This looks like being my vegetable harvest for 2026. Because of the impeding house extension work I haven't sewn, planted, or grown anything this year apart from three stunted broad bean plants.
Yesterday I noticed a few pods had filled out. I picked them this morning and we had them at lunchtime. Delicious!
There won't be any more produce until the apples are ripe.
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Knitting the squares is a very pleasant way of filling in a few minutes here and there in the day. I've got a wooden knitting bowl which is perfect for a couple of small balls of wool and my needles
I've photographed it with the current square wrong side up in order not to give away the pattern, and I've added a few extra balls of wool for further camouflage.
The square I've chosen has an easy repeated pattern over a couple of rows so it is really simple to work out what comes next when I pick it up to add some rows.
I've also cracked continental combination purl knitting, a game changer for me.
Somewhere else I read that this method twists the stitches - true - and the work around if you want to knit these stitches in the next row is to knit through the back of the stitch - yes! Easy peasy too.
I harvested one yellow courgette yesterday. I am very excited, my beans did not germinate
ReplyDeleteThe seasons begins!
DeleteWhy not think of your lack of veggies in Biblical terms? That is, as your fallow year. That way you can feel quite virtuous while your stomach rumbles. And there's always Iceland ( the store not the country).
ReplyDeleteThat's a very positive way of looking at the year! I've been itching to sow stuff, had my eye on some potatoes that were beginning to chit, but exercised great self-control. Now I can feel all spiritual (moi?) as well!
DeleteThat small harvest feels especially satisfying given how the year has shaped up; fresh pods at lunch have a way of making even a modest yield feel properly rewarding.
ReplyDeleteHi Melody, you have a beautiful blog, but sadly your lovely lifestyle and mine don't seem to coincide! Thank you for commenting
DeleteOh, dear! It's going to be a lean summer then? I simply love fresh, home grown Broad Beans. Not to everyone's taste, but my favourite way to eat them is a big bowlful of the late harvest ones that have gone "mealy", drenched in butter and vinegar with plenty of pepper and some bread and butter.
ReplyDeleteIf nothing else, I hope for tomatoes, strawberries, and maybe some mixed leaves.
Give me young broad beans, lightly steamed, and then I might laboriously remove the outer skins, and heat through in butter with a touch of garlic, salt and pepper... I'll skin frozen beans once they are cooked; takes forever but makes Such a difference!
DeleteFew in number, but great in delight.
ReplyDeleteYes!
DeleteI have a small courgette not growing much.
ReplyDeleteSomething to look forward to?
DeleteIt's disappointing, I'm sure, to have no garden this summer. Hopefully next year will make up for it (?). One just never knows.
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm sure it will be worth it in the end
DeleteOooh, well done beans! I've been picking loganberries this week which is exciting as they've done nought for 3 years. My French beans have germinated which I'm pleased about though I'm sad to not have any runner beans. Where were the plants for sale this year!? I could try and plant some late ones!
ReplyDeleteJudging by your comment maybe I haven't missed out too much by not planting anything this year...
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