Wishing you all a very happy new year and all the best for growing your own veg in 2011.

And without further ado I present My Vegetable Awards 2011:

Overall Best Vegetable Harvest in 2011: Mange Tout – Carouby de Maussane
Previous Winner: Radish – Pink Beauty

Best Performance: Kale – Fizz
Previous Winners: Carrots-Nantes 2 and Chantenay (2009) and Savoy Cabbage – Cantasa F1 (2010)

Best Coloured Veg: Climbing Beans – Bridgewater

Best Newcomer: Kohl Rabi
Previous Winners: Onions – Red Cross (2009) and Beetroot – Moneta (2010)

Non-Starter: Winter Cauliflower
Previous Winners: Spring Cabbages (2009) and Perpetual Spinach (2010).

Best Taste: Shallots – Golden Gormet
Previous Winners: Dwarf French Beans – Major (2009) and Lettuce – Flame (2010).

Best Flowers: Mange Tout – Ezeta’s Krombek Blauwschokker
Previous Winners: Mange Tout – Weggisser (2009) and Mange Tout – Golden Sweet (2010).

Strongest Growing Winter Vegetable: Broad Bean
Previous Year: Savoy Cabbage

Best Wildlife: Bumble Bee

Most Annoying Pest: Caterpillars
Previous Years Winner: Aphids

Best Seed Company: MoreVeg.co.uk
Previous Winners: The Organic Garden Catalogue (2009) and The Real Seed Catalogue (2010)

New Vegetables Grown for 2011: Kohl Rabi, Rocket, Purple Sprouting Broccoli.
Previous New Grown Veg: Beetroot, Shallot, Savoy Cabbage (2010)
Previous New Grown Veg: Leeks, Fennel, Onions, Mustard Greens, Salad Endive (2009)

Veg I would grow again: Pak Choi – Rubi, Carrots – Chantenay, Spring Onions – Purplette.

My Favourite Blog Post 2011: Beginner Garlic Growers
Previous fav blog post: Planning Your Veg Garden and Free Resources Page

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  Vegetable Awards 2011

• Veg I would grow again:

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  Spring Onion - Purplette & Paris Silverskin

• Best Wildlife:

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  Bumble Bee

• Best Taste:

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  Shallots Golden Gourmet

• Overall Best Vegetable Harvest:

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  Carouby de Maussane Mange Tout

• Best Seed Supplier:

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  More Veg

• Best Newcomer:

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  Kohl Rabi

• New Vegetables Grown for 2011:

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  Purple Sprouting Broccoli

• Best Coloured Veg:

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  Bridgewater Beans

• Best Performance:

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  Kale Fizz

• Best Flowers:

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  Ezeta’s Krombek Blauwschokker Mange Tout

• Veg I would grow again:

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  Rubi Pak Choi

• Veg I would grow again:

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  Chantenay Carrots

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Broad Bean Plot

Look at them now, admittedly they are trailing a bit along the ground however I find Broad Bean plants quite robust and with the exception of blackened tips of their leaves when frost has struck (I’ve got a few of those), they tend to get through the worst of the winter including last years snow. Thats another reason why I like growing winter vegetables so much as they are strong and happily grow away until springtime.

My peas (douce provence) are small probably because they were interplanted between the rows of broad beans but do not show any signs of frost damage which I was aiming for, and this variety of pea is very reliable for winter growing.

Unexpectedly also growing in my Winter plot is the late re-emergence of Kale Fizz, it’s positively blooming in this mild weather and I’ve also got lots of rocket as well.

Kale 'Frost Hardy' Fizz

Unfortunately if you do take you eye off the vegetable plot, especially to new vegetable seedlings you haven’t sown before, then unexplained disappearances can occur. There are a number of reasons for this, including cold temperatures, pests in the soil, seedlings rotting and disappearing.

My winter seedling disappearances include:

• Winter Cauliflower,
• Turnip,
• Spicy Leaves

Unfortunately it’s just the way nature deals the cards and as I’m not one to give up on things easily, better luck next time!

Other Posts you may be interested in:

• Benefits of Growing Vegetables in Winter
• The Last Veg Seed Sowings of the Year
• From Flowers to First Beans
• Blackfly on Broad Beans

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I’ve decided over the past few weeks, that I could do with saving some money over Christmas and into the new year and I can save money as I have potatoes, carrots, shallots, green beans etc in storage but I’m not using them to their best and most importantly tastiest advantage.

My cooking ability is ok, I am good at baking cakes, biscuits etc but I don’t tend to cook main meals very often and when I do its something like Shepherds pie which is in my cooking comfort zone. In these batch recipe trials, I aim to go out of my comfort zone and hopefully cook up some tasty and freezable recipes on the cheap.

My first recipe is from BBC Good Food website or on Twitter @bbcgoodfood:

Mushroom, Shallot and Squash Pie

Recipe Link: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/853636/mushroom-shallot-and-squash-pie

Homemade Veg Pie

I chose this recipe because:

• It sounded like a hearty pie,
• It would use up some of my stored shallots,
• I had a 3 week old butternut squash in the cupboard and needed to use it,
• It didn’t look too difficult to make (everyone can make a pie right?),
• Its freezable for up to 2 months

I made this recipe without the dried porcini mushrooms and to save money on the puff pastry, I made my own shortcrust pastry from the very easy recipe Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall used to make his Spinach and Thyme Pasties from in Rover Cottage Veg.
Pastry Recipe here: Spinach and Thyme Pasties.

Review on Preparation:
The is no hiding the fact that there’s a lot of chopping vegetables in this recipe. Notably so were the very strong shallots which left me almost blind with tears!

Harvested Shallots

Review on Cooking:
I made the pastry first as it needs 30 minutes in the fridge before rolling out. I chopped the vegetables and used a number of saucepans to fry the squash in one and shallots in the other, then the mushrooms in another before combining it all together. The flour and vegetable stock sauce was a challenge as there was quite a few lumps of flour but I kept stirring quickly and most cleared away, the rest went during cooking.

Quantity of Vegetables to Pastry:
The pastry more than covered the large dish and one individual dish. I wrapped up the remaining pastry and left in the fridge for a Spinach pasty or two. There was enough of the vegetable mix to fill the large dish and individual dish, this will be four to five portions.

If I made this recipe again, I would:
Make the portions in individual takeaway cartons or cookable and freezable containers, so they could be taken from the freezer in individual portions rather than the large dish I made it in this time.

Verdict:
The lovely roasted shallot smell and the softness of the squash and creamy sauce made this pie a delicious vegetarian meal to suit a large family or batch individual meals. There is a subtle mushroom flavour but as the mushrooms were sliced, these pieces were almost lost in the sauce. Next time I might add quarters of mushrooms instead of slicing them. Overall a recommended winter warmer.

If you have any recipes you’d like me to try or you can recommend, please leave a comment.

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I sow all my overwintering vegetables under my home-made Geoff Hamilton Cloches covered with Enviromesh and if it gets really cold (and I remember) I throw some horticultural fleece over the cloches over night to protect from frost and snow.

Here’s what seeds I’ve sown for a Winter to Spring harvest:

Broad Bean – Supersimonia

Aquadulce Claudia Seeds

From: MoreVeg.co.uk

I’ve sown most of the Autumn Sowing Broad Bean varieties and think Aquadulce Claudia is the best overwinter performer but I’ve not come across this one before called ‘Supersimonia’. Its description is vigorous and hardy with great crops, so I’m looking forward to seeing if these plants live through the frost and snow.

This year I’ve sown my broad beans and peas in a alternate row pattern i.e. one row of beans, one row of peas, one row of beans etc so that the frost doesn’t ruin all the plants and they can protect one another.

Sow Autumn Broad Beans: October to November
Harvest: May to July

How to Grow Autumn Sowing Broad Beans Guide

Other Autumn Sowing Broad Bean Varieties Include:

• Aquadulce Claudia for long pods and tall plants,
• The Sutton for dwarf pods and plants (good for small areas),
• Luz De Otono – A new variety from Dobies for overwintering with a good winter resistance.

Pea – Douce Provence

Sowing Autumn Peas

From: MoreVeg.co.uk

This variety is an old faithful to me, its very reliable, performs very well overwinter, you get lots of pea pods with sweet peas and not so much powdery mildew in Spring.

As long as the plants are kept from falling all over onto the soil surface (prop up with canes) in winter, the plants survive the cold and wet and also its a bonus that they don’t grow very tall, so no need to get the tall canes out for these lovelies.

Sow Autumn Peas: October to November
Harvest: May to June

How to Grow Autumn Sowing Peas Guide

Other Overwintering Pea Varieties to Try:

• Avola – Sweet and mid height pea plant (up to 60cms), stores well in the freezer
• Early Onward – Heavy croppers and early peas, what more could you want!

Turnip – Manchester Market

Turnip Atlantic

From: MoreVeg.co.uk

This is an autumn growing turnip which is a good storer and leaves can be steamed as greens. I haven’t grown turnips for a good few years now, last lot was the purple topped variety Atlantic.

Sow Turnips:
Maincrop: March to September
For Small Roots and Greens: October to November

Other Quick Growing Turnips to Sow:

• Snowball – grows in 6 – 8 weeks this white root and leaves are the perfect mini veg
• Manchester Express F1 – This variety a quicker grower to harvest in 7 weeks, white roots.

Cauliflower – Snowball

Snowball Cauliflower

From: MoreVeg

This is a dwarf winter cauliflower which I haven’t sown before. I’ve spaced out the seeds already so there should be no need to thin the seedlings when the soil is frozen.

Sow Winter Cauliflower: October
Harvest: June
Read more on my
Cauliflowers – A New Winter Growing Adventure.

Other Winter Vegetables you might like to Sow:

• Garlic – Beginner Growers, which variety to choose?
• Growing Winter Spinach
• Growing Onions from Sets
• Growing Shallot Sets
• Growing Mustard Greens
• Winter Grow Guides

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Here’s what my vegetable plots were looking like a week ago:

Plot 1 Slug Damaged Greens

Plot 2 Rocket, Beans, Kohl Rabi

Plot 3 Runner Beans still going

Unfortunately there is a slug and caterpillar problem in Plot 1 and they have teamed up together to eat the rest of the Pak Choi, spicy leaves and lettuce from my Seed Pantry Autumn kit. Here’s the slug I caught red handed and the damage he and his friends caused to the Pak Choi, there’s no coming back from that sort of chewed mess, so I pulled it all out.

Slug eating spicy leaves

Pak Choi Rubi - Slug Damage

Chard Bright Lights Seedlings

One saving grace was the fact that I had enough sense to plant the chard seeds in a different plot. They are doing well and have been thinned, I’m looking forward to how these fair the winter months as I haven’t grown chard at this time of the year before.

So that just leaves the Harvests for October, here they are in all their glory:

Carrot, Pak Choi and Rocket

Beans and More Beans Harvest

Baby Kohl Rabi

After growing several Kohl Rabi plants this year I absolutely love its crunchy taste and will definitely be growing these again next year.

Other Posts you may be interested in:

• Red Pak Choi, Rocket and Carrot Harvest
• How To Cook and Eat Kohl Rabi
• Top Tips on How To Grow Better French Beans
• Good Things Come To Those Who Wait
• Growing Rocket
• Vegetable Seeds and Bulbs to Plant in November
• iGrowVeg Winter Vegetable Guides

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Kale is very useful to have in your vegetable garden for the hungry gap, I read this quite a lot from other bloggers like RealMenSow and they rave about how great it is to harvest overwinter.

Harvest of PSB and Kale

I long to have this love of Kale as my relationship with Kale is a bit on/off so far. Over the past few years, I’ve grown Redbor and Cavolo de Nero. Redbor got infested with whitefly and Nero only grew a few small leaves before dying (although they were very tasty). With this not very successful past, as you can imagine I wasn’t really expecting a lot from Kale – Fizz but I hoped it might survive to harvest period at least.

In June I hadn’t heard of Kale Fizz before but now since all the new seed catalogues have arrived, it seems to be available everywhere, which is good because its the only Kale (so far) I’ve ever grown successfully. I sowed it next to the rocket and its really taken off well, the rocket leaves tend to prop up the kale leaves quite well.

I’d thought I’d never see the day, when I was raving about Kale, so here’s goes nothing.

Why You should Grow Kale Fizz

Harvested Kale Fizz

1. It’s blue, grey, silvery leaves are very unusual and it stands out in the vegetable plot,
2. It is very quick growing,
3. Baby leaves can be added to stir-fries without the need of chopping them up and they only need a few minutes,
4. It can be kept in the ground, overwinter for the hungry gap,
5. It is good to grow successionally and doesn’t take up hardly any room in your plot,
6. It doesn’t seem to get infected with whitefly,
7. It looks good grown in a mass of leaves or inter-planted with rocket, chard, spinach etc.
8. If I can grow it, anyone can! Why not give it a try next year? Sow April to July.

Kale Fizz Seed Suppliers

• UK – MoreVeg
• UK – Dobies
• USA – Territorial Seed

Other Winter Leafy Vegetables to Grow With Kale:

Kale Fizz and Rocket Esmee

• Chard – comes in a variety of stem colours including striking yellow and vibrant red
• Rocket – very strong pepperiness with the wild varieties, quick growing winter leaves
• Red Pak Choi – the red variety is striking and baby leaves can be used in salads
• Winter Spinach – Grow large winter hardy leaves for soups and stews.

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Bunch of Growing Rocket

As I’ve got plenty of Rocket in the vegetable plot, my attention has turned to what to do with it all and by the look at all the recipes I have come across it is a very versatile vegetable in the kitchen.

Sow Rocket: June to October
Harvest Rocket: July to November
Varieties:
Esmee (MoreVeg), Va-Va-Voom (Dobies),
Rocket Salad (Sarah Raven’s Kitchen & Garden).

Rocket Recipes to Try:

Rocket and Caramelised Onions with Goats Cheese
A lovely nutty, salty, tangy combination of ingredients and I’m going to use my shallots in place of the onions.

Cherry Tomato, Wild Strawberry and Rocket Salad
I know rocket and tomato are a classic combination, but I’m not so sure about the strawberry addition. I’ll give it ago as I’m intrigued to see what it will taste like.

Rocket Soup
Autumn is the season of soup making and I have shallots (from harvest earlier this year) and potatoes. Looks like this recipe is going to be made sooner rather than later.

Rocket Soup

Roast Beef and Rocket Salad
Finally a recipe for those lazy sunday’s and it uses up your leftover roast beef meat. All topped off with crispy croutons and an avocado mayonnaise. Am I making your mouth water yet?

Chorizo, Red Pepper and Rocket Rolls
Chorizo, a continental smokey flavoured meat of the moment which I tend to use in the kitchen quite a lot, combined with red pepper, rocket and goats cheese filling to the rolls, this recipe is more of a starter or light snack.

Watercress, Spinach and Rocket Pesto
A spin on the usual basil pesto using a few favorite green leaves including watercress to the original pine nut and olive oil recipe, this is easy to make and store in jars in the fridge. Use for pasta dishes or as a salad dressing.

Asparagus and Lemon Spaghetti with Pine Nuts and Rocket
An easy to make pasta dish with a hint of lemon and can be spiced up with the addition of chilli flakes.

Rocket Pasta

Braised Peas, Rocket and Spring Onions
A simple but tasty classic combination of onion, peas with a peppery burst. It can be used as a side dish or base for roast chicken or other cooked meats.

Pappardelle with roasted pumpkin, sage and rocket
A seasonal dish with pumpkin or butternut squash which is almost harvesting time with the addition of warm pasta is the perfect meal for those cold autumn nights.

Other Vegetable Recipe Collections:

• Vegetable Glut Recipes
• Winter Warmer Recipes
• Radish Recipes

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Red Pak Choi Leaves

I harvested the first batch of red pak choi last week however the remaining plants didn’t see the caterpillars coming, this pest has decimated the rest of my crop and ruined all the leaves.

By contrast, I sowed Rocket Esmee (from MoreVeg) in the other raised bed and I’m pleased to say there’s no caterpillers and you can definately tell by the sea of green lobed leaves of rocket and Kale – Fizz (from More Veg).

Home-Grown Rocket Vs Shop-Bought Rocket

In the past I would just buy a bag of salad from the supermarket with rocket included to add some bite, but shop bought rocket is mild compared to the strong peppery bite that comes from homegrown rocket. The home grown rocket, just keeps on growing as you cut it, I’ve been cutting a few leaves for the past 4 weeks and counting.

Rocket Esmee lobed leaves

Growing rocket is a brilliant way of having your own salad at home and an even better bonus is it lasts in the fridge about a week in a sealed container unlike the soggy rocket you usually find in the bag from the supermarket after a couple of days of opening it.

Also good news, Rocket can be grown in October to see your salad continue and harvesting will be in 3 – 4 weeks if growing the Esmee variety, it is a very quick grower.

Chantenay Carrots and Juliennes

I’m also harvesting Chantenay Carrots, they are short pointed baby carrots packed with flavour and are easy to grow especially in a container.

I like these carrots because they are so easy to cut into julienne’s (thin carrot slices) to add to salads, sandwiches or stir fries. I followed this video which shows you how to do it without cutting your fingers! it’s easy when you know how and only takes a few goes at getting it right.

More Winter Vegetable Posts from iGrowVeg:

• Winter Vegetable Growing Guides
• Top 8 Vegetable Glut Recipes
• Tips for Growing Overwintering Peas
• Planning Your Veg Garden Part 7 – Growing Winter Vegetables
• Stuck on what to grow for Winter? Try a Vegetable Seed Collection
• Winter Warmer Recipes using Stored Fruit and Vegetables

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I labelled Kohl Rabi as a monster vegetable in my last post and if you’ve not come across this vegetable before it is a cross between a cabbage and turnip. In the vegetable garden it does look a bit monsterous with its leaf tenticles and bulbous bulb. Now after 2 months growth, the proof is in the eating as they say.

Harvesting Kohl Rabi

To harvest the kohl rabi plant, just pull it out of the ground, roots and all, by gripping the bulb for leverage. To cut the roots off, use a kitchen knife and make a cut at the base of the bulb as this is easier than trying to cut off the root stem which is very stringy and tough.

Preparing the Kohl Rabi

Kohl Rabi in the Veg Garden

Firstly remove the leaf stems at the bulb with a knife and put the leaves aside for cooking like spinach as the whole of the kohl rabi plant can be eaten.

Kohl rabi is easy to prepare for cooking which suprised me as the outer bulb skin looks thick and feels like rubber however the (old) potato peeler had no trouble removing the outer layer. Then top and tail the bulb with a knife, this glides into the soft bulb with no effort.

The kohl rabi flat bottom globe can now be sliced, diced or cut into batons to cook. The middle can also be scouped out and stuffed with your choice of veggie or meat filling. 

I opted for cutting into batons and sauting in a knob of butter, splash of olive oil and chopped up shallots also from the veg garden, harvested in July this year.

Fry for about three minutes, then add any other vegetables, I’ve added some chopped runner beans also from the veg garden. Then add a small amount of vegetable stock to the frying pan. This helps the kohl rabi and runner beans to absorb the liquid and soften quickly but still retaining their crunch.

After about 4-6 minutes, the water will have evaporated and you can brown off the vegtables if you wish. Put the kohl rabi leaves in the frying pan and use the heat from the pan to cook it through like spinach. After a minute or so, turn out onto a plate with fish or meat to serve.

What does Kohl Rabi taste like?

I thought it tasted like crunchy cabbage which is was very nice. Even my other half, who’s whole vegetable diet only consists of carrots, cabbage and green beans absolutely loved kohl rabi raw. It can be eaten raw or grated into salads.

Will I grow it again?

Yes definately, my whole experience with Kohl rabi has been a good one and also a bonus I love the taste. I found myself wondering why supermarkets didn’t sell them, but I’m quite glad they don’t as I can grow them myself knowing where they have come from and also its part of the glory of growing vegetables when you can grow a vegetable or variety that isn’t shipped hundred of miles accross oceans just to be in our supermarkets.

• Kohl Rabi in the Veg Garden

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  Kohl Rabi Harvest

• Harvested Kohl Rabi and Box of Beans

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  Kohl Rabi Harvest

• 1. Cut the leaves off the bulb

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  Preparing the Kohl Rabi for Cooking

• 2. Bulb remaining without leaves

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  Preparing the Kohl Rabi for Cooking

• 3. Peel the hard skin off the Kohl Rabi Bulb

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  Preparing the Kohl Rabi for Cooking

• 4. Cut the Kohl Rabi bulb into slices or batons

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  Preparing the Kohl Rabi for Cooking

• 5. Chop up shallots, green beans and Kohl Rabi leaves

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  Preparing the Kohl Rabi for Cooking

• 6. Place butter and a little oil in a frying pan

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  Cooking the Kohl Rabi

• 7. Add the vegetables and a little veg stock and simmer

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  Cooking the Kohl Rabi

• 8. When the veg has softened, put on a plate to eat.

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  Eating the Kohl Rabi

If you want to try growing your own Kohl Rabi, try my growing guide here.

For a few other Kohl Rabi cooking ideas, try
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s recipes.

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iGrowVeg’s August Harvest

Baby Carrots

Variety: These are a new variety called Nairobi F1 from MoreVeg.co.uk.
Performance: A bit slow growing this year (possible cause the weather i.e. not enough rain in spring).
Would I Grow again? Yes for their lovely flavour.

French Beans

Baby Carrots and French Beans

Variety: Speedy (Green variety) from MoreVeg.co.uk
Performance: Excellent, grow quickly, great taste when steamed.
Would I Grow again? Yes, they grew really well.

Variety: Minidor (Yellow variety) from RealSeeds.co.uk
Performance: Excellent, reliable, great flavour and heavy cropping plants. I love this variety and have grown it for 2 years now.
Would I Grow again? Yes, I would recommend this variety to everyone.

Climbing Beans

Bridgewater Climbing Beans

Variety: Bridgewater Climbing Bean from HSL Garden Organic
Performance: Excellent, heavy cropping and early mottled purple and green beans.
Would I Grow again? Yes although the variety is unavailable. Its the first time I have grown climbing beans alongside runner beans and I will do this again to gain an early crop from the climbing beans before the runner beans start cropping.

Shallots

Shallots drying in the sun

Variety: Golden Gourmet from SimplySeeds.co.uk
Performance: Hardly any rotten bulbs, produced lots of small bulbs but the flavour packs a punch.
Would I Grow again? Yes, easy to grow and flavoursome bulbs.

Potatoes

Marfona Potatoes

Variety: Marfona (Jacket and Roast Maincrop variety) from SimplySeeds.co.uk
Performance: So far so good, I have harvested a few roast sized potatoes, so I’m hoping for larger sized potatoes in September. Taste and cook really well as wedges.
Would I Grow again? Yes, although some of the potatoes already have a small dose of scab, once the potato is peeled or scrubbed well, this is gone.

Other Veg Bloggers and their August Harvests:

• Essex allotment owner and blogger Jono discusses Gluts at Real Men Sow
• David Derbyshire talks about No More Supermarket Veg in his blog on the MailOnline
• Soilman chats about harvesting the weeds and bumper onion crop on Soilman.net
• Plenty of bumper harvests by Ian at his allotment blog – Allotment 65
• If you are on Twitter, see what Veg Growers are talking about here – Veg Growers List or by searching for the hash tag #growyourown

Check out my Vegetable Seeds to Sow Now and Next for more ideas for Sowings in September.

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