[New shoot]

(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.

[andyww2013]

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.

[snowdrops]

Blackberries & first harvest of rather a lot of gherkins.

[Subversive_plot]

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. 
 

[New shoot]

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 

[snowdrops]

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

[Plot 1 Problems]

A good bit of everything today. It's great to finally be bringing some food home from the plot this year!

[New shoot]

My harvest today from home. Tomatoes, peppers, celery, a couple more figs and a load of french beans 

[Thrutchington]

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.

[New shoot]

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.

[New shoot]

More today - spuds, raspberries and a pumpkin.  It seems early for the pumpkin, but the plant had completely died off, so it was ready 

[Eric44]

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.

[Plot 1 Problems]

Crops coming in thick and fast now (7 cucumbers  ) Including my first ever aubergines, well chuffed with those

[Eric44]

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.

[mumofstig]

The first Reif's Red Heart tomato is ripe, it's for lunch with the hardboiled egg 

oops it's turned sideways