1st August 2013
Now summer is in full swing, harvesting is almost a full time job.
Chard, beans and courgettes are ready for picking every couple of days. Soon my second batch of lettuce will be ready and I now need to start digging up some potatoes as I need the space for some seed raised onions that are ready to go in. I am hoping these will be ready for harvest in late spring.
At home, my 'Inca' plum tomatoes are swelling up nicely.
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Check out this year's garlic harvest! Awesome.
Yesterday I made four veg bags from calico to keep some of the harvest. Each bag holds about five or six kilos. I also harvested 1kg of courgettes and about a kilo of beans, peas and mangetout (in total).
On the down side, I sprayed some of my cabbages a few days ago and the weather was rather hot yesterday and they now look a little burnt. Fingers crossed that they recover. I had a similar issue last year with some swede but it bounced back and was fine.
2nd August 2013
Been busy digging up potatoes today. I am about fair pooped out! From one row, which is what I harvested I got 3.5kgs of 'Foremost' and 4kgs of 'Pink Fir Apple'. They have been washed and are currently laid out on the lawn drying off.
Yesterday I made four veg bags from calico to keep some of the harvest. Each bag holds about five or six kilos. I also harvested 1kg of courgettes and about a kilo of beans, peas and mangetout (in total).
On the down side, I sprayed some of my cabbages a few days ago and the weather was rather hot yesterday and they now look a little burnt. Fingers crossed that they recover. I had a similar issue last year with some swede but it bounced back and was fine.
