Saturday, 11 August 2012

Mighty fine haul

Today has been a good day... the sun was shining and I harvested a mighty fine haul from the garden.

Emptied the first sack of very pretty bonnie potatoes; this is the first time I have grown this variety and am very pleased with the results


A lovely selection of beetroot had reached picking size, so they came up


Tomatoes are ripening quite frequently now, so this is what gets picked on almost a daily basis


I have never been known for patience and my lack of it got the better of me today; I've been admiring the foliage on the parsnips and wondering what was happening under the ground so pulled one up


I should also be harvesting cucumbers and courgettes right now but it just isn't happening; so far I have only had 3 cucs and the plants aren't producing anything else so I made the decision to put them out of their misery and pull them up. On the courgette front I have not had a single one... I'll probably end up pulling them up as well, but saw a ray of hope on one of the plants this afternoon so will give them another week or so.

But, I don't want to finish on a negative so here are first blackberries of the year



It may only be a grand total of 3 at the moment, but there are loads more just about to turn so watch this space...

Things are looking up

Finally the chillies are starting to ripen... seems like I've been waiting a loooong time


Could get a batch or two of chilli jam after all this year.

Onions & Garlic The End...

... well, only because I don't have to do anything more than eat them.

Since pulling them up I have been trying to beat the (many) rain clouds and putting them out in the sun to dry; they've come up trumps



In a few weeks I'll be planting out next year's harvest...