Re: What are you harvesting today?

by Dandelion 27th February 2014, 10:01 pm

Not much left to harvest here either - the tops of some kale plants which'll be good in a stir fry at the weekend, The chickens have obligingly finished off a few bits and pieces, and last weekend I baked the last of the beetroot. Better get the seeds going...

by freebird 25th March 2014, 8:22 pm

Some really nice purple sprouting broccoli. I couldn't keep the cabbage whites out completely, but no pigeon damage. It's the best purple sprouting I've ever managed, and very welcome at this time of year.

by Dandelion 26th March 2014, 5:03 pm

well done FB! It's so expensive to buy...

by freebird 3rd April 2014, 10:42 pm

My first ever spears of asparagus. A long skinny one and a very fat one. They went in the stir fry tonight.

by Jaded Green 4th April 2014, 8:01 am

Wow FB. would love to grow asparagus but have such a tiny garden

by Dandelion 4th April 2014, 7:06 pm

freebird wrote:My first ever spears of asparagus. A long skinny one and a very fat one. They went in the stir fry tonight.

How long ago did you plant the asparagus FB?

by freebird 4th April 2014, 9:36 pm

Three years ago. I had decided where they were to go, ordered the crowns, and then went down with flu. They arrived before I was well enough to do anything - hadn't even got the ground ready. I was praying they were well packed and not shrivelling up, but they all survived. The foxes dug up several of the young crowns in the first year - I must have replanted one of them three times. So it feels like a bit of a miracle to have actually had a harvest.

by Dandelion 5th April 2014, 3:11 pm

Worth waiting for!

by freebird 3rd June 2014, 7:59 pm

Raspberries. They're going on my breakfast tomorrow!

by Dandelion 3rd June 2014, 10:07 pm

freebird wrote:Raspberries. They're going on my breakfast tomorrow!

Jealous! - I planted new autumn raspberries a while ago in the bit of the garden which the chickens run about in, thinking that the raspberry canes would be too tall for the chickens to reach. Wrong - they have decimated them! haven't got time to rectify the situation now, but will be constructing some sort of cages for them next year!! (The berries not the hens...)

by Chilli-head 3rd June 2014, 10:19 pm

No raspberries here yet, but we did have the first broad beans at the weekend.

by Ploshkin 4th June 2014, 8:57 am

The only thing I have harvested is the last of last year's carrots about a fortnight ago!
No chance of raspberries for a while yet - the flowers haven't even opened.
Dandelion, the best raspberries I get are on canes beside the cattle pens. The cows always eat the tops over the fence & I always get huge raspberries on the lower parts of the canes that they can't reach.

by Dandelion 4th June 2014, 6:04 pm

Mmm, at the moment the rapsberry plants have been chewed off at ground level, despite the fact I've put netlon over in an arch shape. I think a more carefully worked out structure is needed. Thankfully the tayberry is looking laden with fruit...

by Chilli-head 5th June 2014, 9:38 pm

I picked a few more broad beans, and a couple of strawberries - though the slugs have had more than I have so far. Looks like some of my tomatoes are just starting to turn colour Very Happy

by Dandelion 6th June 2014, 1:16 pm

My strawberries are small and green (sorry - that sounds like the start of a particularly tedious folk song...) but there are plenty of wild strawberries growing along the sides af the raised beds which are doing much better. Nature, eh?

by TamaraNicole 6th June 2014, 6:48 pm

We had a salad with greens and radish for lunch today, just delicious!

by Chilli-head 10th June 2014, 7:53 pm

Tomatoes

Yellow perfection and Sugary Tom. Not at the peak of fragrant ripeness, but I couldn't resist any longer !

by freebird 10th June 2014, 9:58 pm

Oh well done CH. Mine are still very green, although supposed to be an early variety. I swore last year that I wouldn't bother with them again, but as they were the only seed I had, and wasn't doing much veg, thought I would try them once more. Sown in Jan and grown in the greenhouse - Latah would have given me something by now.

by Ploshkin 11th June 2014, 9:19 am

I'm envious of all this harvesting but I'm watching the strawberries in the greenhouse - one is ripe enough to pick but I'm holding out for a few more.
I've got some troughs of little gem lettuces (from the seed swap packet) that are well on their way to getting hearts so shouldn't be too long before I have something to harvest.

by Dandelion 12th June 2014, 8:56 pm

I've picked three pounds of berries from my little goosegog, and there are still some on the plant to ripen further for a crumble. Jam making tomorrow - Mr D loves gooseberry jam but it's notoriously difficult to buy here. Will lay down stocks for the winter!

by Ploshkin 15th June 2014, 9:20 am

Strawberries!! Loads of lovely ones from the hanging baskets in my greenhouse, for once some nice, sunny weather has coincided with them starting to ripen.

Dandelion, have you ever done gooseberry jam with elderflowers (dangle a muslin bag in the jam while it's boiling). It gives it a whole, new dimension.

by Dandelion 15th June 2014, 5:21 pm

My recipe did suggest dangling some elderflowers in, but I couldn't say where our nearest tree is (I did dig up some elder plants from the garden, which had seeded them selves.) Will have to track some down for next time. I'm hoping the jostaberry has a bigger crop of fruit this year, as I think that would make lovely jam.

by Jaded Green 19th June 2014, 9:24 pm

picked some sad raspberries and some gooseberries today. Strawberries are ripening nicely and I have hopes for tomorrow.

by Dandelion 19th June 2014, 10:06 pm

Oh no JG - why are your raspberries sad?

by Jaded Green 20th June 2014, 7:40 am

I had this lovely idea of planting the fruit bushes - and raspberry canes by hte anpple tree to create a fruit area. Between the apple tree getting quite large (particularly as we've missed time to prine it for 2 years) and some other things growing up, they've not had enough light. The ones that have grown into our neighbours garden look better. I'm going to clear the area round the canes this weekend and we're going to prune in November this year. I'm also plannig to move the gooseberry and blackcurrant bushes into a less shady area over the winter - something I failed to do this year.

by Dandelion 20th June 2014, 1:31 pm

Sounds like a plan!

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