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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