Colour it green

grow your own food

If you can, do. From a pot of basil on the kitchen windowsill to an allotment to a small holding -do it. It's well worth it, for less food miles for steps towards self-sufficiency, for sharing with friends and family, for enjoying a glut if you are lucky, for the best taste, for the knowledge of what went into your produce and what happened to it next, for freshness- but most of all - because it is so satisfying to grow your own food.

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harvested in September 09

apples (windfalls), baby sweetcorn, beetroot, blackberries, cockerels, courgettes, chives, eggs,french beans (lots), hazelnuts, pigs, perpetual spinach, potatoes (cara, desiree, valor), red cabbages, rosemary, runner beans, sweetcorn, tomatoes (garderns delight, sweet olive), wild strawberries

harvested in August 09

apples (all varieties), baby sweetcorn, beetroot, blackberries,cabbages, carrots, cockerels, courgettes, chives, eggs,french beans (lots), gherkins, hazelnuts, lamb ,lettuces,peas, potatoes (cara, desiree, valor), red cabbages, rosemary, runner beans, tomatoes (garderns delight, sweet olive, fantasio), wild strawberries

harvested in July 09

beetroot, blackberries,blackcurrants, cabbages, calabrese, , caulflower, cockerels, courgettes, chives, eggs,french beans (lots),gooseberries (a few) ,lettuces, lovage,mange tout, peas, (early onward and purple podded), potatoes (cara, valor), raspberries (a few),red cabbages,rosemary, spring onions, tomatoes (gardeners delight), tomatoes (sweet olive), wild strawberries

harvested in June 09

calabrese, chives, eggs, elderflowers, garlic,,lettuces, lovage,mange tout, mutton, peas, (early onward and purple podded) perpetual spinach, potatoes (foremost and valor), radishes, raspberries (a few), rosemary, tomatoes (gardeners delight), tomatoes (sweet olive), wild strawberries

harvested in May 09

cockerels, chives, eggs, elderflowers , lettuce (cut and come again), lettuce (big), lovage,perpetual spinach, purple sprouting broccoli, radishes, rosemary, sorrel

harvested in April 09

eggs, lettuce (cut and come again) mutton, nettles,purple sprouting broccoli, radishes, rosemary, sorrel

harvested in March09

eggs, perpetual spinach, purple sprouting broccoli, radishes, sorrel

harvested in February 09

eggs, perpetual spinach, purple sprouting broccoli, sprouts, sprout tops,

harvested in January 09

eggs, jeruslam artichokes, perpetual spinach, purple sprouting broccoli, sprouts, ruby chard

harvested in December 08

eggs, perpetual spinach, purple sprouting broccoli, sprouts, ruby chard

harvested in November 08

chillis, eggs, perpetual spinach, ruby chard

harvested in October 08

apples (various and windfalls), beetroot, blackberries,carrots, chives, eggs,hazelnuts ,parsnips, perpetual spinach, pumpkin, ruby chard, runner beans, squash, sweetcorn (baby and large cobs), tomatoes (sweet olive and gardeners delight )

harvested in September 08

apples (various and windfalls), beetroot, blackberries, borlotti beans, cabbages, carrots, chives, eggs, french beans, hazelnuts perpetual spinach, ruby chard, runner beans,sweetcorn (baby and large cobs), tomatoes (sweet olive, fantasio, gardeners delight and green tomatos re blight)

harvested in August 08

apples (bramley, scrumptious, windfalls), beetroot, blackberries , borlotti beans, cabbages, carrots, caulflower, courgettes (lots), eggs, french beans (lots), gherkins, lettuce, mange tout, peas, perpetual spinach, ruby chard, runner beans, sweetcorn (baby), tomatoes (gardeners delight), tomatoes (sweet olive) lots, tomatoes (fantasio), wild strawberries

harvested in July 08

basil , blackberries (just a few), blackcurrants, cabbage calabrese (lots), caulflower, (2)chives, courgettes (lots), eggs, french beans (lots), garlic, lettuce, mange tout, peas (lots),potatoes (annabelle and valor - earlies, desiree and cara - maincrop) raspberries (just a few), runner beans, strawberries, (just a few) tomatoes (sweet olive), wild strawberries (lots)

harvested in June 08

basil, calabrese(just one) chives, eggs, elderflowers, garlic (wet) lettuce (cut and come again and large from greenhouse),mange tout, mint, peas, potatoes (annabell), potatoes (valor), rhubarb, raspberries (few) rocket, rosemary, sorrel, strawberries (few) wild strawberries (lots)

harvested in May 08

chives, dill (from the greenhouse), eggs, elderflowers , lettuce (early cut and come again, from the greenhouse), lettuce (large from greenhouse), micro salad, nettles, perpetual spinach, radishes (from the greenhouse), radishes (outside) sorrel

harvested in April 08

chives, dill (from the greenhouse, eggs, lettuce (early cut and come again, from the greenhouse), nettles, perpetual spinach purple sprouting broccoli, radishes (from the greenhouse), rocket (from last years plants, survived), sorrel

harvested in March 08

eggs, jeruslam artichokes, perpetual spinach purple sprouting broccoli, radishes

harvested in February 08

eggs jeruslam artichokes (lots), leeks (not very big),perpetual spinach purple sprouting broccoli

harvested in January 08

bay, eggs, jeruslam artichokes (lots), leeks (not very big), parsnips, purple sprouting broccoli

harvested in December 07

bay, eggs, leeks (not very big), parsnips, purple sprouting broccoli,

harvested in November 07

apples (bramley windfalls), courgettes (just a few), jeruslam artichokes (lots), parsnips, perpetual spinach, red cabbage (1), sorrel

harvested in October 07

apples (bramley and unknown variety, just a few last windfalls), beetroot, ,calabrese, carrots, caulflower, (2) chives, courgettes (lots), french beans , hazelnuts (just a few), perpetual spinach, pumpkins (3 football size slightly green ), red cabbage (5 and a teeny one), sloes,sorrel , sweetcorn, tomatoes (gardeners delight - lots green and red), vegetable spagetti (8)

harvested in September 07

apples (bramley, and unknown variety), aubergine (13), beetroot, blackberries, borlotti beans, calabrese, carrots, caulflower (6), courgettes (lots and lots), cucumber (2), elderberries, French beans, garlic (16), gherkin, hazelnuts (lots ), oregano, perpetual spinach, plums (11, marjories seedling) red cabbage (1) runner beans, sorrel, spring onions, sweetcorn ( very small), sweetcorn (large cobs!), tomatoes (gardeners delight - not bad - despite the blight), vegetable spagetti

harvested in August 07: apples (scrumptious, bramley, newton wonder, unknown variety and windfalls), aubergine (1), basil, beetroot, blackberries, borlotti beans, calabrese, carrots, cauliflower (2), chives, courgettes (lots) , french beans (few), gherkin (1!), hazelnuts, nasturtium seeds, oregano, pears, peas, perpetual spinach, plums (Victoria, 2), plums (Marjories seedling, 5) red cabbage (1), rocket. runner beans, spring onions sorrel, sweetcorn (very small cobs), tomatoes (green - blame blight) tomatoes (plum - picked green, ripened in house) , wild strawberries

harvested in July 07:apples (early wind falls), basil, beetroot ( small), blackcurrents, calabrese, carrots (baby pot grown), carrots ( normal size), chives, courgettes, mint, peas , perpetual spinach, potatoes (first earlies), potatoes (maincrop), radishes, runner beans, sage, sorrel, spring onions, tomatoes (5 cherry red ones! green ones.. blame blight..) wild strawberries