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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Roy Bham UK on June 02, 2005, 21:50:27
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;D I'm a happy chappy ;D my first crop from the lottie, I had hot spicy wings with side salad, some radish were Asda and some were mine from the lottie.
Asda = 05 points :P
Lottie = 10 points ;D
It can only get better 8) ;D
(http://img96.echo.cx/img96/5862/radish7tj.jpg) (http://www.imageshack.us)
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Snap, Roy!
I was out planting some more mini-veg when I decided to check how the first crop of radishes were doing. One by one up they came...I'm not ashamed to say I didn't even wash 'em - topped and tailed, a quick wipe, and they all disappeared. Tastiest snack of the year so far. Only thing is, I've had to sew TONS more!
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Well done Roy...we had our 1st this week too....great init?
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I harvested and we ate, on Wednesday 31st May, three globe artichokes, small but beautifully formed and absolutely delicious. What other delicacies are people harvesting despite the miserable weather?
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;D I think the Lettuce iceberg will be next although there is not a sign of the ball shape ??? should I wait or should I go and get it, ??? knife at the ready ;D itchy fingers ;D knife shakeing ;D big tart control yourself ::) ;D
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I've also had two lots of radish plus a few baby red leaves from my mixed salad crop.....oh - what about the rhubarb - have had that several times altho its only my first proper year for that and the stems are rather spindly!...
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They look lovely Roy, hope you ate those leaves too!!!
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Congratulations :) - I've sown loads of radishes, which have germinated then vanished again. Flea beetle...
moonbells
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Congrats on your first crop.
Radishes were mine too. Had about 20 more last weekend but OH discarded quite a few as they appeared to have been noshed on to some extent by some kind of bug. Not sure what'll be ready nexy; a Little Gem perhaps?
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Radishes - eaten
Mixed lettuce and rocket - eaten
Next up onions
After that (slugs and rabbits permitting) Little Gem
I'm getting to love this allotment lark ;D
Love the pic Roy. You must have really been chuckling when you were putting that together. Was it just for us or do you always eat your radishes like that? ;D
As I type my OH is putting more wood on to this corale. Hee ha ;D
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My first crop is Spinach, which I had last night in a stir-fry :-)
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We have had spring onions, loose leaf lettuce, little gem so far. First strawberries are now ready! And we have a constant supply of CCA salad leaves in tubs in the garden.
Roll on spuds....
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Roy - with quite a few lettuces, you can use the outer leaves while you're waiting. Keeps them out of the dirt too. Certainly, with Pablo, we're doing that.
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Our first proper crop has been broad beans. Picked a bag full last weekend & picked more yesterday for freezing. Shame my daughter hates 'em. Oh yes, 2 strawberries yesterday!
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asparagus, a few weeks ago. now have massive wait for anything as not a salad man.
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loads raddish and just cut 10 lettuce.
got told off last week for eating THE pea ;D was nice though, better on the plot than the table :-X
small carrots too...
Kohl Rabi nearly there. don`t much like it though. :P
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10 lettuces! You must love them ;D
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have been harvesting for 2/3 weeks now, radishes, spinach, mixed lettuce, cress, rocket. be bout 2 more weeks for toms & new pots. Have had loads of parsley from 2 x year old plants, lucky the cavies love it otherwise i'd have been over run by the stuff!!!
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Have had new potatoes from buckets over the last three weeks. Radish, lettuce and spring onion. I would have had rocket had I remembered to cover it with fleece. Broad beans for last two weeks. Rhubarb and now strawberries just starting. Courgettes just starting to form so will not be long.
My son when he came down to the allotment picked mint to eat and we then pulled up a carrot which he proceded to eat with some more mint. He then found the peas, need I say more !
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Only pot/seedtray grown radishes and parsley here so far but little gem just about ready for picking this weekend. This was my snack last Saturday. :)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/georgie_girl15/Radish.jpg)
G xx
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;D Thanks for the encouragement Guys, I notice I am well behind most of you folks but that is part of the learning I spose. ::)
I am still sowing stuff and waiting for the weather to kick in and get theses seeds movin, I put in lettuce, spinach, spring oinions and more radish today ;D ;)
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The 10 lettuce were because of thinning out because the lettuce were done in the shape of the number 14 which is the plot number!!! ;D ;D ;D
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Lucky you Roy - bet you enjoyed them. don't worry about being behind everyone else cos you are way ahead of us but we'll get there eventually :)
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I am still waiting.... :-\
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reading these posts and then checked spuds today, loads in one pot but not much in others but at east we know we have some available when we run out indoors. Nice little new pots ready to eat. :D
Will let other half dig them out sunday while I am off diving at Brighton pier & anchor rock :-X I didn`t even ask permission for the day away ;D Still, at least while she was at work today, sitting around doing nothing, I was working hard on the plot in the baking sun, doing the edges etc :-[Really hot and got sunburnt again :(
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Great Radishes Roy. Marvelous to have crops to pick now, envy all you cop pickers as this is the bit worth waiting for. We are about to dig up some of our onions, but that is it for the moment. I have just planted my radishes and have some lettuces to plant out. My mixed salad bed came up and then disappeared, I think thanks to the frost. :) busy_lizzie
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Hi Lizzie,
My mixed salad bed disappeared into the pigeons.
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Col
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I have been harvesting mixed salad for a few weeks now, rocket, spinnach, radish, cos lettuce, and a few other different leaves. I thought I would take some for my dad (92) I also took him some rhubarb. When I asked him if he had enjoyed the different sorts of salad leaves he said he had thrown them away because he thought they were weeds.Oops.
Rosemary
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Have been harvesting lettuce for a couple of weeks and rhubarb too - both from garden, not plot.
From plot yesterday got first of sprouting broccoli as well as red onions and carrots - was made up as we'd been away for a week and went down there to check on things, never thinking there'd be anything ready to pick!!
Plottie :)
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You are not behind at all Roy. Don't forget, peeps in different parts of the country have different climates. Plus some can provide protection and extra tlc. Plus, this is only your first full year really, so this time next year, you will still be enjoying things you planted out this coming autumn and winter, so you will be ahead of others!
Apart from my onions, I would say my first big pick was basil. It has done really well in a large tub in my conservatory so I made a great rich green basil sauce to have with pasta last week. The kids pinched my pack and they now have basil in their grow bag gardens! Pesto galore!