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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Georgie on July 07, 2006, 20:59:40

Title: Today's harvest
Post by: Georgie on July 07, 2006, 20:59:40
Nice evening here so decided to harvest my 3 pots of garlic and the first of the baby beetroots I'm growing in the mixed (very mixed!) border.  G x

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/georgie_girl15/Garlicjuly.jpg)

Straight from the pot

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/georgie_girl15/Garlicjuly2.jpg)

Partially cleaned up

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/georgie_girl15/Beetroot-1.jpg)

Will probally grate into a salad.
Title: Re: Today's harvest
Post by: Mothy on July 07, 2006, 21:49:41
Look good to me Georgie.....I will harvest my garlic this weekend....no beetroot ready yet though  :(
Title: Re: Today's harvest
Post by: Georgie on July 07, 2006, 22:07:58
Thanks, Mothy.  I dunno much about beetroot, first time I've tried it, but I was told to harvest it young so I have done.   ;D

G x
Title: Re: Today's harvest
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on July 07, 2006, 22:30:05
You've got loads of those little cloves growing up the stems. What varieties are those?
Title: Re: Today's harvest
Post by: Paulines7 on July 07, 2006, 23:52:49
Well done Georgie, they look very good.   ;D ;D

I wish my garlic would split into cloves.   :(
Title: Re: Today's harvest
Post by: amphibian on July 07, 2006, 23:56:24
Nice harvest, today I harvested a wheelbarrow full of spuds, lifted due to blight.
Half a barrow full of shallots (so prolific I am not sure why I bother with onions) and the last of my aquadulce broadies.
Title: Re: Today's harvest
Post by: supersprout on July 08, 2006, 06:10:32
Aww those garlic scrub up nice don't they?
Where's the plait? ;)
And beetroot looking good too, the cylindrical shape is ideal for grating! :o
Title: Re: Today's harvest
Post by: busy_lizzie on July 08, 2006, 09:31:48
Nice looking crops Georgie!  Haven't looked at my beetroot yet but my garlic looks ready now.  Isn't it a brilliant time of year - so satisfying when you can start harvesting.  :) busy_lizzie
Title: Re: Today's harvest
Post by: Georgie on July 08, 2006, 15:09:52
It's Thermidrome, Robert.  Thanks to everyone else for their kind comments.  I had a salad for lunch and everything in it (apart from the cheddar  ;)) was home grown.  Had leaf salad, watercress, spring onion, baby spinach, celery and grated beetroot.  It was wonderful.   ;D

G x
Title: Re: Today's harvest
Post by: Georgie on July 08, 2006, 19:27:54
...and here it is - before I'd added the cheese and onions.   ;D  G x

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/georgie_girl15/Lunch.jpg)