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Todays pickings!



Strawberries,beetroots, golden turnips, lettuce, garlic, potatoes, mint,mange touts, radish and broad beans!  1st big haul of the year! ;D  ;D  I love my plot!   DP

Doris....what a fantastic looking crop. That puts my meagre pickings so far to shame. I can see why you love your plot!

I see you have picked your turnips now, how do you know they are ready?
AC

Looks wonderful DP, your peas are ahead of mine, a few more weeks and I think they should be fat enough for picking. Like your trug as well.  :D

Yes we had strawbs & broad beans today - not many broadies but deelish (no pics I'm afraid) , and I had 2 teeny red cherry tomatoes from the greenhouse!! Yummmmm.

Terri

Wow !  That is so colourful and fresh !  Lovely.

My broad beans are still at the flower stage  ::) ???

Must go and get my eyes tested, no wonder your peas look so fat  :-[ ;D

What a wonderful picture, what  wonderful veggies.
Already beetroots, so early. Everything looks so good. The picture should be on the front page of Kitchen Garden magazine or something like that.

 :o Oh wow what a crop, I can't wait to produce summat like that and I will have to get a little basket, doesn't quite look the same in old Asda bags does it?

Maybe not but it tastes the same

What a fantastic haul DP.  You are way ahead of me, but I think most people are.  Very good looking produce, makes having an allotment worthwhile when you see lovely veggies like that.

We had our first cucumber yesterday and our Japanese onions are lovely and a few strawberries are starting to ripen. Hopefully much more to come too. Harvesting is great! busy_lizzie

heaps of salad stuff has been grown and already harvested and eaten. i am very chuffed too with my lottie :)

lovely haul, doris. like my plot neighbour said: you might have to wash your veg but you dont mind washing your own - rather than paying fancy prices for washed tasteless produce from the s'market.

svea

Looks absolutely yummy DP....good enough to eat! ;)

Our youngest daughter has suddenly become very interested in the plot now we're actually getting something out of the ground instead of digging, mucking, planting, weeding, weeding, weeding.

We've had broad beans, onions, spring greens, carrots, calabrese, baby courgettes, potatoes (a big hit with her "it's like digging for treasure!!") a few gooseberries and even a handful of stawberries.  We're so pleased as this is our first year

Makes it all worthwhile doesn't it?
Plottie  :)

I think I am looking at one of the winners in the A4A Autumn Comp. There should be a class for "Vegetables Collection".

Well done DP.

Jerry

Quote from: sandersj89 on June 22, 2005, 11:27:53
I think I am looking at one of the winners in the A4A Autumn Comp. There should be a class for "Vegetables Collection".

Well done DP.

Jerry

Sorry - it would have to be disqualified due to the non- vegetables in there - strawberries!!!  Not that I'm jealous or anything, you understand... >:(  >:(  ;D

Quote from: wivvles on June 22, 2005, 11:59:29

Quote from: sandersj89 on June 22, 2005, 11:27:53
I think I am looking at one of the winners in the A4A Autumn Comp. There should be a class for "Vegetables Collection".

Well done DP.

Jerry

Sorry - it would have to be disqualified due to the non- vegetables in there - strawberries!!!  Not that I'm jealous or anything, you understand... >:(  >:(  ;D

OK, mixed Harvest Collection then!

;D ;D

Jerry

Quote from: sandersj89 on June 22, 2005, 12:14:02

Quote from: wivvles on June 22, 2005, 11:59:29

Quote from: sandersj89 on June 22, 2005, 11:27:53
I think I am looking at one of the winners in the A4A Autumn Comp. There should be a class for "Vegetables Collection".

Well done DP.

Jerry

Sorry - it would have to be disqualified due to the non- vegetables in there - strawberries!!!  Not that I'm jealous or anything, you understand... >:(  >:(  ;D

OK, mixed Harvest Collection then!

;D ;D

Jerry

Curses! Foiled again.....  ;)

Thanks for all your kind comments!
That made me smile Wivvles! 
AC I pick my turnips when they look big enough!
Plottie, my 13 year old still likes to dig up potatoes! Like digging for gold  ;D
Jess n Roy the trug was a gift from a friend, she knew I had wanted one for years n years! I love it!
And Jess, you made me LOL! I was just thinking my eyes need retesting!
Yesterday I had to go through the supermarket and there was everyone picking over the tired looking veg, I have to say I walked past smiling!! ;D (and felt smug too if I was honest :-[ ) Thanks again  DP

;D never heard them called Trugs before, is your spell checker still not working ;D should it be trough? ;D I used to see a retired school teacher regularly visit her local shop with a small basket on her arm, it was like a flash back in time :)

Quote from: Roy Bham UK on June 23, 2005, 08:59:30
;D never heard them called Trugs before, is your spell checker still not working ;D should it be trough? ;D I used to see a retired school teacher regularly visit her local shop with a small basket on her arm, it was like a flash back in time :)

Roy,

have a look here, Trugs are a very traditional "basket" made from chestnut and willow. They are very hard wearing and very versatile. I have 2 and Dad has a couple that are at least 20 years old.

They look great too!

If you are ever near a village called Hurstmonceaux in East Sussex you will see lots of Trug makers.

Jerry
http://www.sussextrugmaker.co.uk/