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The regular sowing of small amounts seems to have worked very well this year.

I staggered sowing/ planting of:
carrots
beetroot
potatoes
lettuce
spring onions
cabbages
cauliflowers
cucumbers

If I had more space I'd love to be able to produce more than one crop of sweetcorn in a year, but it means that we savour those we get even more.

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I harvested my first two pots of shallots at the weekend.

They were Matador and Ambition, grown from seed, and look spankingly healthy.

To be honest, they're a lot bigger than I anticipated - twice the size of the ones you see in the supermarket.

Let's hope they taste as good as they look!

Meanwhile, harvesting is in full swing:
potatoes
carrots
lettuce
tomatoes
cabbage
chard
beetroot...

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It's been a great week - I've been able to harvest us enough veg for all our meals this week and given away a few bits and bobs, too.

Cauliflower, potatoes, tomatoes, cucumber, courgettes, cabbage, spring onions, garlic, peas, carrots, lettuce, beetroot.

The strawberries in pots have finished at last and I can move them out of the way.

The shallots that I sowed from seed in February are nearly ready to harvest - the skins are beginning to dry a little...

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