Monday, 20 May 2013

Harvests at last!

Slowly, slowly, the harvests are beginning to arrive... I have put together here a little collection of photos to illustrate what I have harvested in the last week, purely so that I can participate in Harvest Monday over at Daphne's Dandelions.

Radishes. These are "Flamboyant 5", a variant of "French Breakfast".




Baby Leaf Salad. My own mix, but with a strong element of Rocket and Greek Cress.


Rhubarb "Victoria".


Good King Henry. Treat these shoots as you would Purple Sprouting Broccoli. In other words, cook very briefly. You can use the leaves as you would use Spinach.


Well, it's not a huge harvest, but at least it's a start! (And of course I don't count the herbs; we're always using herbs. We take them for granted.)

24 comments:

  1. Looks excellent. The radishes are perfect!

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  2. Your post is reminding me that I had every intention of harvesting rhubarb this weekend, but managed to forget about it! Your rhubarb looks delicious, as does the radishes. I failed to put any into the ground and don't have any as a result.

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  3. The radishes are beautiful. The mixed greens are really nice too. I really like watercress but have never grown them. I like that you have your own green mix. That's a very good idea.

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  4. This is a great haul! Your radishes look really tasty, I'll have to wait another week or two for my first crop.

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  5. What are you planning to cook with this fabulous rhubarb, Mark?

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  6. We have lots of rhubarb at the moment too and lots flowering

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  7. I like the sound of Good King Henry. Maybe I should try to find some for my garden.

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  8. I am sure the first of many Mark, once they start they tend to just keep coming

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  9. Do you eat the radish leaves too? That would be a nice addition to your peppery salad mix. Your radishes are perfect looking. I have to confess to buying radishes at the farmer's market since I can never seem to harvest radishes at the proper time - always too small or too big.

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  10. Great pics. I had no radish this year - weird weather (or lazy gardener) to blame.

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  11. Those radishes look so beautiful. And French Breakfast is my favorite type. I plant a lot of them and just a few white icicle.

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  12. Lots of pretty little radishes you got there. I have not tried rhubarb since I was a kid, yours look lovely! Any harvest is a great harvest!

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  13. Gorgeous radishes! I picked rhubarb for the first time last weekend and it was so very worth the wait :-) Congrats on the great harvests1

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  14. Hi Mark,
    Just want to say sorry for taking the first spot on Daphne's Harvest Monday. I would have gladly swapped places with you. We must have been linking at the same time. Good to know my fingers can still fly.

    Btw, I've been following you with Bloglovin. Your garden photos are wonderful and inspiring, and I quite enjoy your cookery!

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  15. Either my lettuces haven't come up or they've come up and been eaten by monopods before I rise in the morning. Maybe I should have planted radishes instead.

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  16. Beautiful radishes. I have to admit that whenever I grow French Breakfast radishes they come out a bit misshapen unlike your perfect specimens.

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  17. such variety from your garden! A joy to see your harvest photos!

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  18. It's a great feeling when the harvests start to arrive. Radishes are so photogenic, I think it's the tempting colour which does it.

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  19. All your hard work comes into fruition Mark!
    Everything looks so healthy...congrats :D

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  20. Oh it's all going on! I've got rhubarb too but am waiting patiently for my tomatoes to be big enough to plant!

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  21. I can't wait to harvest some radish but I only planted them a couple of weeks ago so I have some time to wait. You've done well to harvest various items almost all year round.

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  22. Great looking harvest! :)

    Lynn (Suburban Farm Girl)

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  23. Nice. I don't blame you for taking pictures just so you can hang with Daphne. ;-)

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