September 2018 harvest summary

Weight 19.303 kg

Garden produce price: £122.78

TOTAL SHOP/MARKET PRICE £122.78

Garden crops	Weight g	Shop price
Tomatoes	9391	£46.91
Courgette	2062	£6.00
Runner beans	1473	£14.73
Cucumber	799	£4.00
Squash	751	£3.00
Potatoes	652	£1.30
Rhubarb	615	£5.38
Figs	519	£3.58
Grapes	481	£1.92
Sweet peppers	382	£1.24
Aubergine	342	£3.60
Swiss Chard	327	£2.45
Plums	319	£1.00
Pears	288	£1.50
French beans	275	£1.65
Radicchio	180	£1.80
Parsnip	160	£0.25
Shallots	130	£0.52
Curly kale	78	£0.60
Carrots	57	£0.50
Raspberries	52	£0.80
Chillies		£10.00
Lettuces, salad leaves		£6.00
Herbs		£4.00

August 2018 in pictures

August was yet another hot month with temperatures in the upper 30s. Great weather conditions for the salad vegetables, chillies and tomatoes but, of course, the pots required constant watering. 

 

Tomatoes: Indigo Beauty and Jersey Devil

Southern Hawker dragonfly on nearby elderberries

August 2018 harvest summary

Weight 18.713kg

Garden produce price: £83.66
Foraged: £29.80

TOTAL SHOP/MARKET PRICE £113.46

Garden crops	Weight g	Shop price
Tomatoes	5302	£26.50
Cucumber	2330	£12.00
Courgette	1768	£8.84
Runner beans	932	£5.60
Pears	697	£2.00
Beetroot	562	£3.80
Grapes	503	£2.50
Aubergine	481	£3.21
Rhubarb	372	£2.42
Sweet peppers	269	£0.87
Radicchio	253	£2.53
Plums	209	£0.80
Onions	203	£0.30
Carrots	136	£0.25
Raspberries	112	£1.15
Cavolo nero	53	£0.40
Curly kale	38	£0.25
Swiss chard	27	£0.25
Lettuces, salad leaves		£6.00
Herbs		£4.00

Foraged:

Elderberries           2366       £15.00
Blackberries          1666       £13.40
Apples                     290       £0.90
Cherry plums          114        £0.50

July 2018 in pictures

It has been hot! The main part of the garden has been largely protected by mulching but it has been hard work watering the numerous pots and the grow sacks. The water buts are now empty so we have been saving water used to clean vegetables and pouring that on the garden, and are now having to resort to water straight from the tap.



The cucumbers are doing well as are the two aubergine plants. I decided to try the aubergines again, having failed over the last 4-5 years to get a decent crop and they have, naturally, been flourishing in the heat.

We were really pleased with the broad beans (variety Eleonora). This is the first time I have succeeded in growing them and we are now saving some of the beans for next year's seed. I started them off in small pots indoors and then planted them out under cover. (Enviromesh). That put a stop to the pigeons feasting on them. 

I'm most pleased with how the beetroot turned out this year. For the first time we used Charles Dowding's technique of multisowing. I honestly did not think they would turn out that well but many of them grew to about the size of tennis balls. This is definitely a technique that we shall adopt next year.