Matron grows vegetables and fruit in a Hampshire garden. I've been growing veggies since I was knee high to a grasshopper. Some traditional varieties and old favourites as well as new ideas. I share my garden with my allotment assistant Daisy the Labrador. On Twitter as @MatronsVeggies
Another yardstick moment in the gardening calendar is the date you dig up your first new potatoes of the year. These International Kidney were planted in a compost bag in the greenhouse, especially for an early crop. These are quite a bit bigger than I had expected, so I will give my outdoor crop an exploratory dig tomorrow.
June is one of the most productive times on the allotment, you can see my haul from today's foraging.
Bon appetite!
posted by Matron @ 10:05 PM
I was born 20 yards from our allotment. My parents used to 'dig for victory' and never got out of the habit. I grew up on an allotment, so growing veggies is a way of life. I am also qualified as a dog behaviourist and I have set up my own business, www.blackdogdna.com
18 Comments:
Congrats on your harvest!
I'm itching to dig up some new potatoes but the people at the big house are away at present so I can't really justify it. Yours look real beauties. Bob
Yum. Interesting that your garden zone must be similar to ours here in the US. I have an English friend who was trying to get me to check my potatoes. I didn't find such nice fat ones, but I was afraid to dig around too much. He was telling me how he remembered buying yummy new potatoes in British markets.
Those new potatoes look superior! Actually, the whole daily harvest looks quite yum! Good work Matron.
Such unusual potatoes. Looks like you had a very healthy dinner. I'm jealous.
Those spuds look great. The ones I planted in compost bags are up and ready for some so called hilling. I wish I clued in earlier so I had some early spuds right now. Good thing there is always next year.
It all looks so healthy and delicious! Ooh, raspberries, I'm jealous. Not sure I will get any this year on the new plants, plus they are looking distressed due to the month of no rain here. I have to read up on what to do with the potatoes once they flower, I am starting to notice blooms and am hoping they will have set some nice spuds! Do you plant more now for fall harvest??
Karen - There are a range of potatoes here from first earlies which take the least time to mature, to late maincrop which harvest around September/October. We don't ususally plant a second crop in the UK climate, but there is a way to try to grow some new potatoes for Christmas dinner! I might give that a try this year!
The difference in our temperatures from North to South is evident here. I don't even have flowers on my courgettes yet!
I've tried the Christmas potatoes. One year it was brilliant. The next we had a muggy autumn and blight struck. It's a chance you have to be prepared to take. When it works though, it's wonderful!
You've got quite a dinner there Matron - you must be chuffed!
Fab potatoes! I am impatient for mine to be ready. Yours look great.
I love this time of year. At every trip to my plot there is a little more harvest to bring home, and plenty still to come.
Everything looks delicious. I'm wondering if we may have some potatoes ready to dig, although they probably won't look as nice as yours.
You made my Friday, Matron! I will now sit here at my desk and type away while thinking of the luxurious meal you must have enjoyed yesterday!
I am hoping to get my first lot of harvest tomorrow, I can't wait! but I think I may be a while away from the courgette.
What the purple veg beneth the broad bean, are they purple mangetout?
Ah, just scanned down your blog page and noted that they are purple podded pea. How did they taste? Did they turn back to green on cooking?
Mangocheeks (love that name!) - The peas inside the pod are green! It is only the pod that is purple!
The day's foraging yielded this?! I'm jealous!! What a spread! They all look so delicious!
Thank you for visiting my blog and I loved to see your comment. Will be back again. happy gardening!
I still have a way to go before I can harvest potatoes. We did get strawberries. They are first year plants. We've tried to remove all blossoms.
The swiss chard is wonderful. I can't wait for the zucchini. Our weather is not suitable for it yet. Lots of leaf and no blossom.
Raspberries are small and green.
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