After cutting and giving away the six marrows that had appeared while I was away on holiday last month the courgette plants recovered and I've had 5 more altogether and the sweetcorn are finally giving me some small cobs. Also here is very last tomato from the greenhouse, no green ones to bring in this year - a really poor year. These all came into the kitchen last Thursday.
I harvested a few more beetroot from BiL's garden and took home a handful of windfall cooking apples that one of the Keep Moving Group had brought in.
A week or two ago I bought British Coxes Apples from Aldi and wished I hadn't, they were nowhere near ready to eat and horrible sour. Picked far too early. So I tried the first of my Falstaff from the garden and they are delicious. Won't need to buy any apples for at least 3 weeks.
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| Falstaff Apples from the garden |
It's handy that the weather is cooperating so far this month, we've had better weather than many parts of the country - lots of sunshine. The raspberries have almost finished and it will soon be the end of them if we get much rain.
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Sue
The corn cobs look very good indeed, even if small. Fresh corn on the cob does rather spoil you for canned, frozen, or even cobs from the produce department. Nothing quite like it.
ReplyDeleteI'm so disappointed with my crop this year, it got off to a very slow start but I've enjoyed the few cobs I've had.
DeleteCourgettes have an annoying habit of turning into marrows the moment your back is turned, don't they? Your produce all looks good - better than Aldi's, I'm sure.
ReplyDeleteLuckily I can put them out where my path meets the pavement with a Help Yourself sign and they all get taken
DeleteMost of my crops are finished now. Except the chard which continues to flourish
ReplyDeleteI have leeks and butternut squash - leeks keep running to seed due to the warm weather we've had
DeleteYou can plant Japanes onions, spinach, garlic and spring cabbage now.
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DeleteThe Falstaff apples are really pretty and just beg to be eaten.
ReplyDeleteI must write a post about apples and their varieties sometime - have a lovely Apple book to use
DeleteThere is nothing quite as satisfying as eating produce from your own garden :)
ReplyDeleteEspecially the sweetcorn which is completely different to anything bought
DeleteThe apples look great. I'll look forward to your post about Apples.
ReplyDeleteAlison in Wales x
I shall do some research!
DeleteEnjoy the quality, even if the quantity is small.
ReplyDeleteMy kids apples ( I like them small ) from Aldi were blackened in the middle this week which is unusual for them.
ReplyDeleteI often find Aldi apples are bruised as if they chuck them about!
DeleteHow lovely to have your own apples for a few weeks. The ones I bought from Sainsbury's last week were delicious, I can't remember what variety they were though, hopefully I'll be able to recognise them next time I go. After a few nice days we have gone back to horrible heavy rain again for the last 24 hours. It's also very grey and dark now and it's only just after four.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to make a note of what varieties are available in shops and write a post about apples...........eventually.............some time........
DeleteYour harvest looks terrific. I also bought some apples at the grocery store and they were beautiful looking but hard as rocks and tasteless. They went out to the wildlife.
ReplyDeleteIt is lovely and cool, Autumn has arrived. Today is overcast but no rain so far.
I should have realised that British Coxes were too early in the shop as years ago my Dad would buy a box full for Christmas
DeleteThe corn is impressive! My dad would never plant corn, he said it didn't pollinate properly in a small plot [and needs a lot of water/ irrigation] and therefor didn't produce in a useful way. He was very frugal and would figure the cost of watering his plants into the budget of ''did we save by doing this?" But with freezing, canning, pickling, my parents never bought veg at a store once Daddy retired and could garden properly.
ReplyDeleteHe'd stand there and mutter, 25 cents a gallon! which was the price back then.
lizzy
The apples look so good-it’s really difficult to buy tasty crunchy apples and sometimes I end up poaching them with cinnamon and eating them on my porridge so they don’t go to waste. Catriona
ReplyDeleteThe garden has been a bit disappointing here too, even the tomatoes which are usually really god. They haven't been bad, just not as good. I'm still getting a few runners and dwarf beans from time to time, which is nice.
ReplyDeleteYour apples took absolutely delicious. xx
What a good harvest! The corn does look good.
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