Harvest Monday

Time for another Harvest Monday, where gardeners from around the globe get the chance to show off what they have harvested from their gardens, hosted as always by the lovely Daphne.

This week I harvested the last 3 cauliflower from the garden.

Some asparagus and podding peas.

And two very oddly shaped Chantenay carrots and a few side shoots of broccoli. What have you harvested this week?

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The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring, Tra la

With so little happening in the vegetable garden at the moment, I thought I would share some of what is happening in the flower gardens right now. Enjoy!

Snap dragons

Nemesia

Geraldton wax "Raspberry Ripple"

Scabiosa "Samantha's Pink".

Wonga Wonga vine, this photo does not do it justice, it is absolutely gorgeous.

My favourite rose, Double Delight.

Sweet peas

Not technically in the garden but close enough, Swan River Pea.

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Garden Share Collective September 2014

It's September, already! Is it just me or does this year seem to be flying by at an alarming rate.

August was a month of unseasonably warm weather during the day, cold nights and no rain.

What's been happening in the garden?  There are blossoms on the plum and orange trees,

and the shelling peas are starting to produce.

   Harvests in August were mostly cauliflower and broccoli, along with the odd carrot.

The snow and sugar snap peas were a real disappointment this year, last year I had so many I didn't know what to do with them all and this year the plants only produced 783 grams. I have sown more sugar snap peas in the hope of getting some more before the weather gets too hot and if I can find room for them I will sow more snow peas too.

TO DO:

Sow seeds of tomatoes, spinach, silverbeet, basil, snow peas, coriander and cucumber. Linking up with Lizzie at Strayed from the Table.

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Harvest Monday

I picked the last of the Green Dragon broccoli this week as well as the first two cauliflowers.

The two broccoli heads weighed 500g and the cauliflower weighed 1.1 kilos. The second cauliflower was not as big weighing 360g.

I will be picking a lot more cauliflower over the coming weeks are there are still 15 plants left in the garden most of which will find its way into the freezer. Thanks to Daphne's Dandelions for hosting Harvest Monday.

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Harvest Monday

This week's harvest consisted of broccoli (950g), carrots,

and the last of the sugar snap peas (total weight 483g) and beans (total weight 1kg).

I also dug out my potatoes which were looking a little worse for wear and ended up with 6.9 kg altogether.

Red Delight - 2.8kg

Cream Delight - 2.2kg

Kestrel - 1.9kg from two plants that I transplanted from the asparagus bed.

Once again the Dutch Cream that I planted didn't grow so I will not be planting any next year but overall I was really happy with the potato harvest. 

To see what others have harvested this week, hop over to Daphne's Dandelions.

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