October harvests are still going strong... lots to harvest as we go into cooler weather.
This week's harvest included curly kale (fab in soups), lettuce little gem, dwarf bean purple queen, perpetual spinach, flat leaf parsley, two types beetroot and turnip.
The star of the week is Dwarf Bean 'Purple Queen' - yummy and lots of beans are developing; I'm hoping the colder weather at night won't negatively affect them.
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| Tomatoes grown from seed, and plants kept outdoors, are ripening but they're also splitting. I think these are Gardener's Delight. Suppose this is due to the variations in weather and water. The inside of many of the tomatoes are spongy - not sure why - so I'm using them for cooking rather than salads. I'm not keen on spongy tasting tomatoes! |
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It is indeed Happy Harvesting, you still have so much going on.
ReplyDeleteThose tomatoes don't look like Gardeners Delight - wrong shape and wrong colour. Nice to see that your harvest season is still going strong.
ReplyDeleteYes, not really sure what variety of tomato. Had 3 possibilities: Red Pear, a Japanese heritage Cherry (black) or Gardener's Delight (of course tags got mixed up & not really sure what I ended up with).
DeleteWhat a beautiful harvest. Yesterday I harvested about 15 green beans (white runners) from one of the raised beds at church! I took them because they were ready and the plants are full of bloom. I think I'll not try to wait on more, but throw them in a pot of soup!
ReplyDeleteSuch a lot still going on in your veg plot - great harvest
ReplyDeleteThat's lovely. My beans have stopped now, you've done really well to harvest them up till now.
ReplyDeleteWe're big fans of curly kale but I've never tried it in a soup.
ReplyDeleteIts quite good in soup. I chop it fairly fine as it holds its shape well.
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