Picked my first..............2013

[Polytastic]

Wow Guy, That's a host of beetroot ... mine bequeathed a small offering to me today ... they were babies but should taste sweet .. I hope. Just glad they produced at all as I had thought they might be all leaf and no show!

VC! Not even chat :O you treated that poor tomato soooo rotten there hun Poor little thing ... Did it accept your apologies and grant forgiveness in the end?

[Vince G]

first 2 chillis today hungarian hot wax and cayenne

Snakeshack, what do you do with your HHW chillies? Grown them for the first time this year and they're a bit yellow and bland. Do they go red and get hotter or do you use them in some way when they're still yellow? Any advice much appreciated.

[jotley73]

Picked a couple of Jalapenos with a nice bit of bite

[Polytastic]

Collected a small bag of runner beans at 5 am this morning. Best amount I have got off of them so far this year

[Guykp57]

Today's picking..am smiling:-)

[veggiechicken]

Picked my first mini cucumber. Thank you Darcy I'm sure you won't mind if I say that it had a difficult start to life, having the top snapped off and leaving just one leaf on the stem. It was such a determined plant that it grew a new stem and just look at it now

[Chippy Minton]

Maybe not exactly 'picked' my first but last night was the first full meal that we've grown, Spanish tortilla with our own potatoes, onions, broad beans, peas and eggs from the chooks accompanied by a green salad. Fair brought a tear to the eye

[marcofez]

Had quite a bit of stuff over the last month or so. Strawberries, artichoke, potatoes, overwintered onions, garlic, salad leaves and lettuce, radish, beetroot.
Now keep getting the courgette fairy leaving many fruits, polytunnel toms starting to ripen, picking french and runner beans.
Very pleased so far!!!

[hellybore]

Pulled up my first elephant garlic today - the first one was the size of an ordinary garlic, so a bit disappointing. The next one was bigger, and the others were humungous!

[Potstubsdustbins]

Not bad picking today.

Potty

[jayjaybee]

My first carrot thinnings, the choice of veg for dinner tonight is huuuuge .... well 4 or 5, I get a little over excited an exaggerate.

[PyreneesPlot]

Gherkins. Now brining in the fridge. All eight of them!!

[insy]

Made my first ever pickled courgettes other day 3 x 1lb jars full

Picked another 1.4kg of courgettes today :O :O so might have a go at making me a Spicy Courgette & Tomato Chutney

First time growing courgettes this year and I made a few mistakes but all learnt for new season.

How long do chutneys keep for?

Potatoes/Carrots/Runner Beans/French Beans/Blackberries/Toms picked today as well

[Likac66]

Royalty purple Dwarf beans.
Lemon crystal cucumber.
Gardeners Delight tomato.

First ever for all of these varieties.

[MartinRSharpe]

Salad Blue Potato
Onion Tornado

Also my first ever times harvesting these varieties