Harvesting in early May, what are you picking?
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Great harvest again. It's amazing how much U can grow at the time of year
Picking lots of spinach, curly kale, chard and lettuce leaves every few days at the moment, but this year have harvested potatoes, carrots, PSB, various Kales - (really enjoyed Kalette leaves as crisps at the weekends - baked with olive oil and salt), leeks, few onions/salad onions. Always inspired to improve by following you but really happy with the progress I am making. 😁Thanks Steve, Justine
What a great selection, we should give kalette leaves a try, we usually use curly kale, but we have more kalettes
I lay the kalettes leaves on a baking tray, wipe them into olive oil, sprinkle salt over. In oven 160 degrees for 10 mins. They are very delicate and crispy. If you crushed them they would be just like crispy seaweed you'd get in a takeaway. Delicious 😁
Lovely harvest! We are having some early heat which is dicey for my cool season veg but we shall see. My cabbage has headed up so I’ll take what I can get.
My cabbage is looking good too, hoping it will help bridge the gap between the early kale finishing and the early red cabbages and main crop kale arriving : All the best - Steve
Fantastic 😊
Great harvest! I'm harvesting mainly leafy greens, purple Brocoli and dykan radish, lettuce , chives etc
what does tha radish taste like at this time of year, when I grew it in summer it was too spicy for me : All the best - Steve
@@SteveRichards We don't eat it raw, usually make a curry.. so spice is not an issue😊. Thanks
Crikey, what a haul. As a newbie I didn't even consider you could yield this much at this time of year in Britain.
the challenge at this time of year is not harvesting too much, I've cut back a lot this year compared to previous years and I'm gradually trying to increase diversity, rather than volume : All the best - Steve
That is a really good selection of veg for this time of year, well done.
Our warm weather crops are just finishing (New Zealand ) so still processing Toms peppers, chillies, etc and have winter squash, sweet potatoes, onions etc in store. Sown root crops, brassicas, garlic and about to put 1st early spuds into tubs in greenhouse.
I'm a flower farmer so juggling autumn sown hardy annuals too! It's hectic!
Very interesting that you plant your potatoes in autumn, I don't tend to plant mine until February for an April harvest : All the best - Steve
@@SteveRichards we only get occasional mild frosts so I'm able to push the envelope a little - nothing ventured....last year they were in the ground under fleece and an overhanging tree and did well. Tubs in greenhouse this year to do a comparison. Warm regards.
I wouldn’t have expected enough light energy for tuber growth in winter, when do you start harvesting them?
@@SteveRichards last year it too a little longer than if planted in spring but still worth doing. We are in the sunniest area of NZ - quite a microclimate :) I have no idea how the season/potatoes will pan out. I'll keep you posted.
@wendycullingworth3879 my earlies take 75 days when planted in February
Southern Hemisphere have harvested sweet potatoes, pumpkins, onions, garlic three types, have corn frozen, still digging main crop potatoes, carrots, beetroot, parsnips, NZ Yams, spinach/chard, Swede, turnips, cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, leeks. In tunnel house lettuce and spinach, chard. Two types of apples still to be harvested.
Lovely selection, interesting that you are harvesting yams, we normally leave ours until after the first frost, have you had yours?
@@SteveRichards last Saturday but generally with the sweet potatoes needing to be eaten sooner, the yams are left until sometime in June, same with the parsnips, swedes, and leeks.
Harvested so far this year:
Lettuce.
Leeks, lettuce, chard, Egyption walking onions, Welsh onions, spinach, Russian kale, black kale, celery (some just hanging in there), chives, parsley, mints, fennel herb, chervil, claytonia...I think that is it. So flippin cold still.
That's a great selection. I'd love to know how you keep leeks going so long, mine hare all gone to seed now as has my claytonia, I never count herbs in my harvest list, I suppose I should talk about them one day! : All the best - Steve
@@SteveRichards the leeks are late sown for baby ones. I think they are all harvested now this week. I catch them just before I see the stalk coming. Sown mid or late July I think. I just need a lot of leeks. To my neighbour they are like a drug and I use part of her garden so have to keep supplying 😂
@@SteveRichards well I dont mind the claytonia self seeding though I do weed out a lot. I dont mind eating it with the flowers on (nor do the guine pigs) and then I find new leaves appear. It is cold here mind.
@@SteveRichards herbs are insanely valuable for a good cook. Also for so many medicinal purposes. I would include them in your 30 a week...definitely...you could then get up to 40 or 50 😀
Ah ok, so only a week later than my last batch were harvested
Do you put anything on your salads Steve? Dressings or lemon juice or anything?
I don't myself, but I prefer to eat my salad with fruit, at this time of year that's grapes and pear, they are both nice and juicy and they add sweetness to complement any bitter veggies : All the best - Steve