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Oh dear, went on holiday for a week and come back- the peas have come and gone bit frustrating as I carefully sewn 3 rows each 3 weeks apart. Still the stawberrries are best ever and the goosberries even more overwhelming than last year, looks like redcurrents will be enough to make something for a change too.

Harvesting ?????

I've only just got plot. Managed to clear a little bit
Planted peas, radishes, beetroot, lettuces, spuds( though god know's how they'll do) peas. I thought they've got 2 chances LOL

Plus a rapidly expanding pile of poo ready for autumn digging in :-)

At home we've got toms, sweetcorn plus the above stuff

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ps. Anyone in North Norfolk got any spare carpet or black plastic ? Water Butts extremely needed too :-)

Hi all,what a fantastic time of the year!I just got in from my veg garden and at the mo just harvesting some 2nd earlies spuds,spinach,salad leaves,strawberries and chives.I have alot of other things growing but not ready as yet.I am nearly 50 yrs of age and I still get excited about digging up spuds!

Found some redcurrants today!

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happyhippy wrote:Hi all,what a fantastic time of the year!I just got in from my veg garden and at the mo just harvesting some 2nd earlies spuds,spinach,salad leaves,strawberries and chives.I have alot of other things growing but not ready as yet.I am nearly 50 yrs of age and I still get excited about digging up spuds!

I'm 63 and don't eat potatoes and only grow them for my OH, but who can fail to be moved by uncovering them from the ground. I love all the different shapes, colours and sizes of all the various varieties.

Redcurrants too, aarrrggghhh hate picking the stupid things, and hate prepping them! I've only managed 900g so far and the rest are still in the fridge or indeed still on the two bushes.

And peas today - recipe for risotto on my blog.

oooh this thread is like a bit like a dirty magazine for me... ooooh strawberries, cherries, peas mmmmmmm....I wish I had problems with having too many currants to prep!
I must go muck about in the compost and give my pea seedlings some hard stares.
I id get an email telling me the apples and hazelnuts trees/suckers are being lifted now so soon I will have something to plant if not actually harvest.
Gardening is a lesson in patience for me which I haven't finished learning.

That's the fun of Ish - there's always somebody harvesting something, somewhere....

First cucumber - yay!

Pulled my garlic today, and after the amazing year I had last year (still eating the massive bulbs) and having used my champions to plant this years crop, this year was.... rubbish
I think the wet winter has rotted quite a few, I have about 2 really good bulbs from 2 rows. Most are shrivelled and look like there won't be anything in there.

Still wondering what I can do wit all my gooseberries, considering the injuries sustained in harvest I'm not keen to waste them!

Peggy Sue wrote:Still wondering what I can do wit all my gooseberries, considering the injuries sustained in harvest I'm not keen to waste them!

Go mackerel fishing and live healthily for a couple of weeks ... mmm

Dug up my first garlic today, it's become a bit of a ritual in this house that the first green garlic is made into a cream sauce and smothered over fried chicken breasts.
If the rest are like the first one I won't be disappointed as it's about the size of the ones you get in the shops.
We will see ....

My small ones which were in the shade are like the puny ones you get in the shops - the ones in the sun are massive. Or do you get massive ones in Ireland in the shops?

A bit like last year's ....

Third year for the redcurrant bushes and number one has yielded a whole pound of redcurrants - and the second bush looks to have less on it, which is a bit disappointing. Still, it's nearly twice as much as last year, so next year...
Bumper crop of gooseberries, but only on the 'traditional' bush - the one with thorns and hairy gooseberries. The smooth and red varieties aren't doing so well. At least this year they're under netting as I've lost the lot to jays (probably) in previous years.
As last year, I'll have more blackcurrants than I know what to do with. I could open a 'pick your own' with just the two bushes
I was given some peas last night (mine are about 2 inches tall) and dug up one plant of second earlies so I could have new potatoes, peas, broad beans and carrots in a garlic mayo (I didn't grow the mayo) on a bed of mixed lettuce with rocket, land cress, basil, sorrel and chervil. The potatoes aren't ready yet - there were some tiny ones that hadn't developed - but it was worth the sacrifice to have that meal!

That's what my big ones are like Tony but the ones from the supermarkets are only a 1/3 of the size. Granted they will get a bit smaller when they dry out but I like big ones (ooh err! ).