The Good Life - June harvest from the allotment

Today we had a little harvest in the allotment. Scallions and beetroot were thinned yielding a nice crop of young vegetables. The rhubarb is in full flight at the moment and we are taking quite a few sticks for tarts and cakes before the curtain comes down on that harvest in July. The lettuce is coming on really well, but with this fine weather you could not possibly fail to produce a glossy well coloured firm head of lettuce. Our sorrel was severely cut back after an attack of blight but has recovered very well; the young leaves may be seated down tommorrow morningg to accompany a few poched eggs. Salad potatoes and mange touts are also ready for the taking and we spent a good 20 minutes digging and searching through the soil to find the little gems. The turnips, onions and shallots are also entering a period where they can be harvested.


Over the coming weeks we hope to reap the reward of other varieties of potatoes, peas and broad beans. We have tried to draw out the harvest of various types of beans and peas by planting a few seedlings over the last few weeks so we can look forward to a long and fruitful harvest through the summer months.