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Looks beautiful Paulie. Enjoy eating it

I have just dug up some Jersey Royals, picked my first courgettes, French beans and onion and cooked the whole lot up with a pork chop. I also ate my first three Pimento di Padron chillies. Handsome it all was, flippin' 'andsome and so fresh!

very impressive! Better than I can offer but I was very proud yesterday to be able to make up a ittle hamper for my elderly motherin law - spuds, lettuce, chard, the first of th carrots,and turnips (i'm still trying to get rid of the things!)

Isn't this what makes it all worthwhile, i still get a thrill out of picking certain veg, and i think broad beans are my favorite, it's the inside of those amazing pods just like a velvet jacket.
Picking the first of my runner beans sunday, can't wait.

Kind regards Old Herbaceous.

It will either rain or get dark.

it looks so bright and tempting!
enjoy!

Looks wonderful Trousers. I thought I was doing well - we had our own cucumber and lettuce for lunch, picked courgettes, broad beans, beetroot, carrots and potatoes for dinner, followed by strawberries and desert gooseberries.

Hi Zena
I thought your posting was going to say: Spuds, Lettuce, Chard, Hemlock,the first of the Carrots and Turnips (I am still trying to get rid of her)
Please forgive twisted sense of humour!!

Seasonality is a precious thing that the Supemarkets are out to destroy. The latest idea, a new blackberry to extend the growing season by several weeks, when will they learn. They tried it with strawberries at both ends of the season, result lots of customers permanently lost having tasted the inferior imported fare. We now have shops flooded with imported apples at the height of our apple season, our orchards grubbed up thanks to EC bribes.
Allan

LOL@johnboy
Very satisfying harvest with loads of personality trousers (love that cute patty pan!). What variety are the yellow toms please?
And a VERY handsome trug, green with envy!

thanks for the laugh,Joohnboy
Fortunately, i've been blessed with a wonderful mother in law (who lives about 150 miles away!)
mind you, i'm still waiting for her opinion on the veg......

Hi Sprout !

I hope you don't mind ME answering for Trousers, only he's watching match of the day now, and I'm NOT.
He doesn't know the variety, and I do.
He just loves doing the harvesting, and he's great at that, may I add....not to mention, the actual 'eating' of course !!!

The orangey-toms are SUNGOLD.
The patty-pan 'spaceship' summer squash is SUNBURST.
The climbing french beans are COBRA.
The Yellow courgettes are Soleil (ish...)
The Green courgettes are Jaguar
The red cherry toms are GARDENERS DELIGHT
and I think there was one other tomato in there: Super-Marmande Beefsteak?

You are too-too kind about my trug. It's GREAT, isn't it? I think we bought it at Stoner Park Garden Festial or something, when we used to live in Buckinghamshire a few moons back....
Wellie

With the help of my parents, I harvested 28lb of blackcurrants yesterday. Am making a lot of blackcurrant jelly today! Also two very large carrier bags of shallots which were lifted a week ago so a bit of pickling may be going on too. It's raining today so there's no conflict with the garden either.

Thanks wellie, Sungold is on my list now! (And Stoner Park sometime, sigh)

Neighbour, both plot and home, told me Saturday he had got forty pounds of goosebrries off his bushes this year
Everyone has had tons of strawbs, the rsapberries are romping and the blackcurrants are festooned.

Bumper year for soft fruit perchance?

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