Topic: Recent cropping...

[saddad]

I'm very impressed with these carrots

and these Barlotti beans


these runners are good for comparison..


and the tomatoes... picked before we went to France for half term..




and a bit more

 ;D

[Amazin]

Good show!

I too had some success on the plot today, I harvested a parsnip that was 3cm long!!

...no, my eyes aren't green, it's a trick of the light...

 ;D

[angle shades]

 :) excellent  Saddad / shades x

[Weed-Digga]

Saddad - lovely crop, well done.

Love those really dark cherry toms, what variety are they?

[cleo]

Well impressive.

I hope you do not think I`m trying to be a clever smarty pants but I would have left those Borlotti to dry a little more on the plant if you want to store them as a dried bean. They are great as they are though.

[ellkebe]

Great haul Saddad.  The runners look delicious.

[Lauren S]

The harvest is always the best part. Everything looks really healthy Saddad. Well done  :)

[saddad]

Black Cherry Weed Digga... a 69p trial packet from T + M ... one of the best this year even more vigerous than Sungold but not as sweet, but not an F1 so I can save seed!

[artichoke]

It's absolutely amazing that you are still cropping all this beautiful stuff. Around me (East Sussex) everything seems to have stopped dead after a recent frost. I have been going around people with rattling shrivelled  runner beans asking them if I can have the pods (peel them, and cook the beans) and they all say yes. Not a green bean in sight!

[saddad]

My runners are still up but the courgettes near them got frosted off!
 ::)

[Weed-Digga]

Black Cherry Weed Digga... a 69p trial packet from T + M ... one of the best this year even more vigerous than Sungold but not as sweet, but not an F1 so I can save seed!

Thanks Sadad, I've got some of those for next year. Also planning to grow Tigrella, Ildi, Golden Sunrise, Sub Arctic Plenty (Freebies!) Marmande (seed mat - never tried before) and 'Taste of Italy' Tomato Roma (plum).

We love our Tommies!! :)

[saddad]

Grew Marmande this year and was impressed, it is still fruiting in a cold greenhouse. Didn't like Ildi when I grew it a few years ago... have lots of Heritage varieties from HDRA seed library!
 ;D

[Weed-Digga]

Oops! Forgot the new arrivals:

Reisetomate, Beam's Yellow Pear, Federle and the tiny Currant Toms Goldrush and Sweet Pea.

[star]

Wow saddad, really great harvest.......very impressed ;)

[antipodes]

I hope you do not think I`m trying to be a clever smarty pants but I would have left those Borlotti to dry a little more on the plant if you want to store them as a dried bean. They are great as they are though.

Actually here is France a lot of these types of beans are called "half-dried" (demi sec) and they are used in their softish state, rather than completely dried. You can shell them and freeze them when they are still half dried. They simmerin the pressure cooker in about 25 minutes and they are lovely with some lamb or pork. My Continental tip for the day :-)