The 2015 One to Five a Week Challenge!

[Penellype]

This week I have eaten:
Tomato Shirley, Sungold, Chocolate Cherry, Belle
Potato Sarpo Mira
Calabrese Sakura
Red cababge Kalibos
Carrot Nantes Frubund, Eskimo
Pepper unnamed yellow variety
Onion Sturon
Lettuce salad bowl (baby leaves)
Mizuna
Pak Choi (baby leaves)
Nasturtium leaves and flower
Alfalfa sprouts
Flat leaf parsley
1 strawberry everbearer
1 Raspberry Allgold

From frozen (in soup):
Courgette Piccolo

Sowed:
Pea Kelvedon Wonder for pea shoots

Potted on
Namenia seedlings

[Penellype]

This week I have eaten:
Tomato Shirley, Sungold, Chocolate Cherry, Belle
Potato Desiree
Carrot Nantes Frubund, Eskimo
Unnamed green pepper
Baby green cabbage (Duncan)
Onion Sturon
Lettuce salad bowl (baby leaves)
Mizuna
Pak Choi (baby leaves)
Nasturtium leaves and flower
Alfalfa sprouts
Flat leaf parsley
1 strawberry everbearer
2 Raspberry Allgold

From frozen (in soup):
Courgette Piccolo
Runner Bean Stardust

Sowed:
Lettuce Winter Gem

Potted on
Gooseberry Captivator

[Penellype]

This week I have eaten:
Tomato Shirley, Sungold, Chocolate Cherry
Potato Desiree
Carrot Nantes Frubund
Unnamed green pepper
Calabrese Sakura
Onion Sturon
1 random spring onion I found growing among the nasturtiums
Parsley (curled)


From frozen (in soup):
Courgette Piccolo
Basil


Potted on
Some carrots in the greenhouse as I needed to move the growbed they were in.
A tomato sideshoot (Shirley) - yeah I know its very early for tomatoes!

[Penellype]

This week I have eaten:
Tomato Shirley, Sungold (I still have some ripening in punnets)
Potato Desiree
Carrot Nantes Frubund, Eskimo
Kohlrabi
Leek Albana
Onion Sturon
Lettuce Salad Bowl
Mizuna
Pak Choi
Namenia (the whole crop, as they were dying off for some reason - not grown this before)
Nasturtium (the last leaf before the frost killed them)
Parsley (flat leaf)


From frozen (in soup and frozen dishes):
Courgette Piccolo
Green pepper
Various tomatoes

Sowed
Provencale salad mix (Mizuna, Pak Choi, Komatsuna Rapido, Red Mustard and Rocket)
Alfalfa

Transplanted
Spring onion, brought home from my friend's house

[Penellype]

This week I have eaten:
Tomato Shirley, Sungold
Potato Desiree
Carrot Nantes Frubund
Calabrese Sakura - the last little shoots (there were loads, but the plants were clearly dying due to frost)
Lettuce Salad Bowl
Alfalfa sprouts


From frozen (in soup and frozen dishes):
Courgette Piccolo
Green pepper
Various tomatoes
Turnip Atlantic
Onion Red Baron

Sowed
Chervil

Potted on
Lettuce Winter Gem

[Penellype]

This week I have eaten:
Tomato Shirley, Sungold, Chocolate Cherry
Potato Desiree
Carrot Nantes Frubund, Eskimo
Lettuce Salad Bowl
Mizuna
Pak Choi
Spinach Reddy (baby leaves)
1 pea shoot (only 1 germinated from some old seed)
Alfalfa sprouts


From frozen (in soup and frozen dishes):
Courgette Piccolo, Goldmine, Green Bush
Green pepper
Various tomatoes
Kohlrabi
Bean Topcrop
Onion Red Baron

Sowed
Spinach Bloomsdale
Alfalfa

[veggiechicken]

You're doing so well Penellype - and putting me to shame.
My life has been taken over by puppies recently but I'm going to kick start it again for New Year.
Look out 5 a week, here I come

[Penellype]

You're doing so well Penellype - and putting me to shame.
My life has been taken over by puppies recently but I'm going to kick start it again for New Year.
Look out 5 a week, here I come

I'm struggling with the sowing and planting really - just chucking bits of seeds in here and there for baby greens, and ruthlessly eating the lot so I have room for more pretty much as soon as they are ready. On the plus side though, I did make a lovely salad this lunchtime, using bits and bobs from these tiny sowings

[veggiechicken]

Starting today 1 January 2015

Anyone else going to join in or is it just Penellype (who has already put me to shame by her commitment)

[Guest]

I will join in but the eating side is completely rubbish at the moment (last year in the veg patch for me was very poor)

Here we go:

Beetroot (pickled)
Red Cabbage (pickled)
Cue/gherkins (pickled)
Jerry chokes
green garlic
parsnip
Yacon
Oca
Rosemary, thyme and winter savoury (every little helps)

I am shocked, that is so much better than I thought, not likely to last tho.

Sowing:

Shallot - Ambition
Onion - Senshu
Onion - Sturon
Leek - Giant Bulgarian
Leek - Pot leek

[MarkHackwell]

I will join in but the eating side is completely rubbish at the moment (last year in the veg patch for me was very poor)

Here we go:

Beetroot (pickled)
Red Cabbage (pickled)
Cue/gherkins (pickled)
Jerry chokes
green garlic
parsnip
Yacon
Oca
Rosemary, thyme and winter savoury (every little helps)

I am shocked, that is so much better than I thought, not likely to last tho.

Sowing:

Shallot - Ambition
Onion - Senshu
Onion - Sturon
Leek - Giant Bulgarian
Leek - Pot leek

Have you ever had any luck with shallots grown from seed? Tempted to try it if I can get some at the weekend, seems as I have my onions and leeks sown already

[Guest]

Have you ever had any luck with shallots grown from seed? Tempted to try it if I can get some at the weekend, seems as I have my onions and leeks sown already

Banana shallots can only be grown from seed and they are the only ones I have grown in the past and they did well. This is a first for a round shallot from seed, but ambition is 1. an F1 variety 2. one apparently used for show.

I hope that helps

[Penellype]

Quite a challenge this week with the frost making harvesting any leafy veg and roots from outdoors impossible. I moved a tub of carrots into the garage so that I would have something fresh and managed to harvest a kohlrabi before it got too cold.

This week I have eaten:
Tomato Sungold (still a few of the ones I picked green gradually ripening, not great flavour)
Potato Desiree
Carrot Nantes Frubund
Kohlrabi Vienna Mix (this one was green)
Lettuce Salad Bowl (baby leaves)


From frozen (in soup and frozen dishes):
Courgette Piccolo, Green Bush
Green pepper
Various tomatoes
Onion Red Baron

In chutney:
Tomato Chocolate Cherry
Pepper California Wonder
Onion Sturon

Sowed
Pea Hurst Green Shaft for pea shoots

Planted
2 tomato sideshoots (Shirley)

[poly]

I've completely failed to keep this updated
I've been eating plenty of home grown veggies each week , not sure I've sown or planted something each week though. Best I bow out and leave it to the pro's, much admiration

[Guest]

I've completely failed to keep this updated
I've been eating plenty of home grown veggies each week , not sure I've sown or planted something each week though. Best I bow out and leave it to the pro's, much admiration

New year, new start