Enjoying harvests

[gringo]

Yup, agree with the tomatillos. The other great thing is mostly you can't tell when they're ready to harvest just by looking - you have to give the husk a gentle squeeze to see how big the fruit is. So there's a delighted surprise element to harvesting!

The other great thing about the tomatillo harvest for me is that gluts are no problem. I always roast mine and they roast just as well (if not better) from frozen. Any that are picked go straight into the freezer after shucking and rinsing. I bought my chest freezer for my tomatillos

[optiminx]

Easy peas

My favourite harvest has been the tall peas, so easy on the back with no bending! I grew an old variety, Lord Lincoln (or is it Lord Leicester? I forget) and they went on cropping for a long time and I only just took them down yesterday after collecting the last few young pods and some ripe ones for seed. Next year I will try pinching our alternate plants like sweet peas, to see if this increases (or prolongs) the crop.

I read once many years ago that old kitchen gardeners used to walk along their newly emerged pea shoots in their hob-nailed boots to crush them and cause them to send out side shoots for a better crop. Can't quite bear to do that yet, but I always meant to try a bit of pinching out!

[gardengeordie]

harvested these today, dont know what I am going to do with them all yet, like a jungle in the GH now though and plants are getting top heavy to!

[Sian Bunney]

There are some wonderful comments here everyone, thank you very much. I will unstick the thread now as I have plenty of material to work with for the Allotment Inspiration pages. Enjoy your harvests!

[vixylix]

Raspberries! Its my first year of growing them and I've loved being able to pick them and eat them straight from the garden. Sooo much better than shop bought!