[New shoot]

I've been trying to get more of an all year supply of veg from the plot and am getting there slowly.  I'm planning a quick plot visit today to harvest the last couple of autumn cabbage and leeks, but after a quick inspection yesterday, I've done fairly well with winter crops I think 


This is my list 

In the ground
Oca
January King cabbage
Savoy cabbage
Black kale
Red kale
Tree cabbage
Winter leeks

In store
Onions
Garlic
Shallots
Squash
Pumpkin

In the freezer
Tomatoes in the form of sauce
Gooseberries
Raspberries, loganberries and tayberries
Broad beans

[pigguns]

  no PSB or Romenesco? or swedes? Spinach or chard? 

Mind you I have no idea what a tree cabbage is 

umm also
red cabbage
kales
Sprouts  but only 4 plants this year!


ooh and cloched lettuce.

[tosca100]

Not much stays in the ground over winter here, but there are still (maybe useless) sprouts, cabbage, cauli, kale, chard, carrots and lettuce in, (and garlic and onions for next year)

In the cellar butternuts and lots of bottled toms in various guises, garlic, bottled fruit and pickles, and a freezer bursting with summer veg, sunblush tomatoes for salads and onions (they started rotting so had to be frozen,) more fruit, chillis, leeks. The only thing we need to buy are potatoes. There are dried onions, garlc, beans and fruit too, in case of freezer breakdown.

[AnneB]

In the ground I have quite a lot for winter:
Leeks, parsnips, leaf beet, salsify, turnip, lettuce (under fleece now), chicory, celeriac, celery, swede, gilfeather's turnip/swede thing, brussels sprouts, mustard greens, tuscan kale, red cabbage,  and for next year's crops PSB, spring cabbage, garlic, field beans and onions.  I am going to put some winter lettuce in the polytunnel.

In the freezer: parsnips, swede, tomatoes for sauce, tomato sauce, ratatouille, peas, broad beans, runner beans, cabbage, grated courgette, beetroot, turnips, fennel, raspberries, gooseberries, blackcurrants, blackberries, apples.

In store: squash (2 varieties), onions, garlic, shallots, kohlrabi, mooli radish, carrots and a few potatoes.

Processed: oven dried tomatoes, blackcurrant, raspberry, blackberry and apple, strawberry and gooseberry jams.  Cider apple butter, courgette pickle, cauliflower and radish pickle,  pickled beetroot with shallots,  pickled runner beans, tomato ketchup and chilli jam.   Today I am making harissa paste with the last of the tomatoes and chilli peppers.

Very happy with harvest this year.

[sunshineband]

Like your idea of the harissa paste, AnneB. would you mind sharing how you do this please?

In the ground still I have:
oca
red curly kale
red cabbage
pointy spring cabbage (ready to eat already)
PSB for late Spring
leeks
parsnips
carrots

In store:
potatoes, onions
shallots
garlic
loads of squashes

In the freezer:
runner beans
French beans
mangetout
baby sweetcorn
broad beans
peas

Dried:
various beans
apple rings
pear slices
strawberry slices
courgette crisps with black pepper
raspberry powder

Bottles/jars from own produce:
"cook-in" tomato sauces in a range of flavours
pickled shallots
red chilli jelly
green chilli & coriander jelly
mint jelly
grape & rosemary jelly
chilli & tomato chutney
mixed tomato chutney
cucumber relish
sweetcorn relish
piccalilli
pickled beetroot
beetroot chutney
rosemary oil
thyme oil
jostaberry jam
blackberry & apple jam
bramble jelly
raspberry jam
raspberry jelly
damson jam
blackcurrant jelly
gooseberry & elderflower jelly
loganberry jelly
sloe gin
raspberry vodka
blackberry brandy

I was surprised at how much there is once I looked in the cupboards 

Pickled red cabbage still to come 

[surbie100]

Blimey you're all amazing!

In the ground I've got gem lettuce, oca, PSB, kale, leeks, beetroot, salsify, root parsley and carrots still to harvest.
In store: potatoes, garlic, chillies and squash
In the freezer: chillies, gooseberries, broadbeans
Bottled: hibiscus cordial, 7 bottles of sloe gin, currently 2 bottles of sloe port - but that will increase as the gin gets filtered.
Hedgerow quince jelly being made now

Piero's eaten most of the dehydrated stuff, but I have whacked a massive 'Do Not Snaffle' notice on the remaining strawberries.

Actually, in writing this I'm quite surprised at what I still have going. 

[AnneB]

Like your idea of the harissa paste, AnneB. would you mind sharing how you do this please?

I use the River Cottage recipe.  Makes 2 smallish jars

250 g tomatoes
50 g chillies ( hot preferable if you want the paste to have enough bite)
2 fat garlic cloves
50 g shallots
1 tsp caraway seeds
1 tsp coriander seeds
Half tsp salt
50 ml olive oil

Drop tomatoes in pan boiling water for 30 secs to remove skin, then scoop out seeds.   If I am feeling lazy I don't bother with this bit, I don't mind a bit of texture, but the result is less of a paste.
Remove stalk from chillies.  If you want the paste very hot leave the seeds in, or remove some or all of them to taste.
Put all the ingredients except the oil in a food processor or similar and blitz until well blended.  Tip into small saucepan, heat and boil for approx 10 minutes until reduced and starting to thicken.  Leave to cool a bit then pack in warm sterilised jars, leaving a 1cm gap at the top.  Pour oil over the paste to cover it and seal the jars.
It keeps for up to 4 months, but you can freeze it in portions to keep longer.  Make sure jar is covered with layer of oil.

http://www.rivercottage.net/recipes/harissa-paste/

Copied over onto the Cooking & Preserving board 

[New shoot]

no PSB or Romenesco? or swedes? Spinach or chard? 

Mind you I have no idea what a tree cabbage is 

I do have chard - forgot about that    Swede - well let's not talk about that this year    Suffice to say, my black thumbs regarding them have resurfaced after my triumph last year 

Tree cabbage is something I am trying from Real Seeds - piccy in my diary here.

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=101081.msg1364001#msg1364001

I forgot about all the processed stuff    I haven't done many preserves, but I do have pickled beetroot and shallots, italian style brined and pickled peppers, raspberry vodka and from the dehydrator - mint, french beans, strawberries, raspberries, apples, chillies, peppers, anchocha and tomato skin powder.

Great lists from everyone    Nice to have a read through on a grey day when not much can be done outside 

[beesrus]

Wow, that is seriously impressive Sunshineband. I just don't think I'll ever get my preserving head around that wonderful variety of stuff. Would love to have it all in my cupboard though

For me in the ground still are brussels, kale, spring cabbage, PSB, swede, carrots, beetroot, parsnips, leeks, fresh chilies still, all the usual herbs and a couple of red cabbage for pickling shortly.

Frozen are broad beans, sweet corn, runner beans, beetroot, raspberries, blackberries, tomato sauces.
Dried runner beans, French haricot, 10 butternuts, onions, potatoes, assorted chutneys, dried chili flakes and powder.

Sometimes I grow a crop with the specific aim of preserving it, but just end up scoffing the lot fresh. I should have more discipline or just grow bigger crops. Bought fresh veg from the Co-op this weekend for the first time since April. They'll take away my membership if I'm not careful.

[strangerachael]

Dried:
various beans
apple rings
pear slices
strawberry slices
courgette crisps with black pepper
raspberry powder

Do you use a dehydrator Sunshineband or low oven/airing cupboard? and I'm interested to know how you use your raspberry powder?

[surbie100]

from the dehydrator - mint, french beans, strawberries, raspberries, apples, chillies, peppers, anchocha and tomato skin powder.

How do you do the french beans and achocha New shoot? I'd definitely be interested in drying those next year as they just keep on cropping....!

[barley]

2 chest freezers full of summer crops ( to many to list )  and cakes made from chooks eggs when plentiful

in the ground
Jan kings
Brussels
PSB

Leeks

celeriac

still getting leaf beet due to mild autumn 

onions and garlics in store

and an array of pickles and chutney's to keep us going till next year 

[Markw]

I must say it has been a good year

In the ground
Oca
Yacon
PSB
Leeks
Carrots
Parsnips
Sprouts
Chard
Swede
Spring Onions
Horseradish


Stored

Potato's
Butter nut Squash
Onions
Shallots
Garlic
Apples

Pickled / Bottled

Onions
Shallots
Beetroot
Chutney
Gherkins
Piccalilli
Garlic Paste
Chilli Paste
Raspberry Jam
Blackberry jam

In the Freezer

Runner Beans
French Beans
Chilli's and Peppers
Raspberry's
Blackberry's

Dried

Chilli.s
Herbs
Tobacco

For drinking

Sloe Gin
Raspberry Vodka
Chilli Vodka
Blackberry Brandy   

[Nobbie]

I'm still picking tomatoes from the greenhouse, they should go nicely with the Romanescu Cheese I'm making tonight

[ryetek]

There are some very impressive lists above. Well done! Here's our list:

In The Ground
The last Autumn Cabbage
Brussels Sprouts
Winter Cabbages
Leeks
Swedes

In Store
Potatoes
Beetroot
Red Onions
White Onions
Butternut Squash

Jars (home made from our own produce of course)
Strawberry Jam
Raspberry Jam
Green Tomato Chutney

Frozen
Sweetcorn
Peas
Broad Beans
Runner Beans
French Beans
Peppers
Brussels Sprouts
Raspberries