Sunday, February 17, 2013

BUMPER CROPS! - 16 December 2012

I’ve had a great day picking all sorts of vegetables today:
  • snow peas to give away to friends
  • squash for my parents
  • broccoli to go with dinner tonight
  • snow peas for lunch
  • parsley & thyme to go with lunch
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The quantities of snow peas that we have harvested are unbelieveable, but the plants are starting to turn yellow now so I think that they are at the end of their days.  I really am delighted with the amount that they have produced for us this year, and I’ve given away a lot to friends and family as we simply cannot eat them all. 
The broccoli I harvested today, were side shoots off two plants.  I’m going to use them tonight in a bacon and broccoli salad.  We have had excellent crops from our broccoli all year with virtually no attacks from bugs.  However, I did notice that we had a little infestation of green aphids on one of my plants that I planted out a few weeks ago.  There were also several caterpillars on that plant and some of my cabbages, so I squished them all and got out the derris dust.
Our squash is doing exceptionally well, and I thought I’d give a couple to my parents to try out as they don’t grow them in their garden.  There are plenty more ready to be harvested, so I think I’ll use them grated up tomorrow night in Crab Rostis which are like little crunchy fritters.  I am quite surprised at how quickly they grow!  Squash are much faster to grow than courgettes that’s for sure!
I have oodles of seedlings ready to be planted out, but it was just too hot to plant them during the day, so I’ll plant them out tomorrow morning.
Right – had better go and water the garden.  We haven’t had rain for over a week, and everything needs a good soak!

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