Monday Harvest – 22nd Oct 2012

We are in something of a hungry gap at the moment.  As you will see I have leaves, lots of them but not much else, except for some potatoes:

I’ve enjoyed these Dutch Cream potato crops.  They were planted in pots in May reusing potting mix (but only after I added a bit more slow release fertiliser).  The yield was OK but all of the potatoes were pretty small.  I’m not sure whether this was for climatic reasons, lack of sun or lack of food.  Regardless though they tasted pretty good.

Leafy but also tasting good at the moment are the herbs.

Above lies coriander, kaffir lime leaves and Vietnamese mint.  Below is more parsley.  I still have 3 bolting plants left in the ground but I think I may pull them soon to free up some space for other crops.

Because I had lots of parsley I made tabouleh (yet again) so needed some mint.

I have had problems with my celery crops this year, the stems are skinny nothing like the nice juice plump ones I had last year.  I’m blaming the weather but  it may be under-feeding that is the issue.

I’ll end this week on a positive note – my lettuce is doing brilliantly.  Particularly the Freckles (a Cos variety),

which is pictured here along with a range of other salad leaves.

For other harvests head over to Daphne’s Dandelions and check out what’s happening all round the world.

Incidentally isn’t the spam ridiculous at the moment?  I know Sue at Green Lane Allotments has been having issues too.  In the time it took to write this post (admitedly a period punctuated by putting the kids to bed) I have had 68 72 comments hit my inbox – all from people who have not commented on this blog before.  And what is it with all the references to the plot of Lost?  Very odd and very annoying!