Harvesting

Been a busy week or two with work but still managing twice weekly visits to water the greenhouse, keep the tomatoes in order and generally check over things, kill off any blackfly, keep the paths trimmed and pick rhubarb.  Everything is growing really well and the cabbages and other brassicas seem to be recovering after the inital onslaught by slugs and snails and pigeons and anything else that took a fancy to them, the kohl rabi is doing exceptionally well and beetroot are looking healthy.  All in all, the weather is doing the plots a world of good (although the weeds are always a problem!)

 





 

With both plots pretty much planted up now we have:

Plot 69 - broad beans, dwarf beans, runner beans, climbing beans, 3 different carrots, parsnips, potatoes, 2 different beetroot, calendula, raspberries, gooseberries, jostaberries, cabbages, swiss chard, rhubarb, 3 different white onions, red onions, leeks, garlic, herbs, cauliflowers, curly kale and spinach.

Plot 119 - rhubarb, strawberries, broad beans, climbing beans, dwarf beans, potatoes, hops, celery, celariac, chard, sweetcorn, florence fennel, bronze fennel, kohl rabi, 3 different cauliflowers, 2 different brussel sprouts, tomatoes, cucumbers, aubergines, sweet peppers, courgettes and cape gooseberries.

And at home... rhubarb, potatoes, broad beans, peas, garlic, red and white onions, chard, celery, baby marrows, hops, celariac, tomatoes and chilli peppers.

Today for tea we are going to be having some home grown onions, broad beans, carrots and peas - from 3 feet outside the back door!  Doesnt get much fresher than that!