Serious harvesting started. We had peas and purslane, spinach and radishes and lettuce so far, but now the bigger hauls are coming in. Kohlrabi, beet root, mangold, zucchinis (25 and counting so far), cucumbers, fennel. The tomatoes and other brassicas are sizing up, the pumpkins are taking over – as is their habit. Main work […]
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Dear Diary – 26.09.
wet and cold days ahead, so we plucked a lot of green tomatoes to save them. some might still turn red on the windowsill, all the rest will be pickled. two zucchini added to the fridge and some more still on the plant with a chance of reaching edible size before the season is over. […]
Dear Diary – 19.9.20
It was a surprisingly warm week with lots of sun. All the plants went right back into production mode. Harvested all the sweet corn, salad, freed the beans from the accidental mustard salad, plucked some peas, uprooted celery and leek.
Dear Diary 29.08.2020
Took out all the potatoes and put into storage. Removed one of the pumpkin plants and collected the last four pumpkins Took out most of the remaining carrots Peas, salads, turnip (Mairübe) are growing nicely and starting to show crops. Tomatoes passed their prime Covered areas in-between new plants with mangold leaves Surprisingly new mustard […]
Dear Diary, 23.08.2020
Tomato plants are still carrying, some even flowering, but obviously slowly losing energy. Season is mostly over. Harvested the coriander seeds, not 100% dry yet, but nice enough, great aroma. Will also be used to replant next year. Plucked blackberries with the trolls, not enough for marmelade. Found elderberries and walnuts that will be ready […]
Dear Diary, 22.08.2020
Situation today: harvested tomatoes, most of the potatoes and beets, planted onions and yellow beans from seeds, parsley and basil as small plants. Carrots, coriander, salad and endives are growing nicely. Collected mustard seeds from the dry plants, coriander seeds next. Canned nine glasses of tomatoes and two glasses of beets, pickled green tomatoes and […]