May 2021 Harvest Summary

Weight: 2.429kg

Total for main garden crops: £19.65

Herbs: £5.00

Red veined sorrel, wild garlic, sorrel, oriental greens: £10

Garden produce price: £34.65

TOTAL SHOP/MARKET PRICE £34.65

Garden crops	Weight g	Shop price
Swiss chard	1058	£7.94
Sprouting broccoli	366	£3.66
Rhubarb	243	£1.52
Spring onions	201	£1.80
Cavolo nero	176	£1.32
Kale/curly kale	166	£1.56
Cabbage leaves/bean tops	62	£0.25
Asparagus	59	£0.59
Potatoes	56	£0.17
Broad beans	26	£0.52
Pea shoots	16	£0.32

May 2020 harvest summary

Weight: 2.620kg

Total for main garden crops: £17.00
Herbs: £4
Lettuce, French sorrel, red veined sorrel, celery leaves, lovage leaves: £8

Garden produce price: £29.00

TOTAL SHOP/MARKET PRICE £29.00

Garden crops	Weight g	Shop price
Broad beans	779	£3.35
Rhubarb	348	£2.18
Swiss chard	308	£2.31
Strawberries	220	£1.54
Raspberries	209	£2.72
Shallots	156	£0.31
Spring onions	147	£1.20
Radish	127	£0.51
Sprouting broccoli/ brassicas	123	£1.34
Asparagus	115	£1.11
Cabbage/brassica leaves	52	£0.10
Kale	36	£0.33

May 2019 Harvest Summary

Weight 5759g

Total for main garden crops: £29.29
Salad leaves: £2.00
Herbs: £6

Garden produce price: £37.29
Foraged: £0.00

TOTAL SHOP/MARKET PRICE £37.29

Garden crops	Weight g	Shop price
Onions	2366	£3.55
Swiss chard	1083	£8.12
Rhubarb	840	£5.25
Fennel	456	£1.82
Sprouting broccoli/brassicas	436	£4.36
Broad beans	182	£2.80
Pak choi	77	£0.54
Asparagus	76	£1.00
Garlic	71	£0.60
Spring onions	62	£0.50
Shallots	42	£0.15
Cavolo nero	40	£0.30
Radicchio	28	£0.30

May 2018 harvest summary

Weight   1.306 kg

TOTAL SHOP/MARKET PRICE £14.29

Garden crops	Weight g	Shop price
Onions	858	£1.15
Rhubarb	112	£0.70
Curly kale	100	£1.00
Asparagus	72	£1.44
Cavolo nero	72	£0.55
Swiss chard	56	£0.45
Spring onions	36	£2.00
Red veined sorrel, ramsons		£2.00
Herbs		£2.00
Lettuces, salad leaves		£3.00

May 2017 in pictures

Really pleased to see that the pear blossom and fertilised flowers survived/missed the frosts. It looks as though we shall have at least a dozen pears this year, up from last year's single fruit that survived.

A typical Sunday Lunch for this time of the year. Starting at the top and working around the plate clockwise: steak and ale pie from Reading Farmers' Market; pea shoots (kitchen window sill); stuffed purple sprouting broccoli leaf (garden) stuffed with risotto; purple sprouting broccoli (garden); carrots (Reading Farmers' Market); potatoes (supermarket); various brassica leaves (garden).





Typical daily veg collection for May and on this occasion the veg was for a shared meal at a meeting and AGM of Transition Town Reading (TTR). Includes swiss chard, purple sprouting broccoli, onions, cavolo nero, various kales and oregano.

And this is what I made for the TTR AGM: winter/spring vegetable quiche, spicy vegetable and chickpea flour muffins, and sprouting broccoli leaves stuffed with vegetable risotto.

At the front of the house, the new(ish) rosemary bush is now well established and liking the hot dry environment. The surplus garlic cloves that I planted as an experiment are also doing well. 

Some of the runner bean seedlings that were started off under cover. Having been caught out with late frosts in previous years these will not be planted out until late May or the beginning of June.








I bought some interesting varieties of tomatoes and chillies from Homecrafts in Caversham, and was forced to use the bath as a "waiting room" for them a while. Tomatoes were Brandywine (pink beefsteak variety), Principe Borghese (red egg/plum shaped fruit)  and Costoluto Fiorentino (red beefsteak).

Although there is a lot just beginning to grow some of the crops are finishing. Last year's planting of swiss chard is now going to seed but there are still several meals worth left before they need to be pulled out. 

May 2017 Harvest Summary

Garden harvest total 2.448 kg

Garden harvest shop/market price £19.19

TOTAL SHOP/MARKET PRICE £27.19

Garden crops	Weight g	Shop price
Onions	484	£0.84
Cabbage/brassica leaves	474	£1.60
Swiss chard	442	£4.20
Babington's leeks	318	£1.92
Purple sprouting broccoli	258	£4.65
Shallots	146	£0.60
Cavolo nero	144	£1.20
Curly kale	56	£0.56
Pea shoots	48	£1.00
Spring onions	38	£2.00
Raspberries	22	£0.42
Peas	18	£0.20

Herbs - estimate £3

Salad leaves/lettuces estimate £5