Morning all. not my usual desk as most of my non working days this time of year is taken up with harvesting and preserving. Gotta love all the end results of the hard work through out the year. I make lots of jams, chutneys, cordials, fruit vinegar's etc to see me through the year and now made some piccalilli (made it a couple of years ago for the first time). Didn't have any cauliflower (the plants take up too much room on my allotment so I tend to buy them as and when we need one) so bought one from the greengrocers to add to my own produce of tomatoes (red and green), yellow courgettes, onions, garlic and beans. The piccalilli is a little darker than usual as didn't have enough sugar so had to add some dark brown sugar but sure it will be ok.
Harvest of yellow courgettes, purple climbing beans, raspberries, plums and apples. This is my first time for years trying to grow cucumbers and this year these outside have been brilliant, called majestic cucumber, I have picked at least one a week for the past couple of months so will deffo be growing these again!
also been super impressed with my toms this year (all grown outside). This is the final harvest as blight has hit. The garden pearl (small cherry toms) are gown in handing baskets and the tigerella toms I grow each year as they are nice as fried green tomatoes (not this year as they have nearly all ripened!!) Not sure what to do with them all as I cant be bothered to skin them all before processing so lots of chutney and brushetta I am guessing!
Hope everyones week goes ok
