Monday 2 December 2013

Harvest Monday - 2 Dec '13

Just when I think I am falling head long into a hungry gap the garden seems to surprise me.  In this last week I have started picking the borlotti, which I am going to eat green  (or red and green). 


A second planting will take advantage of hotter and dryer weather to come and the beans will be dried for winter feasts.

Readers of yesterday's post will have already heard of my surprise potato harvest. I now have a very full basket of Sebago and Desiree!


The first of the fennel crop planted in August was picked this week too. This one seems to have matured quite quickly - the others planted at the same time will take a while longer to thicken.


Looking at this week's pick, I am thinking of a borlotti, potato and fennel salad...

I've picked quite a few beetroot lately which have been roasted and eaten in salads with pomegranate molasses dressing and home-made feta.


And there has been a few radishes too eaten dipped in homous.


Unphotographed, there have been snow peas which are now sadly all picked and their tops used to mulch the tomatoes. I've also picked lettuce, 'Salad Bowl'  and they along with a little mint have gone into other salads. I continue to snack on the odd mulberry eaten straight from the tree.

That's been the pick, what's coming in from your patch?

I'm contributing this to Daphne's Harvest Monday. Pop over to hers to see others' produce.
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  1. Bek2 December 2013 at 08:43

    Wow! Your crops grow like rockets! I'm amazed and very jealous you already have borlotti and your fennel is pick able. My beet root is either tiny or bolting to seed, so I need to fix my planting timing! In my garden I have broad beans still going, one lone self sown climbing bean plant with approximately three beans (a feast!), some cauliflower and kale still going, some carrots and some spring onions. That and the strawberries and raspberries.

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    1. Unknown3 December 2013 at 10:22

      They do seem to be coming on pretty well, I too just wished I had planned a little better. I am now right out of rocket and lettuce because they bolted.

      But I am loving your berries, I am totally envious.

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  2. L from 500m2 in Sydney2 December 2013 at 23:24

    Pretty impressive, and especially considering the lac of rain. The beetroot look just amazing, and a surprise potato harvest is the best fun, isn't it!

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    1. Unknown3 December 2013 at 10:19

      Hard to beat a potato harvest indeed! PLEASE, rain. We have it forecast for tomorrow and we really need it!

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  3. Daphne Gould3 December 2013 at 08:51

    I love the neon look of the radishes. So bright. Some day I'll have to grow fennel as I've never done that. I rarely cook with fennel so I'd have to expand my cooking experiments if I did.

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    1. Unknown3 December 2013 at 10:18

      I think it's just poor photography! Actually it is probably the morning light that lands right on the place I often photograph my produce.

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  4. Michelle3 December 2013 at 10:06

    It doesn't look like you are going hungry at all! :) I didn't realize that green borlotti beans were tasty. Do they have strings?

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    1. Unknown3 December 2013 at 10:20

      It's the first time I've eaten them green and they are very good lightly steamed. No strings!

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