Monday, 19 August 2013

Harvest Monday - 19 August 2013

Most of last week I was away on holiday. During my absence my team of trusty Garden Helpers watered and harvested on my behalf, but despite their efforts there was still lots to pick at the weekend:


In the basket are Runner Beans, French Beans, Cucumbers, Tomatoes and Chillis. 


The tomatoes are of several different types - Cherokee Purple, Orkado, Maskotka, Sungella, Tigerella and Sungold.


The chillis are Scotch Bonnet and Cyclon.

Chillis "Cyclon"

In addition to the above I also harvested some more carrots and potatoes. At the request of one of my readers, I'm showing you the carrots in their unwashed state, "with a bit of soil on", just as they come out of the ground. You will see that even so they are pretty clean!


The potatoes were mostly Ratte with the very last of the Orla ones (the latter not pictured here).

Ratte

Not shown anywhere here are the three Beetroot I harvested on Saturday morning. They were in the pan and boiling before I thought about photgraphing them. Likewise, since I am not keeping a tally of my produce I don't think it is worth showing you MORE Runner Beans and "Cobra" French Beans!

I'm putting ths post into Harvest Monday, hosted as ever by Daphne on her blog Daphne's Dandelions
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15 comments:

  1. Sue Garrett19 August 2013 at 12:17

    We had our first ripe tomato - well first one without blossom end rot - yesterday.

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  2. Liz - Suburban Tomato19 August 2013 at 12:50

    Fabulous harvests Mark - those Cherokee Purple tomatoes look fabulous. I'm growing them this year too and now that I've seen what they look like i'm really looking forward to eating some.

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  3. David19 August 2013 at 13:22

    Looks great Mark. Those chillis look like ornaments!

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  4. Jenny Rottinger19 August 2013 at 14:22

    Looks wonderful! Beautiful tomatoes, peppers, beans, cucumbers, potatoes and absolutely gorgeous carrots!

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  5. Jo@awholeplotoflove19 August 2013 at 14:56

    Lovely harvest Mark, what cucumber variety is that, I'm not entirely happy with the baby ones I grew this year so am on the lookout for a new variety.

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  6. Mark Willis19 August 2013 at 15:31

    The cucumbers are probably "Melen F1", but possibly "Iznik F1". They are both very similar, and I can't remember which fruit came from which plant. This year Melen has done very well, but Iznik is looking good too.

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  7. Vesna Maric19 August 2013 at 16:54

    What a colorful harvest!

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  8. David Velten19 August 2013 at 19:22

    Beautiful harvest as usual. Great job on the Cherokee Purples, as beautiful as the catalog photos. I will be interested to see how you like the flavor.

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  9. Shaheen19 August 2013 at 21:35

    My eyes are looking upon all of your great veg with great envy. I hope to get back to growing next year, even if it is in pots. For now, I wil continue to admire what you grow.

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  10. Little Wandering Wren19 August 2013 at 21:47

    Hi Mark
    This has taken me back to my British roots and youth - loved the photos. How lovely to return to this after your hols, most of us just come back to a pile of dirty washing!! I hope you brought back your garden carers some Cornish rock or clotted cream!
    We sadly only have lemons in our garden but they make wonderful lemon curd
    Wrenx

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  11. Daphne Gould20 August 2013 at 00:19

    Beautiful harvests. Your potatoes look so pristine.

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  12. nutmeg gardener20 August 2013 at 00:31

    What a beautiful harvest! I love how colorful everything is, they make you just want to start cooking up something delicious!

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  13. Bee Girl20 August 2013 at 03:41

    How is that every photo is more gorgeous than the one before it? Amazing photos, fabulous harvests!

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  14. Barbie~20 August 2013 at 14:54

    Looks like you were busy this week. Lovely variety.

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  15. Ben Czajkowski21 August 2013 at 03:08

    As a pepper lover, I really enjoy how red your Cyclon on :-)

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