I didn’t have much time today at the allotment, it was basically a quick W.H,R .. (Water, Harvest … Run) session, in order to make sure I take time for myself and cool down a bit – I took my camera along for some progress pictures.
9 different ”things” were harvested today, (my dried Lemon Balm is not in the picture):
- Tomato ‘Purple Ukraine’ – the big redish split tomatoes in the left of the pic,
- Aztec Broccoli – the bunch of flower tips in the top left,
- Czar Runner Beans – the green beans,
- Purple French Beans,
- Belleville Sorrel (perennial)- the large leaves on the right,
- Salad Burnet (Perennial) – the jagged-edged leaves below the Sorrel (Is also a wild flower),
- Fennel – next to the Salad Burnet,
- Over-ripe tomatoes (Purple Ukraine and Bush Legend) – these are to save seed from
- A batch of shed-dried Lemon Balm for tea
The tomatoes must have been a little bit dry so when we had that rain the other day the fruits then split, nevertheless I cut out the manky bits and chopped the rest up to be used either in a soup or pasta dish. I’m contemplating using the beans to make a jar of pickled beans for winter storage as I should still get loads off of the upcoming bean plants – the Sorrel, Fennel and Salad Burnet were pretty much devoured today in a very nice Salad everyone enjoyed.
Thinking back, I could have probably kicked over one or two of the Potato planters to get a harvest, that’s the good thing about Potatoes, they stay in until you need them – this year I have made pretty decent effort in potato production, there are two planters at home (one only went in recently), 3 planters on the allotment and one group in the ground that is the most recent of the Allotment potatoes – I placed these in a companion planting / support guild with the Purple French Beans
Food foraging wise, I found a nice fig tree local to my workplace and managed perhaps half a kilo of fruit from it, as much as I’d like to make a fig only jam, this really isn’t enough so I may experiment with Fig, Blackberry and Elderberry mix or perhaps just head over to a veg shop and buy another half-kilo to make the jam? ….
Decisions .. decisions
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The aztec broccoli is a new one for me. Is it a bit like fat hen? Looks like you got a good meal from that.
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Yes very similar especially in leaf shape etc. I have just harvested the second batch from the same plants today, seems like there will be a third harvest as well but much smaller, today I must have gotten double amount compared to last time. Nice plant too, no issues with pests. Believe it or not, that first batch is still in the fridge waiting to be used, I’m planning to use it tonight, might be a simple shallow fry with salt and some lemon with Asparagus perhaps?
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