😊
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Flowertot on February 14, 2019, 16:29
The last of the parsnips and beetroot, a winter cabbage  :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: lettice on February 17, 2019, 09:04
Been picking spinach, chard, kale, leeks and sprouts for the last month and still plenty to pick going forward.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Plot 1 Problems on February 17, 2019, 09:58
Last of the parsnips!
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Jax64 on February 18, 2019, 14:44
Last of the veg dug from plot in SW France yesterday. (Not by me, by the land owner)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Dev on February 18, 2019, 18:03
The salad stuff in the greenhouse has been doing well. Picked Lettuce, mizuna, two types of mustard, pea shoots, spinach and coriander. Outside just leeks and sprouts (including the tops). Roll on spring!
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: snowdrops on February 27, 2019, 21:14
Harvested the last of the leeks & parsnips to clear the ground.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: New shoot on February 27, 2019, 21:29
Leeks and cabbage, plus I am planning a raid on the salad stuff in the greenhouse tomorrow as it all seems to have woken up and grown new leaves  :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: mumofstig on February 27, 2019, 21:36
Picked the last few leeks and a swede. Cut a kale plant to bring home, had to dunk it in the water butt - so many whitefly  :ohmy:
Just 3 swede, 3 cabbages and some kale left, the birds have eaten all of the EPSB and the spring cabbage cos silly me left the net off yesterday DOH!
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Flowertot on March 07, 2019, 16:30
A bagful of PSB  :D :D and a big bunch of Swiss chard  :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: New shoot on March 23, 2019, 19:59
A big bag of erbette and chard.  That is all there was on the plot as we have hit the hungry gap with a thunk  ::)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Potty Plotty Lotty on March 26, 2019, 20:24
Two huge leeks and PSB heads.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: wighty on March 27, 2019, 21:24
Don't have a plot, just the back garden, but the last four leeks.  I think they're only fit for soup for the weekend.  New broad beans are going well, plus the over wintered shallots which were 'escapee's from last years 'cull'. Getting our 'grow' bug back together after a couple of years off.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Enfield Glen on April 16, 2019, 10:52
First harvest from the new year sowing of a few small Pak Choi
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: New shoot on April 20, 2019, 20:07
The piccie says it all  :D  :D  :D
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: snowdrops on April 25, 2019, 08:14
Wednesday
4 eggs & a few leaves of Swiss chard to give to the girls as their reward
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: andreadon on April 28, 2019, 16:04
It's been mostly rhubarb, but that's starting to thin out now.
Asparagus has started, but my old crowns have do far only produced 3 stems. But lots of bindweed - I couldn't dig it out in the winter, so used a handfork as best as I could.
I think when the ferns have grown I'll give it a jolly good dig over.

Gordon gave me some of his asparagus, so I've had at least some harvest!
And Alan gave me a cauliflower yesterday, so our dinner was a lovely cauliflower cheese with asparagus.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Flowertot on April 30, 2019, 21:17
A huge bagful of chard because the plants are starting to bolt, parsley and the last of the PSB  :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: New shoot on May 13, 2019, 10:57
First lot of new potatoes from the greenhouse yesterday  :) 

Also picked chard at the plot and pulled a few overwintering onions to use as giant spring onions.  I over planted so I could thin them to eat.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: JimB on May 23, 2019, 22:51
Dunluce potatoes, from large home made cloche, JBA appears to be the only suppliers of the seed

Rhubarb,shared some with neighbours,

Strawberries, what the blackbird did not  sample first,

Chives

And finally Radish, never understand why I bother sowing the seed as they are useless!

Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: New shoot on May 27, 2019, 08:16
Quite a decent haul over the last 2 days - new potatoes, asparagus, onions from the overwintered crop, a huge bag of spinach and a bowl of mangetout peas  :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: snowdrops on May 28, 2019, 22:38
Yesterday was the first strawberry of the year well for us the birds had got to 2 at the weekend before I managed to get  the new net on😣.  More bolting chard for the chickens
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Iecabus on May 31, 2019, 08:01
last of the leeks😊
The leeks look great, I've just planted mine. I hope they turn out as good as yours.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Offwego on June 01, 2019, 19:11
First feed of new potatoes today, good size too!

Also another feed of radish and rhubarb, and a few taster honeyberries.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: lettice on June 02, 2019, 09:45
This week have picked;
Charlotte and International Kidney new potatoes.
Peas and Mangetout.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: snowdrops on June 02, 2019, 18:56
4 eggs- thanks girls :lol:
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: andreadon on June 03, 2019, 18:54
2 fully ripe strawberries today.
they were horrible!  :mad:
 ???
Possibly because it's been so very dry so no juice.
I hope that's why, otherwise I'll have to buy some new.
(These were left on the plot)

I also got 3 bulbs of what I think are garlic!
 :ohmy:
they shouldn't have been - they were volunteer onions. The leaves were going funny so I thought i'd dig them.up just in case, gave them a feel to see if they were hard and found they're segmented and decidedly garlic shaped!
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: snowdrops on June 03, 2019, 20:14
4 more eggs,don’t usually get 2 days with 4 😊. Got gifted a lettuce from old Bob.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: MarkC on June 05, 2019, 23:11
Two small lettuce to thin them out a bit, and a spring cabbage today.....plus about 2 buckets of weeds.....

Checked the first early tatties, but another couple of weeks needed I think.

Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: New shoot on June 09, 2019, 20:49
Garlic scapes - yum  :D  Can't wait to make something with them.  I also pulled a green garlic to use from the Provence Wight crop.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: snowdrops on June 09, 2019, 21:10
2nd punnet of strawberries today & 3 eggs
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Iecabus on June 10, 2019, 09:38
First out of my half plot this year, Boltardy beetroot. I've only picked a few, leaving the rest a bit longer in hope they develop a bit better.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Tonnaguy on June 10, 2019, 20:45
First potatoes of the year, some more beetroot and an endless supply of radish!!

Lovely tea tonight
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Allan-25J on June 19, 2019, 22:24
4 litres [2 tubs of ice cream] of strawberries today after 5 tubs on Monday, 8 small [2 bite size] black beauty courgettes. 20 globe artichokes, loads of Broad beans.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Aled on June 26, 2019, 11:19
Lettuce, Cucumbers, and Radishes.
Cheers
Aled
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: New shoot on June 28, 2019, 10:29
Berries and Brokali  :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: snowdrops on June 28, 2019, 16:01
It’s been strawberries for a good 2 weeks or so, here’s yesterday’s haul, 5 1/2 lbs
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: whiskywill on July 02, 2019, 16:43
Picked the last of my gooseberries yesterday evening. That brought the total for this year from my two standard bushes to 14.6kgs. or 32lbs 12ozs..
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Vagabond on July 02, 2019, 20:27
Home again after a month away and picked (cut?) the first of my purple sprouting broccoli.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Plot 1 Problems on July 02, 2019, 21:34
Picked our first few yellow raspberries and harvested the first of the caraway seeds.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: New shoot on July 03, 2019, 18:19
First lot of gooseberries and more tayberries, loganberries and boysenberries, plus lovage from the plot and oregano from home.  The herbs are going to be dried for winter use.

There was also the first pick of french beans from the plot and a khol rabi, plus cherry tomatoes from the greenhouse at home.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: goose on July 08, 2019, 10:31
came back from holiday to lots of broad beans, courgettes ::)and two beautiful cauliflowers  :ohmy:. ...it's the first time I've grown cauliflower so was really pleased/shocked at the result! :D

so, broad bean/courgette frittata and cauliflower cheese for tea!👍
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: goose on July 08, 2019, 10:38
 :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: New shoot on July 27, 2019, 15:54
Summer cabbage, beetroots, courgettes, mini white cucumbers, borlotti beans and the last few french beans from my early sowing.

Forgot the spuds  :lol:  There was also a bag of Jazzy potatoes to last us for the next few days.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Flowertot on July 28, 2019, 20:11
Armfuls of Swiss chard and green/yellow/purple French beans, a punnet of blueberries  :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: MarkC on July 28, 2019, 22:04
Round courgettes, last of Ayrshire new tatties, broad beans and peas, plus some small beetroot thinned out in one row. And another pick of gooseberries.Picked these in a one hour window between rain yesterday, and another very localised monsoon here today. A few early rasps from the autumn canes.

Was too wet to pick the second lot of blackcurrants at home. Emptied the last Charlotte potatoes out one of the planters in the garden, and got a couple of tomatoes in greenhouse, but they are still well behind last year.

Decided to take the garlic and onions into the greenhouse to finish drying off on Friday, which was a very good move.

No watering needed for quite a long time!
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: goose on August 06, 2019, 22:44
toms (various varieties), salad/rocket...courgettes ::)purple sprouting broccoli, celery, my first artichoke :D..more courgettes, runner beans, French beans, welsh onions, baby leeks....ohh….did I mention courgettes? :lol:
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Plot 1 Problems on August 06, 2019, 23:54
A few Sungold toms, a gherkin and the first handful of runner beans.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Jax64 on August 09, 2019, 15:10
Runner beans, French beans, 3 types of tomatoes, curly kale and cavale Nero.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: New shoot on August 10, 2019, 08:52
Czech Early and Kaberi aubergines from the greenhouse on Thursday, plus some tomatoes.  I also went plot visiting and brought home spuds, cabbage, courgettes, beetroots, outdoor tomatoes, cucumbers, french beans and raspberries  :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Tonnaguy on August 24, 2019, 22:38
Potatoes, runner beans, courgettes, baby carrots, beetroot and maybe the last of the lettuce.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Aled on August 30, 2019, 11:59
Beetroot, carrots, shallots, cucumbers, French beans, last of the potatoes. No tomatoes sadly!
Cheers
Aled
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: goose on September 06, 2019, 20:04
bucket loads of toms (made pasta sauces today to vacuum seal), basil, parsley, carrots, celery....all for the pasta sauces. also French and runner beans. :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Jax64 on September 07, 2019, 21:16
Have had so many tomatoes this year; more today, cucumbers and one courgette
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: 8doubles on September 14, 2019, 12:32
Best of this years outdoor tomatoes , the variety is Delicious .
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Aled on September 17, 2019, 10:11
Last of the potatoes dug, Autumn has arrived!
Cheers
Aled
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Plot 1 Problems on September 17, 2019, 11:26
Apart from the tomatoes it's been a relatively poor year. This felt like the first proper harvest of the year over the weekend!
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Flowertot on September 18, 2019, 18:34
A good haul today. Carrots, courgettes, French beans, tomatoes, chillies, Swiss chard, 3 different lettuces, 3 butternuts and 3 Crown Prince squash, the last of the blueberries and a large bunch of cosmos and dahlias  :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: Thrutchington on October 01, 2019, 19:39
About 5lb of French beans this evening, plus last of the cherry tomatoes and a good ripe plum tomato!
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: goose on October 31, 2019, 15:52
pak choy, green peppers, and this..... :nowink:....it doesnt look like that on the packet ::)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest 2019
Post by: snowdrops on October 31, 2019, 18:37
Lettuce,raspberries & eggs
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on January 04, 2020, 16:32
First harvest of the year  :)

Leeks, turnip-swede and swede from the plot today  :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: snowdrops on January 04, 2020, 18:53
A couple of days ago I harvested some purple sprouting broccoli, not sure if it’s late autumn or early spring, I’ll have to look for the label
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on January 07, 2020, 17:14
One intended crop and two bonus ones  :)

The intended one was turnip tops.  I sowed these last autumn under a mesh tunnel and then forgot about them.  That tunnel moved today to a new plot position, so the greens were picked and I got a few bonus turnips as well.

Then I finished emptying out a compost bin and discovered a little haul of new potatoes.  They must have grown late last year from a peeling, as that is when I filled the bin and sealed it.  I don't remember seeing potato foliage though.  It must have sneaked out through the back and been hidden  :wacko:
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: WeavingGryphon on January 11, 2020, 11:19
We got some tiny potatoes. But the soil is filled with petroleum WD40 style lubricant so we can't eat them.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on March 08, 2020, 20:36
We did a quick plot flit as OH was replacing a rotten post on the raspberry rows, but it started raining so we ran for it.  I did manage to grab a bag of perpetual spinach though  :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: snowdrops on March 11, 2020, 22:04
A good picking of psb then added the pre flowering stems of the black Tuscan kale (cavelo Di Nero) & about 3 doz. daffodils
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: snowdrops on March 13, 2020, 18:36
Who says you can’t manure the ground for parsnips- no dig you can :lol:.
Leeks, not many left.
Lots of daffs for picking
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on March 14, 2020, 20:38
Greens and rhubarb  :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Plot 1 Problems on April 12, 2020, 12:24
First rhubarb of the year yesterday, made rhubarb and ginger cordial this morning :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on April 13, 2020, 09:08
Mine from the last couple of days.

Greens and the first asparagus  :D from the garden.  Then a lovely big heap of greens from the plot.  I thought they just looked so fresh and full of good stuff  :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: snowdrops on April 15, 2020, 21:11
My very first asparagus harvest :lol: :lol:
Think I let it grow a bit too tall, at what height should I aim for to cut it?
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: JoshP on April 17, 2020, 16:52
First Rocket new potatoes from the greenhouse
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on April 21, 2020, 11:25
Asparagus from the raised bed at home  :D
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: LandShark on April 28, 2020, 16:11
Finally, first salad leaves of the season :D, also harvested spring onions, chives, parsley and kale while my son picked some viola, nasturtium leaves, wild garlic flowers and chive flowers for our first 'garden salad' tonight!
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on May 10, 2020, 21:27
From the back - plot rhubarb, greenhouse oriental greens, garden asparagus, greenhouse coriander and a huge heap of plot greens  :D
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: SimonF1 on May 11, 2020, 13:00
Found a couple of potatoes and a carrot left over from last year as I was digging the bed over - does that count?
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: LandShark on May 16, 2020, 08:54
Yesterday we had Kale (last year's plants), spring onions (Autumn planting) and pak choi (this year's) in our stirfry. I also picked the last of the Rhubarb before I move it to it's new home.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: polo71 on May 26, 2020, 21:03
A few things over the last couple of days.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Urbanite on May 27, 2020, 09:17
yesterday,first cauli (small,but got another 15 heading ourway shortly),second pick of peas,lettuce and spinach...and the golden acre cabbages are also cropping ;)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: DD. on May 27, 2020, 15:58
Well - it's a start! These started life as pea shoots for the seasonal event in December, but never got eaten.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: snowdrops on May 27, 2020, 22:36
1 & 1/4 lbs of strawberries from the greenhouse,just from the hanging baskets on 1 side :D
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Plot 1 Problems on May 28, 2020, 00:05
The garlic was ready earlier than expected, a good haul of decent sized bulbs this year!
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Enfield Glen on June 02, 2020, 13:57
Lady Cristl potatoes from over the allotment, grown under old plastic roofing, No more shop bought potatoes!!!
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: SimonF1 on June 02, 2020, 13:59
Cut the first lettuce at the weekend and will pull up some more radishes today. Just had a week of rain with two sunny days - the weeds are loving it.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Aled on June 03, 2020, 16:12
First radishes!
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Ema on June 04, 2020, 14:30
Radishes, mustard leaves, pak choi and strawberries :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: snowdrops on June 04, 2020, 20:49
2 punnets of strawberries from the greenhouse, they’ve done brilliantly this year
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: DD. on June 07, 2020, 07:26
Kent Blue Mangetout from the greenhouse.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Enfield Glen on June 08, 2020, 07:50
First Peas, although needed to do yet more Pigeon protection as tehy have now started sitting on top of them.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: snowdrops on June 08, 2020, 08:03
Yesterday was more strawberries,this time from the plot.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: polo71 on June 08, 2020, 19:28
Harvested the elephant garlic today good harvest only lost 1 plant. Will be sending some to the seed circle as long as I have no problem in the drying stage.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: goose on June 11, 2020, 18:57
wow those garlic look amazing!  I dug up mine...rather below par, but most useable ::)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Thrutchington on June 21, 2020, 20:54
First proper harvest of the season, ten roots of swift first earlier that needed lifting due to brown leaf spot, tubers ok, few small scab marks. About a third if the garlic, which is circa 50 bulbs (we use a lot in cooking) that i will get out in the sun this coming week. Salad stuff - spring onions, radishes and carrots. Hoping to be pulling blackcurrants off the bushes soon.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: snowdrops on June 22, 2020, 07:16
Sunday, plenty of strawberries & we’ve been having a few raspberries but today there were more than a handful. Plenty more strawberries to come,  think the jam pan is going to have to come out this week  :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Ema on June 28, 2020, 15:31
I’m having the year of the raspberries, punnets of them have gone in the freezer!

Picked the first artichokes today
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Thrutchington on June 30, 2020, 08:14
An early start today, on the plot at half six in the morning before work to pull up the remaining garlic and two crops of first earlies - red duke of York and sharpes express. Imminent rain this week meant they needed to come out of the ground. Some minor disease on the potato plants, consistent with black leg, but most of the tubes ok. Garlic nice and healthy and very potent on the nose!
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Subversive_plot on June 30, 2020, 15:12
Kent Blue Mangetout from the greenhouse.

I learn a lot about differences in terminology on each side of the pond every time I log in to allotment-garden.org

We call them snow peas in the States.  Mange tout (eat all) makes sense too.  We just ate the last of ours this past weekend (too hot for them now).

[Edited by Subversive_plot, because Subversive_plot kant spel]
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Plot 1 Problems on June 30, 2020, 16:39
Grabbed some rhubarb to go with icecream tonight.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on July 03, 2020, 20:30
I spy with my little eye ... something beginning with C.  Oh yus, the first courgette has landed  :lol:  OH was ecstatic.  Actually he rolled his eyes and groaned, but I don't care, he is eating them anyway  :tongue2:

There were also dessert gooseberries and the first of the fennel  8)  The loganberries and lettuce didn't make it into the picture, but I came home with both of them as well.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Potty Plotty Lotty on July 04, 2020, 12:37
and the first of the fennel 

Love the fennel in particular. What variety is this NS? I tend to sow mine later in the year to try and avoid bolting. I'm waiting for mind to bulk up a bit in pots before going out.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Potty Plotty Lotty on July 04, 2020, 12:38
Plus strawberries and blackcurrants.  :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on July 04, 2020, 21:01
Love the fennel in particular. What variety is this NS?

Fennel Finale Potty  :)  It is made for sowing early.  I have grown it twice now and had success both times.   The later sown stuff never works for me and just bolts.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Thrutchington on July 05, 2020, 20:14
An hour after painting and decorating all weekend, lots of shallots, particularly a banana variety that were planted as sets in mid October plus some spring planted red sun. Field beans off a crop of green manure that i left to grow. Chantenay red core carrots from the deep root veg bed, plus spring onions and radishes for a salad. From the fruit bed in the back garden, a bowl full of raspberries. Chuffed to bits!
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Judypumpkin on July 17, 2020, 16:11
Courgettes! 🥒🥒🥒😊
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: CSChris89 on July 20, 2020, 14:05
Harvested my onions at the weekend which took up a whole bed over the allotment. This is my first year growing at the allotment and I’m pretty happy with the yield. I built the drying rack for them too.

The plan for next year is to start them off from seed in November under a grow light in the shed. Hopefully I’ll have a few as big as my head!
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: snowdrops on July 28, 2020, 17:01
Here’s my harvest of today’s carrots,they are a pale variety but I forget the name, could be from a pack of rainbow carrots but so far they have all been pale.
Not bad for no dig carrots that had a good covering of well rotted manure added after Christmas to the bed (but not dug in!) . Then the next photo is of  a second days harvest of yellow French beans with a few cannelini beans & a few peas
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Plot 1 Problems on July 28, 2020, 17:24
First outdoor cucumber of the year, some runner and French beans, a big haul of blackberries and the last of the red gooseberries.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on July 30, 2020, 08:35
First greenhouse tomato  :D

I have picking small cherry sized fruits from plants outdoors at home for a week or so now, but the big ‘uns are in the greenhouse.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Plot 1 Problems on August 02, 2020, 14:48
Rhubarb, courgettes, french beans, a nice haul of blackberries and the first marrow of the year, destined to make marrow rum.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on August 02, 2020, 19:44
More greenhouse firsts - a red pepper and two mini aubergines  :D
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Subversive_plot on August 03, 2020, 02:29
Picked Roma tomatoes, basil, and sweet banana peppers for home-made pizza.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: andyww2013 on August 05, 2020, 09:13
A nice selection from the plot

(not sure if squash was ripe, tasted very pasty, might be normal as I have never eaten squash before...)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on August 05, 2020, 11:11
(not sure if squash was ripe, tasted very pasty, might be normal as I have never eaten squash before...)

There are different textures to squash and the onion ones are on the soft side.  How did you cook it?  Roasted with chilli is a favourite here. I never steam or boil it as I am not a fan of the texture when cooked that way.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: andyww2013 on August 05, 2020, 18:30
Just quartered it, scoped the seeds out, splash of rape seed oil and baked.  Had the texture of putty.

Not sure if I picked it too soon.  The variety was Uchiki Kuri.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: snowdrops on August 05, 2020, 21:13
Blackberries & first harvest of rather a lot of gherkins.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Subversive_plot on August 08, 2020, 16:54
I looked up that squash variety, it is a winter squash (Hubbard squash group). 

Your thought that you picked too early may be correct; do you have a very rough idea when that particular squash started forming (such as number of weeks before you picked it)?  They should be allowed a long ripening period to be of the best flavor.  The skin should be very orange, verging on red, when ripe, the longer the better.  It is a popular variety, so you may be able to find specific cultural information, and harvest information, online. 

There are many good recipes online for that variety too.  A very basic tried-and-true method is cut in half lengthwise, scoop out the seeds, a little butter inside each half, sprinkle on some cinnamon, bake in a glass dish at 350 F for an hour (adjust time up or down depending on squash size; squash should be cooked until soft).  Depending on your tastes, you can add brown sugar to that. 
 
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on August 09, 2020, 09:34
A luxurious harvest of fresh figs.  I pick them once they start to hang downwards and change colour and finish ripening them on the kitchen windowsill, as they get nibbled if left too long outside - probably wasps  ::)

They are not getting this lot though  :D
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: snowdrops on August 09, 2020, 11:07
Yesterday’s picking of cucumbers, a potato (Marfona) from last week, shame about the middle but once cut out it was only 4ozs less lol
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Plot 1 Problems on August 09, 2020, 14:57
A good bit of everything today. It's great to finally be bringing some food home from the plot this year!
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on August 09, 2020, 21:33
My harvest today from home. Tomatoes, peppers, celery, a couple more figs and a load of french beans  :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Thrutchington on August 13, 2020, 09:32
A good haul over the last two evenings, beetroot, carrots, peas, dwarf French beans, spring onions, radishes, tomatoes. The allotment us providing me with an excellent hobby while i work from home and is now providing us with some great vegetables and salad items.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on August 15, 2020, 10:12
Dodged heave rain showers yesterday and picked a huge haul from the plot and at home.

Cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, aubergines, beans, turnips, courgettes, cabbage, corn and plums.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on August 15, 2020, 20:51
More today - spuds, raspberries and a pumpkin.  It seems early for the pumpkin, but the plant had completely died off, so it was ready  :wacko:
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Eric44 on August 17, 2020, 10:54
Today I've picked tomatoes, Sungold and Honey Moon, beetroot, the first carrots I've ever been successful with and rasberries. The tomatoes in the garden will have to be stripped and taken down today because of blight, however, those in the greenhouse and polytunnel are still clear.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Plot 1 Problems on August 22, 2020, 16:24
Crops coming in thick and fast now (7 cucumbers  :ohmy: ) Including my first ever aubergines, well chuffed with those :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Eric44 on August 22, 2020, 16:57
I also harvested my first ever aubergine.  I don't eat aubergines, I just like the look of them so I had to have a go. Not sure how to cook it now. Picked some more long red peppers and yellow bell peppers, chillies - Apple Crunch and Lemon Drop, more runner beans and raspberries. Two weeks ago I picked a tomato weighing 842 grams (29.7 ounces) and today I went to pick one almost as big but my fingers went through it. Left it too long.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: mumofstig on August 23, 2020, 12:52
The first Reif's Red Heart tomato is ripe, it's for lunch with the hardboiled egg  :D

oops it's turned sideways  :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Plot 1 Problems on September 06, 2020, 22:21
Cabbage, marrow for booze, a couple of squashes, a variety of beans and another ton of toms.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: mumofstig on September 06, 2020, 22:33
Today I tipped out another bucket of Pentland Javelin potatoes and cut 2 cabbages, but by the time I cut off the slugged leaves, I was left with 2 small hearts for coleslaw  ::)
I picked the last fat pods of Mennonite beans for next years seed, a very poor year for beans here - not enough bean seeds for sharing, that's for sure.
Plot neighbour gave me a carrier bag of lovely ripe quinces for jelly in exchange for what was left of the red currants on my plot  8)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on September 07, 2020, 10:52
Plot neighbour gave me a carrier bag of lovely ripe quinces for jelly

Nice swap  :D  Quince jelly is fantastic  :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: mumofstig on September 10, 2020, 09:40
Picked enough tomatoes for 3 big roasting trays of tomatoes for passata making. Cornue des Andes, Kibits and the stars this year, Reif's Red Heart. They were simply ginormous  :lol:
Shown here with a Rosella cherry tom for size reference  :ohmy:
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Aled on September 10, 2020, 13:36
Harvesting Tomatoes, Cucumber, carrots, beetroot, and French Beans. I have sweetcorn left to mature.
Finished the potatoes.
Glad to see many of you doing well.
Cheers
Aled
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on September 12, 2020, 20:21
Big load today.  There are also spuds and squash, but they are in the shed to be dealt with tomorrow.

Plenty here to keep me busy - courgettes, mini white cucumbers, beetroot, turnips, khol rabi, cabbage and some borlotti beans.  That reminds me, there are seed crop beans that I slung in the shed for another day as well  :lol:
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Thrutchington on September 15, 2020, 19:41
Red chilli peppers, cherry tomatoes, a load of beetroot to boil and pickle tomorrow (one perk of working from home).
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Subversive_plot on September 16, 2020, 03:04
Loads of Roma tomatoes.
Everything that you see on the countertop was picked today. The tomatoes in the red bowl were harvested yesterday. It's time to share some with my neighbor, he's getting the ones sitting on the paper bag, and possibly a few more.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest (a study in red)
Post by: Subversive_plot on September 25, 2020, 15:45
Just a few Roma tomatoes and ripe Serrano chilies.

Both are from 50 cent packets of seed purchased early this year. I'm getting high production from both types of plant.  I've probably picked close to a peck of tomatoes this season, possibly more.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Plot 1 Problems on September 26, 2020, 17:50
Three sweetcorn cobs from an otherwise poor showing, plus the polytunnel grown pumpkin. Nowhere near as big as I'd aimed for but I've not had the time to spoil the plant adequately for a monster.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Potty Plotty Lotty on October 10, 2020, 15:13
25kg in total!  And then there were a similar weight of potatoes! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: snowdrops on October 13, 2020, 15:25
Today’s harvest, checked the brassica cage in case there was another cauliflower & found this beauty, brick for size comparison. Also picked yet another vase of dahlias this time from the garden
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Mr Dog on October 15, 2020, 12:47
Huge  ;) harvest of kiwi fruit - 2p for scale!!
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on October 15, 2020, 17:23
Huge  ;) harvest of kiwi fruit - 2p for scale!!

Well they win the prize for being cute  :lol:
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Mr Dog on October 15, 2020, 19:30
Huge  ;) harvest of kiwi fruit - 2p for scale!!

Well they win the prize for being cute  :lol:

They taste(d) good!

I inherited the plant and in the 4 years previous to this it's not produced as much as a flower. Was on a last chance this year but has earned a reprieve.......for now at least.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on October 18, 2020, 21:01
Chard Fire Fresh, a few leeks and mustard Red Giant today.  Those mustard greens are not called giant for nothing  :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: 8doubles on November 07, 2020, 15:21
Do you know why it's  best  not to grow Leeks in tubs ?

Planted a few spare leeklets in tubs , tryed to harvest a few today and had to cut the roots right around each plant with a long knife to get 'em out where they had knitted together!

Still tasty though ! :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Subversive_plot on November 11, 2020, 18:25
Here's my Veteran's Day harvest.  Peppers and tomatoes but not bad for November.

The green bell peppers and a few of the Serrano chilies are going into pepper chicken for dinner tonight.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Subversive_plot on November 12, 2020, 03:11
Do you know why it's  best  not to grow Leeks in tubs ?

Planted a few spare leeklets in tubs , tryed to harvest a few today and had to cut the roots right around each plant with a long knife to get 'em out where they had knitted together!

Still tasty though ! :)

Be careful cutting around leaks with that knife or you'll end up with a tub full of leeks.

Or the other way around...
... I'll get my coat.
Title: My final harvest of 2020 Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Subversive_plot on December 02, 2020, 00:07
I thought my final harvest was last night, November 30, Serrano chilies, cayenne, and sweet banana peppers, plus a few tomatoes that I will ripen indoors, or fry green. 

But today, I realized there were a few hot peppers that I missed, still in fine shape, so I picked those today (December 1).  [after more than a few misfires, I finally managed to get a couple photographs up!]

Nothing will survive the below freezing temperatures that we will have tonight. I consider myself fortunate, and am thankful for the plants that have kept producing all this time, as well as to have a little produce this late in the year.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: snowdrops on February 02, 2021, 08:39
Yesterday I harvested what must be my biggest parsnip ever, plus lots more, wish I’d weighed the bucketful now before I distributed them to the neighbours!
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Debz on February 03, 2021, 09:52
Popped in to the allotment on Sunday and picked a few leeks.  Not the biggest but they'll make a few pots of soup so they're chopped, bagged and in my mum's freezer.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on February 07, 2021, 09:54
I was driving past the plot yesterday, so I stopped to check all was OK.  It is, but the soil is very, very wet.  Too wet to do much any time soon.

I grabbed a swede and a cabbage while I was there though  :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: mumofstig on February 07, 2021, 10:31
I've not been to the plot for more than a week, it's just been too wet, but I have been picking leeks and Tundra cabbage form the garden. Next year I'll grow some of my swede here as well, it makes perfect sense to have some of the winter veg near to hand :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Longshanks on February 09, 2021, 08:25
I picked leeks, turnips, carrots, chard and kale(curly and cavolo) yesterday.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: goose on February 24, 2021, 18:03
hadnt been to the plot since before Christmas due to work/berevement/covid...and everything else the world wanted to throw at us...but came back with carrots/leeks and beautiful cerleriac...over the moon and it cheered me up no end!  :D
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on February 27, 2021, 19:44
The last of the swede, last of the January King cabbage and nearly the last of the leeks. 

There are signs of life from the perpetual spinach and some of the chard has survived, but slim pickings otherwise.  Might be freezer reserves for a while now :unsure:
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Subversive_plot on March 10, 2021, 22:42
First thing harvested this year, I pulled a couple of radishes.  The variety is called French Breakfast, but we're having them in salads with dinner.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on March 13, 2021, 15:01
Winter purslane and some winter salad leaf mix from the greenhouse today.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Subversive_plot on March 18, 2021, 14:27
I thinned a bunch of turnips that looked like they were not going to make proper roots. 

Turnip greens are delicious, so the culls from my thinning became a nice pot of greens!  They are best when blanched, so after cleaning, bring salted water to a boil (teaspoon salt to a quart), drop in the greens, wait until they return to a boil, then wait one or two more minutes and drain.  You can season in any way that you would usually season greens.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: mumofstig on March 19, 2021, 18:24
I harvested the last of the plot leek (still a few left in the garden) picked some chard and the first of the Timperley Early rhubarb. So a crumble is on the cards for the weekend :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Subversive_plot on March 21, 2021, 00:52
Harvested some wonderful spinach and radishes today for a dinner salad. It's the best spinach I've grown in a decade.
Probably will start harvesting Romaine and Bibb lettuce in a week or two.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Subversive_plot on March 25, 2021, 09:41
Harvested a lot of spinach and a few scallions too.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Subversive_plot on March 29, 2021, 08:04
Spinach, lettuce, radishes today.

Yesterday, it was turnip greens and spinach that went into an Indian saag.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Subversive_plot on April 14, 2021, 02:44
Picked the first few peas today (snow peas and sugar snap peas). Just a small handful, but enough to add to a stir fry. The plants are 6 feet tall, growing and flowering like mad.  There should be many more peas soon.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: goose on April 14, 2021, 15:31
Dug up some leeks that had overwintered.  Some had gone very woody so not worth using IMHO, but some seem ok and worthy of a decent soup :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Subversive_plot on April 21, 2021, 01:14
More peas, and also some spinach.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: snowdrops on May 01, 2021, 19:47
3 cauliflowers that if I leave any longer will spoil & 11 spears of asparagus
And finally I can add the photo of the cauliflower!
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Subversive_plot on May 02, 2021, 02:07
More snow and sugar snap peas, some lettuce, and nearly the last of the spinach until the weather gets cold. The peas are yielding significantly more now than before.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Subversive_plot on May 03, 2021, 08:43
Peas peas peas peas. 
Peas peas peas peas.
Lovely peas!  Wonderful peas!

Oh, and some lettuce.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on May 05, 2021, 12:33
This was from the weekend, but I have only just got around to posting it.  Greens from the plot  :)

The leaves top right in the colander are lovage.  I dried them in the dehydrator and crumbled them up.  It is a great dried herb to have on hand through the winter and was the first outing for the dehydrator this season.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Nobbie on May 09, 2021, 17:20
Was just moving my pots of early spuds in the greenhouse and noticed this escapee under one of the pots. Really surprised how big it is so early. Will still give them a bit longer as I doubt there was much more than that in the pot.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: al78 on May 09, 2021, 18:26
I'm amazed people have much to harvest now. I haven't managed to get anything outside to grow yet this year. My harvest this year so far is last years leeks and early PSB, a bit of last years kale and last years Asturian tree cabbage.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Nobbie on May 10, 2021, 14:30
Was just moving my pots of early spuds in the greenhouse and noticed this escapee under one of the pots. Really surprised how big it is so early. Will still give them a bit longer as I doubt there was much more than that in the pot.

Could hardly move after eating all that :lol:
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: snowdrops on May 10, 2021, 14:56
I’m now getting regular pickings of asparagus, even enough to give my daughter some yesterday when she called round for a coffee and as if by magic there was enough for another picking today and drum roll please.....my first poly tunnel harvest ever...lettuce leaves, these were sown in the greenhouse before I had the tunnel & transplanted into modules & planted soon after the skin went on.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on May 14, 2021, 19:01
Yesterday’s home harvest of green veg.

Not masses, but not bad from a couple of small raised beds and a trough  :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Hampshire Hog on May 27, 2021, 23:00
Good asparagus harvest today. HH
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: mumofstig on May 27, 2021, 23:14
Picked some sad green garlic, some battered chard and mustard leaves for my stir fry.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on May 30, 2021, 21:07
First potatoes of the year from a bucket started in the greenhouse  :D
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: snowdrops on May 30, 2021, 21:11
Yesterday, biggest pick of asparagus so far in one day- 16 spears., large bag of coriander (delivered to my son lol)
Today a huge bag of lettuce leaves & chicory leaves
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on June 13, 2021, 07:20
Yesterday’s harvest - salad leaves and strawberries  :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: lettice on June 13, 2021, 12:27
First picking of Broad beans and Strawberries today.
A scrape found the first Charlotte and International Kidney new potatoes.
More Asparagus too picked and plenty popping up.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: omits on June 14, 2021, 09:08
First picking of Broad beans and Strawberries today.
A scrape found the first Charlotte and International Kidney new potatoes.
More Asparagus too picked and plenty popping up.
I'm replying here because it is not obvious to me how to post in the Forums (no 'New Topic' button). Anyway on the subject of strawberries, should I remove the big leaves to allow the sun to get at the green fruits so they ripwn better? thanks.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: mumofstig on June 14, 2021, 11:08
I'm replying here because it is not obvious to me how to post in the Forums (no 'New Topic' button).
Some forum advice here, in case you miss it https://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=134986.msg1555746#msg1555746
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Potty Plotty Lotty on June 14, 2021, 21:04
The first strawberries and tomatoes.  :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: snowdrops on June 14, 2021, 21:15
I was given a large handful of broad beans in return for a couple of lettuces I gave them, I also harvested a lovely primo cabbage,  radishes, kohl Rabi & beetroot all from the tunnel. I also harvested a cauliflower from outside but unfortunately it was blown, my fault as I’d folded the leaves over last week but hadn’t taken in to consideration the hot weather , hopefully the other 4 will be better  :D
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on June 16, 2021, 14:44
Flying visit this morning to sprinkle slug pellets around some crops before the rain comes tonight and brings the slime mob out to play, but bonus picking session thrown in  :)

 A couple of lettuces, mangetout peas, the first of the Wizard beans and garlic scapes. There are also strawberries to pick in the raised beds at home, so off to get them in a minute.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Enfield Glen on June 18, 2021, 09:51
First Courgette harvest yesterday, all this rain and I will soon have the usual Courgette mountain
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: snowdrops on June 18, 2021, 12:10
Lettuce by the hundredweight & cabbages from the tunnel (primo) that I was given as seedlings, must say the greyhound ones I’ve grown from seed have a firmer heart so will be better value for space taken up
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Alank on June 18, 2021, 21:18
First of the Charlotte potatoes some broccoli and cabbage leaves, half a dozen eggs off the bantams and a sprig of mint to go with a nice piece of lamb tomorrow.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: snowdrops on June 19, 2021, 20:23
First potatoes of the season, strawberries, lettuces-given away & kohl rabi also given away
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: lettice on June 20, 2021, 09:17
Loads of broad beans
Strawberries
Peas
Charlotte and International Kidney potatoes
Piles of mint, some to use today and a load to freeze and make mint sauce in jars for using over winter.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Hampshire Hog on June 30, 2021, 21:13
Raspberries, lettuce, courgettes & purple sprouting broccoli HH
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: lettice on July 02, 2021, 08:42
Picking this every other day at the moment.
This picking was Sweet peas, Broad beans, Mangetout, Peas, Asparagus, Gooseberries.
Two types of Kale, Nero di Toscana and Fizz.
New potatoes; Charlotte, Red Duke of York and International Kidney.
Herbs; mint, rosemary, oregano, marjoram and bay leaves.

Also, not in photo picking once a week or so, Chard, Spinach, rhubarb, spring onions, lettuce and plenty of Strawberries.

Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: snowdrops on July 04, 2021, 15:52
First 2 courgettes  :D & 2nd variety of potato, Accord,very impressed with these- all from the tunnel
The potatoes actually on the scales were from Fridays harvest of the Accord
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Alank on July 10, 2021, 11:51
Potatoes parsley broccoli cabbage cauliflower chard spinach peas white turnip and eggs and I will pick some strawberries and sweet pea flowers this evening,  happy days.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Plot 1 Problems on July 10, 2021, 15:53
Last of the broad beans and a few peas (not many made it back to the house  :nowink: )
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Subversive_plot on July 13, 2021, 01:42
Cucumbers and tomatoes . . . Add some hard-boiled eggs and it's tomorrow's lunch!
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on July 15, 2021, 08:09
First beefsteak tomato from the greenhouse  :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on July 17, 2021, 08:04
And more from Thursday. Currants, gooseberries, french beans, mangetout and spring onions  :D
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: snowdrops on July 17, 2021, 15:19
First 4 tomatoes, masses of large beetroot that I’ve given to our daughter, a few spring onions, 2 courgettes & 4 cucumbers all from the poly tunnel . Oh & the 2nd bunch of dahlias & then a few sunflowers.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: SimonF1 on July 21, 2021, 13:31
Got some cucumbers, they're doing well. Tomatoes are still green but there were some gooseberries and raspberries ready, together with strawberries and a lettuce. No spuds this year, all been eaten.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: snowdrops on July 21, 2021, 16:21
 Picked a load more cucumbers,some tomatoes from the tunnel & greenhouse,2 straight courgettes & 2 round,  more broad, green & yellow french beans. :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Alank on July 23, 2021, 21:47
Think I will make a nice omelette with tomatoes peas and spinach for breakfast then for tea roast beef with the veg and Yorkshire puddings  :D
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Plot 1 Problems on July 27, 2021, 19:08
First courgette of the year!
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on July 27, 2021, 19:56
Snap!

Plus the first outdoor tomato  :D
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: New shoot on August 04, 2021, 19:51
A couple of small summer cabbages, a courgette, a mini cuke, tomatoes and french beans from the plot.

Bonus for the chooks as well. A handful of wheat that grew out of some bark chips that were in their run and that I was using as mulch  :)
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: KalisDad on August 09, 2021, 19:17
2 cucumbers, 3 cherry tomatoes and a beef tomato, 4 golden bell, 5 hungarian hot wax and 6 frigilitto peppers, tomorrow will be cabbage (Greyhound) and some carrots (Nantes), Cauliflower is coming out to be reseeded with all year round and pea avola will be picked (still cropping heavily) my first moneymaker tomatoes are ripening in the greenhouse so will be picked and ripened off the bush.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Subversive_plot on August 12, 2021, 20:51
Pick a caption:

One of these things is not like the others.

or

How to blend in ... poorly.

Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: snowdrops on August 12, 2021, 22:23
A huge  bowlful of mixed tomatoes from the greenhouse & 2 cucumbers from the tunnel that I gave to my friend & a cabbage that went her way too, 2 very large kohl Rabi, I gave 1 away to a fellow plotter & brought 1 home to try with my salad for lunch & then forgot to have.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Hampshire Hog on August 14, 2021, 09:29
Cleared my beetroot bed yesterday and cooked them in the pressure cooker.
Two lots cooked so far 20minutes for the biggest & 15 minutes for the next size. Have a few tiddlers left but not bad considering the rabbits :ohmy:. HH
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Hampshire Hog on August 15, 2021, 09:36
Collected six sweet corn cobs last night. Despite the variable weather the couple we had last night were sweet and tasty. HH
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: MrsPea on August 15, 2021, 16:51
Hows this for a harvest of onions
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: goose on August 16, 2021, 17:53
picked the first 2 of my figs :) french beans and runner beans galore. some toms. courgettes obviously and a cucumber. perpetual spinach. salad and picked just one sweetcorn to see if it was ready, didnt think it was, but after a quick boil, it was stunning....i just need to start picking the rest before the vermin cotton on :mad:
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Hampshire Hog on August 16, 2021, 20:13
Good point goose better check the rest of my sweet corn before the rabbits get them :ohmy: HH
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: SimonF1 on August 18, 2021, 16:26
Cucumbers and onions did well. Garlic decided that this was not their year. All the rain got the slugs active. The first half of summer was hot and dry so almost completely without slug activity.
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: mumofstig on August 18, 2021, 17:00
It's been a weird year, and meant I am very late pruning back the brambles that grow over over the fence from the railway line. So today, when I finally started the job, I was pleased to pick 2 big bowlfuls of blackberries. With a few apples off my tree, they'll make some nice pies  :D
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Subversive_plot on August 18, 2021, 20:30
... "I was pleased to pick 2 big bowlfuls of blackberries. With a few apples off my tree, they'll make some nice pies"  :D

Apples, mixed with blackberries (or blueberries) make a fantastic pie!
Just let me knw when I should show up for dessert!  :lol: :D :nowink:
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: snowdrops on August 18, 2021, 20:50
Harvested this years crop of blueberries.....all 3 of them  :lol: a few of what surely must be the last of the summer raspberries & 3 blackberries from the fruit cage- it’s coming out later this year as they have a definite twang to them, I much prefer the wild ones around the edge of the site!
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: goose on August 26, 2021, 08:56
after so many crop failures this year, i am thrilled to have eaten my first ever home grown melon....lush! :D
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: snowdrops on August 26, 2021, 10:06
During the last few days/week these:
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Mr Dog on September 12, 2021, 23:49
Last few days it's been beans, cucumbers, beans, raspberries, beans, cucumbers, raspberries, cucumbers, blueberries, courgettes, broccoli, tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, cauliflower, raspberries, beans, raspberries, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, beans, beans, raspberries and beans... :nowink:

Not complaining, except the beans have a funny effect on Mrs D, but.....there are artichokes to come  ???
Title: Re: Daily Harvest
Post by: Subversive_plot on September 18, 2021, 03:36
Harvested okra, wax beans, cherry tomatoes, banana peppers.
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Post by: snowdrops on September 27, 2021, 18:02
Trying again to show off my huge pepper that I’ve been cosseting, I’ve never done well with peppers but this first year with my poly tunnel they’ve all done well & one plant has produced this beast that weighed 12 & a half ounces  :lol:
Also here’s a huge trug full of mainly ripe toms from the tunnel that are now residing in my pantry as tomato,basil & garlic soup & pasatta  :lol:
See if I can post a photo today, these were harvested along with the aubergines on Thursday before I set off to visit my sister.
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Post by: New shoot on October 02, 2021, 15:54
Birds eye chillies that have been drying on the plants in the greenhouse.  I reckon it has got too wet outside for anything but damp air to circulate now, so brought them in and cut them off the branches.  A job for patience, but fine on a wet day with a cup of coffee by your side to keep you company.

They can finish drying off inside and be ready to blow the top of our heads off whenever we feel the need for it :lol:  Nothing like a dreary day to increase your appetite for hot, spicy food  :)
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Post by: Subversive_plot on October 08, 2021, 10:30
We have an abundance of jalapenos this year, I've just prepped this 1.4 pound lot to go into a batch of Mexican hot sauce.

I found out that you can make hot sauce and freeze it, so we will likely make another batch or two of hot sauce, red or green, before the season is done.
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Post by: snowdrops on October 10, 2021, 21:19
A few cherry tomatoes eaten straight from the vine & a small cucumber,dealt with in the same way  :lol:. A handful of runner beans from the tunnel & a punnet of beautiful raspberries. There would have been an egg but 1 of the old hens chased 1 of the new ones just as I stepped out of the run, made me jump to shut the door & I crushed the egg  :mad:
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Post by: JayG on October 26, 2021, 20:31
Not been into the GH for about a week because as you might expect everything's pretty much done for now.
Amazed to find 6 mini cukes (La Diva) and a few handfuls of usable tomatoes.  :)
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Post by: snowdrops on November 13, 2021, 16:36
 Cucumbers & salad leaves-mizuna,endive & iceberg
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Post by: AndyRVTR on November 14, 2021, 13:24
Just the one small parsnip today, plus some green beans & swede from the freezer that I harvested a while ago!
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Post by: snowdrops on November 17, 2021, 20:12
A few raspberries & a very small handful of french beans- green & yellow from a late sowing in the poly tunnel
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Post by: Subversive_plot on November 20, 2021, 02:09
With a chance of frost tonight, and a hard freeze certain on Monday, I harvested the last of the jalapeno and sweet banana peppers (about 4 pounds of the former, 1 pound of the latter). Most of the jalapenos will go into green hot sauce. The banana peppers will be used fresh in salad, or may be pickled.
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Post by: Snow on December 04, 2021, 20:56
A kilo of sprouts, can really recommend Brilliant F1 if you want an early sprout.
One 1.2kg tundra cabbage, first of the season.
 Couple of kilos of beetroot.
About 500g of salad leaves - mizuna, mibuna, claytonia, land cress, salad rocket, chervil, pea shoots.
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Post by: Plot 1 Problems on December 05, 2021, 15:21
Given up any hope of the chillies ripening, brought them in along with the last couple of spring onions and a rogue tomato. One of the tom plants had started flowering again!
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Post by: snowdrops on December 05, 2021, 16:47
My first swede in many a year, was incredibly hard to peel & chop & a funny colour on the outside but tasted fine.
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Post by: comfreykid on December 23, 2021, 22:03
Celeriac , good crop this year ‘cos l remembered to water them .
Made a gorgeous soup ( lots of cream ) , really warmed the cockles   :)
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Post by: Plot 1 Problems on December 24, 2021, 16:30
The Christmas harvest today, baby carrots, a solitary parsnip and a cabbage.
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Post by: snowdrops on December 24, 2021, 21:50
A small red cabbage, a bunch of small carrots, 2 types of radish that I forgot to put in tonight’s salad! 4 eggs  :D 3 leeks & I went to get some parsnips up but stopped at this one  :lol:
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Post by: comfreykid on December 29, 2021, 21:59
Celeriac and leeks for dinner , and a bag full of spinach for tomorrows breakfast omelette. :)