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Endings and beginnings
Last week's harvest was made up of the tail end of some crops and the start of others.
Each time that we visit the plot I expect there to be no berries left to harvest but again last week I picked a few red and yellow raspberries and there are also a sprinkling of blackberries hiding under the raspberries. What was even more amazing, (or maybe worrying), was that I noticed that some immature fruits had set on next year's summer fruiting raspberry canes.
The summer fruiting canes were cut out completely and new canes tied in and these should definitely not be fruiting now.
Another strange phenomena centred on one of our pear trees - Invincible. It failed to set any fruit during it's normal flowering period despite both its neighbouring trees bearing fruit. It then decided to flower a second time and produced fruit. Unfortunately they didn't have time to grow into full sized specimens. We still picked them.
We also decided to try a few parsnips. The tops had grown well but with parsnips this doesn't always mean a good root has developed. Fortunately the roots didn't disappoint. The flavour was quite good but should be even better after a frost has turned more if the starch to sugar.
We are still harvesting mizuna from the WoodBlocx salad bar in the garden but some other types of salad leaves are now past their best.
The annual flowers are just about over now with just a few cosmos, calendula and cornflowers hanging on.
A couple of years ago I grew some Leucanthemum vulgare (native ox-eye daisy). These have proved a revelation as a long lasting (in the ground and in a vase) cut flower. They are also as pretty as the 'cultivated' flowers
Our complete October harvest is listed here
Our complete October harvest is listed here
Wednesday, October 28
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