<h4>You're browser does not support iFrames - here is an exerpt of the content</h4> <a href="http://nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/2010/08/21/happy-harvesting/">Click here to read the article in full</a> <p><a href="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/5-8-10-harvest-post-holiday-4b.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3799" title="5-8-10 - harvest post holiday 4B" src="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/5-8-10-harvest-post-holiday-4b.jpg?w=455&h=340" alt="" width="455" height="340" /></a>I can hardly believe it’s over two weeks since we returned home from a tour of friends in the North. 6 families in 2 weeks and 1300 miles clocked up. More about that another time. Meanwhile back in the garden everything survived the dry spell and the fridge has been full to bursting ever since. Quite a different story to last year when we returned to <a href="http://nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/blasted-blight/" >a blight ridden plot</a>. Oh happy day – I have tomatoes aplenty ripening.<a href="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/11-8-10-first-tomatoes-4b.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3800" title="11-8-10 - first tomatoes 4B" src="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/11-8-10-first-tomatoes-4b.jpg?w=455&h=695" alt="" width="455" height="695" /></a></p> <p>I sampled my first cherry tomatoes last week but not before squealing with delight and shouting ‘<em>look, look</em>‘ to anyone within earshot. So sweet and oh so juicy. <img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3802" title="13-8-10 - cherry tomatoes " src="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/13-8-10-cherry-tomatoes-yellow-cucumber-4b.jpg?w=455" alt="" /><a href="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/13-8-10-cherry-tomatoes-yellow-cucumber-4b.jpg"></a></p> <p>But what’s that in the background I hear you ask? It’s my first produce from a plant given to me by my colleague Julia. As it arrived at my plot accompanied by a yellow courgette plant I did wonder if the labels on the pots had got muddled up (sorry Julia!). Not so and this round prickly squash-a-like is in fact a Crystal Lemon cucumber! <a href="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/13-8-10-cherry-tomatoes-yellow-cucumber-4b.jpg"><br /> </a><a href="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/6-8-10-yellow-cucumber-growing-4b.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3803" title="6-8-10 - yellow cucumber growing 4B" src="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/6-8-10-yellow-cucumber-growing-4b.jpg?w=455&h=310" alt="" width="455" height="310" /></a></p> <p>A lot can happen in few weeks in the cabbage patch. The cabbage white caterpillars obviously moved in as soon as I left!<a href="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/mosaic-cabbages-2010.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3825" title="MOSAIC - cabbages 2010" src="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/mosaic-cabbages-2010.jpg?w=455&h=227" alt="" width="455" height="227" /></a><br /> The broccolli has fared better if you don’t mind a sprinkling of white fly with your greens <a href="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/6-8-10-broccolli-4b.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3826" title="6-8-10 -broccolli 4B" src="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/6-8-10-broccolli-4b.jpg?w=455&h=564" alt="" width="455" height="564" /></a></p> <p>On the fruit front the autumn raspberries are producing vigorously ad brightening up my breakfast.<a href="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/13-8-10-raspberries-4b.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3819" title="13-8-10 - raspberries 4B" src="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/13-8-10-raspberries-4b.jpg?w=455&h=582" alt="" width="455" height="582" /></a><a href="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/13-8-10-cherry-tomatoes-yellow-cucumber-4b.jpg"></a></p> <p>As you can imagine I’ve been preserving like a woman possessed. With G away at the weekend I managed to turn the last of the <a href="http://nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/2010/08/08/making-redcurrant-jelly/" >redcurrants into more jelly</a>, <a href="http://nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/2010/08/23/making-sauteed-courgettes/" >sauteed courgettes</a> in oil and tried a couple of new recipes for <a href="http://nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/2010/08/25/making-rhubarb-relish/" >rhubarb relish</a> and <a href="http://nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/2010/09/06/making-piccalilli/">piccalilli</a>. A very satisfying way to spend a Saturday afternoon when rain stops play in the garden.<a href="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/18-8-10-preserving-weekend-4b.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3821" title="18-8-10 - preserving weekend 4B" src="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/18-8-10-preserving-weekend-4b.jpg?w=455&h=700" alt="" width="455" height="700" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/18-8-10-preserving-weekend-4b.jpg"></a></p> <br />Filed under: <a href='http://nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/category/allotment-tales/'>allotment tales</a>, <a href='http://nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/category/in-the-kitchen/'>in the kitchen</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/3798/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/3798/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/3798/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/3798/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/3798/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/3798/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/3798/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/3798/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/3798/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/3798/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/3798/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/3798/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/3798/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/3798/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nipitinthebud.wordpress.com&blog=8362095&post=3798&subd=nipitinthebud&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />
