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Harvest Monday - 10th August 2015

By Mwillis
The salad crops are in full swing now. We had rain on a couple of days this week, and the lettuces in particular liked that. I cut another really nice dense, crisp "Webbs Wonderful" Iceberg lettuce, along with the first of the "Diva" cucumbers and a load of "Maskotka" tomatoes.
Harvest Monday - 10th August 2015
We are away for a few days, staying with the family in a self-catering property, so I took a huge batch of my home-grown potatoes. This is the output from four of my big pots. It came to very satisfying 4.3kgs.
Harvest Monday - 10th August 2015
These are "Nicola", a Second Early variety. I think they are perhaps even better than the ubiquitous "Charlotte".
Harvest Monday - 10th August 2015
They certainly scrub up nicely!
Harvest Monday - 10th August 2015
I also picked these beans, a total of 820g. There are some nice long straight ones amongst them.
Harvest Monday - 10th August 2015
Those are Runner Beans "Enorma" and "Jed's", along with some of the "Kew Blue" French Beans and just a few of the yellow ones that appear to be "Kentucky Wonder Wax". I'm hoping the rain will have given my beans a bit of a boost, and that they will now start producing pods in greater quantity.
Harvest Monday - 10th August 2015
Because we were going away, I also picked these Blueberries (about 150g). They were not fully ripe, but I judged that they would be past it before we got home, so we took them with us. I'm sure that when they ripen Holly and Lara will demolish them.
Harvest Monday - 10th August 2015
I am NOT linking to Daphne's Harvest Monday this week, because I am away... I hope to be participating again in 2 weeks' time.

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