First earlies
31 May 2011 at 8:38 (Harvest)
Yesterday I havested the potato plant, which had been growing in a big pot since early spring. I started it indoors, moving it to the greenhouse when it grew on and finally outside after the risk of frost at night had passed. The yeald was over a pound. We ate a lovely potato salad yesterday!
Pathetic leeks
8 March 2011 at 22:58 (Vegetables, Harvest)
The leek harvest has been underwhelming, this winter. Last year was my first growing season in sandy soil after having learned veg growing in clay soil. Right, more manure will be applied next time and then we’ll see.
These pathetic leeks have been added to a nice pea soup.
The last pumpkins
18 February 2010 at 18:15 (Preserving and storing food, Harvest)
More and more of our stored pumpkins give up the ghost: Fluffy white fungus, black rot spots, you name it. Fortunately we had plenty of pumpkins stored, so we haven’t lacked for anything, pumpkin-wise. To postpone the start of the pumpkinless season, I’m cleaning and freezing the last good pumpkins one by one.
we had plenty
Onion check
2 January 2010 at 15:38 (Preserving and storing food, Harvest)
Today I checked all our onions and removed all the rotten ones. It wasn’t much work, for we don’t have that many onions left, but you need to make time for these small chores. Perhaps I’ll also get to checking the potatoes and remove the offshoots today. The potatoes deteriorate fast when they start to chit.