The warm weather has brought on the early Redsleeves apples even faster this year. I try to leave them to ripen on the tree as long as possible but every time I go outside more of them have fallen to the floor. I've given up waiting and picked most of them now. Straight off the tree they are a little sharp, but after a few days they are sweeter and edible without cooking. It's great to have some apples so early in the year although, to be honest, I would rather have them a little later in the season when the soft fruit in the garden is less plentiful.
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This is a few weeks ago now, but I thought I would post some photos of the quince and apple blossom in the garden from the beginning of May. The flowers on the quince tree always surprise and delight me. The petals start life tucked into each other in a kind of spiral and gradually unfurl. The whole tree is covered with flowers and it makes a great display and it makes me glad that it is close to the house and I can see it every day. So far most of the flowers don't result in fruit, but each year brings a few more and I'm happy to be patient when it looks this good. The apple blossom develops at different times on the different trees in the garden. The varieties were chosen to overlap and whilst the timing varies from year to year they are in flower together for the most part. They have a variety to their colours too, from red, pale pink, to purple and peach. The blossom smells wonderful close up too - definitely not the case for pears! After a bumper year last year, this year the Tydeman's Late Orange had very little blossom. The rest of the trees have had a decent set of flowers, including the grafted tree for the first year.
Over the last couple of weeks I've been pruning the bushes and trees in the forest garden. First up were the gooseberry cordons. I originally planted three cordons: Invicta, Hinnomaki Yellow and Hinnomaki Red. From cuttings from those I've now got nine cordons on two boundaries. I summer prune the cordons to keep them compact and them again in winter. I try to video how I prune them so that I can see the effect that it has year on year. This year I went back and compiled them all together. I'm pleased with the way they have grown. I think I could have been more conscientious about tying in the new growth and I would probably have cordons that were a bit less wiggly, but they are fine really. One thing that I have been disappointed with is the yield though. The older cordons do produce fruit, but not a great deal. I keep a fairly close eye on them during the flowering and fruiting season and I don't think anything is eating them then. The leaves look fine so I don't think I have saw fly. I read that hungry bullfinches can eat the buds in winter which is a possibility I suppose but I don't really want to net them. I did wonder about the soil and growing them on chalk. I read that potassium deficiency can be a cause of poor fruiting and that this can occur on chalk soils. I'm trying a little wood ash added to the mulch around the plants and I will use diluted seaweed extract as they start to grow this year to see if that helps. I've also been pruning the redcurrants, whitecurrants, worcesterberry and blackcurrants. I also had to repair some of the supports on the boundary after the high winds that hold up the tayberry and some of the gooseberries. I've tied in the climbers like the tayberry, loganberry, blackberry and Japanese wineberry. A little later I pruned the apple and pear trees. For most of the trees in the garden I'm still working on developing the framework of branches. It's nice to look back and see how the pruning has shaped the tree. I compiled all the videos for the Redsleeves apple which I'm growing as a bush tree. Looking back at it now I think I could probably have left the leaders alone this year instead of cutting them back to half the new growth. I think from next year I will revert to maintenance pruning only and see how the tree develops.
The other apple trees got similar treatment. The only apples that didn't get pruned were the cordon (Blue Pearmain) and the Annie Elizabeth bush. That has been growing really slowly ever since it was planted. It has a dodgy graft from the nursery which is really swollen. I was hoping that it would recover as it got bigger but it doesn't seem to be the case. I think I might have to take it out or try some fancy bridge grafting on it. It's a shame because it is the only cooking apple in the garden. I decided that it would be good to have a better balance so I am planning to graft three new cooking apple varieties onto the existing apple at the end of the garden. I've had some success with grafting half of it with Egremont Russet and Merton Russet. There are still three or four branches of the original unknown variety that I am happy to lose so I ordered scions of Newton Wonder, Grenadier and Rev W Wilks from Deacon's nursery that I will graft onto those. I will have to wait a while but if they all take I should eventually have cookers from August through to March. I pruned a couple of other trees too. I reduced the height of the quince tree as it was getting a bit taller than I wanted. My intention was that it would sit below the Tydeman's Late Orange standard apple behind it. The top was starting to compete with the apple for light so I took a few feet from the side closest to the apple, cutting back to the next main branch below. I also reduced the height of the Nottingham cob which was getting up to about 2.5 - 3.0m, a bit taller than I wanted. Hopefully it won't reduce it's productivity too much. Only time will tell. I wrote last month about storing apples. I've got a lot of Tydeman's Late Orange apples on the shelf. They are keeping pretty well but I thought I would have a go at drying some of them out. A while ago someone bought me a little mechanical corer and slicer, the kind you screw onto a table. The apple slots onto it and you turn the handle and the apple gets peeled, cored and sliced. It worked really well, coping with the different sized apples.
I dipped the sliced apples in some diluted lemon juice to stop them browning. The slices then went onto wooden spoons and metal skewers and I put them onto shelves in the oven. I haven't got a dehydrator so I used the oven set very low (about 50 oC) for about 12 hours. To make the most of having the oven on I dried about 15 apples. I wasn't sure whether to slice the apples with their skins on or not. I chose to peel them but it seemed a waste to through the peel away so I dried that too, spreading it out onto another shelf. One of the nice things about peeling the apples is that all the imperfections get removed from the apples before they are dried. It is then easy to remove any unappetising bits of the peel before drying that. The only parts that weren't dried were the cores - the rabbits got them. Once it was all in the oven I kept opening the oven door to let the moisture out for the first few hours. I was really pleased with the result. The apples ended up in really interesting shapes from how they hung from the spoons and skewers - a little bit like snakes hanging from a tree. It's amazing how much an apple shrinks when dried. The apple slices have a really good consistency, they are fairly chewy and seem as though they would last a while stored. Having said that most of them have already been eaten in less than a week as snacks and lunchbox fillers. The dried peel is crispier and a little bit more fiddly to eat, but still tasty. Time seems to have been flying recently. I look forward to pruning the trees and fruit bushes in the garden but all of a sudden it seems like there are only a couple of weekends left before March. I ended up pruning the currant and gooseberry bushes in mid-Feb and then the trees the next weekend. The weather has been cold, but not too cold, so hopefully the plants will be fine. I like to record the pruning process so that I can look back and see what effect it has had. The worcesterberry grew like mad last year and looks as though it will make a good sized bush. The new whitecurrant had also grown strongly. The other red and whitecurrants had done ok, but some of the growth didn't look terribly healthy so I pruned them back quite hard. All of the gooseberries in the garden are grown as cordons so they are easy to prune. They haven't been terribly productive so far, but they are starting to develop a decent set of fruit buds. Maybe this year I'll get enough to make a pudding out of. I take a bit more time over the apple tree pruning. It always makes me nervous as it is such a final process. The Redsleeves apple is being grown as a bush. It has grown really well this year so there was a fair amount of wood to remove to keep it open in the centre. There are two apple trees in the garden that are being grown as full standards, a Court of Wick and a Tydeman's Late Orange. The Court of Wick is doing ok, but gets a little less light and is on a different rootstock (MM111). The Tydeman's Late Orange isn't shaded at all and is growing on MM106 and is growing more strongly. I'm leaving some of the lower branches on to help thicken the trunk up. When the trunk is thick enough I will remove some or all of these. I had a disaster whilst pruning the upper branches. I pulled down one of the branches to prune the leader and the whole thing snapped at the base! I tidied up as best I could but it will almost certainly change the final shape of the tree. Lesson learnt - don't try to bend branches in cold weather. Hopefully the tree will be fine, although I saw one of my cats climbing the tree today and he looked as though he might do more damage than me. I only have one cooking apple tree growing in the garden, an Annie Elizabeth. It is supposed to be one of the best keeping apples which can be picked in early-mid October and is best used between November and April. My little tree had a tough start and struggled to get going on the chalky soil in the garden - see here for more details. However, this year it has started to thrive and has produced a couple of fruit. They are large and look completely unlike the Bramley cooking apples you find in the shops. A few weeks ago one of them had been nibbled by something, perhaps a snail or a bird, so I decided to pick it early. I had seen a few pictures of the fruit in books and catalogues, but I was surprised by the variation in colour and pattern so felt inspired to take some pictures: Whilst I had the camera out I took some photos of a couple of the other apples from the garden. Here's the Tydeman's Late Orange, which looks a little bit like a Cox. It's a late desert apple normal picking time is mid October and keeps until December to April. It's smaller than the Annie Elizabeth. The other standard apple tree growing in garden is a Court of Wick. The apples are small and are an unusual shape with a fairly flat basin at the bottom. Picking late September, storing until October - December.
This year has seen a real increase in the variety of harvests from the forest garden compared to last year. At the end of last month I harvested most of the hazelnuts from the garden. The Nottingham cobnut was the most prolific by far with 1.35kg of nuts, next was the Red Filbert with 0.12kg and there have been a handful from the twisted hazel. The Kentish cob is growing nicely but hasn't produced any nuts yet. I picked the nuts just as the husks were turning yellow/brown at the end of August. The husks were home to lots and lots of ladybirds which will hopefully find another home to overwinter in. Once they were picked I dehusked them and spread them out to dry in a metal tray. I've been steadily picking apples this month too. The existing apple tree at the end of the garden has borne lots of fruit despite being grafted earlier in the year. I picked the last ones this weekend totaling more than 15kg. There are too many to eat and most of them aren't in good enough condition to keep so I've been making lots of apple juice after leaving them to ripen for a couple of weeks. I've picked the Court of Wick apples just over a week ago. That's a little earlier than the late September picking time in the book, but all of the fruit has been earlier this year. There were only about 10 of them, quite small with an interesting colour. With the wet summer the snails have been tree climbing and have been eating these and the Tydeman's Late Orange apples. Those are supposed to be picked in mid-October, but I gave in and picked them this weekend to save the rest from snails. Some of the pears have been picked and others are still ripening. There is one quince on the tree slowly getting bigger despite the cold weather. Hopefully I can catch it before it gets blown off in the autumn winds!
As the days shorten and the end of summer is in sight, the garden is still looking lush and green after all the rain. It has felt pretty quiet in the garden recently with not much to do but enjoy being outside. I've been filming a time lapse of the garden since February and just finished the first six months. I'm pleased with the results. I've only missed a day or two in that time. Here are the first three months which show the dramatic change from winter to spring. The next three months aren't as dramatic but capture the steady growth over the summer. There is so much going on that I focussed on the section around one of the apple trees (Tydeman's Late Orange) to show it developing from February right through to August. You can see it blossom just after the pear trees next to it, then it comes into leaf before the fruit develop and swell up. The garden is starting to need a little attention at the moment to keep up with harvesting. Autumn fruiting raspberries are producing a moderate but welcome supply of fruit. Apples on the existing tree at the end of the garden are ready now, although they improve a couple of weeks after picking. They are starting to drop off the tree now so need picking. The nematode treatment I used last year for codling moth has made a difference. There are less magotty apples, but there are definitely still quite a few. The imperfect apples don't keep as long so I have been juicing some of them. The hazelnuts are just about ready too. The husks are turning brown and the nuts too. There is still lots of salad leaves and the nasturtiums are in full bloom as well as the mashua which is grown all over the sour cherry tree. The non-perennial courgettes are still producing daily and I harvested the first of my Desiree main crop potatoes today. I dug up a couple of plants to find more than 6 kg of enormous spuds.
I had the first apple today from one of the trees I planted in 2008. The Redsleeves apple on M26 had a small crop of about 15 apples this year and the warm weather meant they were ripe about a month early. I tried one a few weeks ago as they looked a good size, but it was still not ripe. I went away for a few days and came back to find most of the apples had fallen from the tree. The slugs and snails had made short work of some of them, but there were enough to try and a few still left on the tree. The flavour was good. Nice and crisp. The apples are a decent size and about three quarters of the skin is red and the rest green. It's a great feeling to get the first of the apple crop from the forest garden. Having the apples so early in the season is a real treat too.
In the rest of the garden there are blueberries ripening, some blackcurrants and whitecurrants still, lots of alpine strawberries and autumn raspberries. The hazelnuts are looking very large now too and I'm wondering whether I should pick some early before the squirrels. There are nasturtiums everywhere and the mashua has gone wild, growing up over the sour cherry tree. Courgettes keep coming in a steady stream of course. There are lots of flowers out at the moment and the place is buzzing with bees and hoverflies. I saw the resident speckled bush cricket today grown to about 3cm long. Another garden I got the chance to visit in the summer was Helmsley Walled Garden in the North York Moors. The garden has a long history dating back more than 200 years. It had been neglected since 1984 until restoration began in 1994 with a vision to restore the fabric of the walled garden and return it to productivity whilst preserving unusual and rare plants. The garden also provides horticultural therapy and education. The walled garden is very large and sits next to the ruins of Helmsley castle. As you enter the garden you pass a large glass house that is also a cafe, but the rest of the garden is outside. The garden has a great collection of apple trees, hosting the Northern Fruit Group's collection of old apple varieties suited to the local climate. There are bush apple trees in some parts of the garden, but there are many trained forms, including espaliers around the walls, cordons, fans and step-overs. The garden has more than just apples of course. There are other fruit trees as well as rows and rows of raspberry varieties and grapevines and a collection of clematis. The garden is well worth a visit to see a really wide range of apple trees trained in different forms, especially those suited to the climate in Northern England. Whilst I was in the town of Helmsley I also picked up a copy of the Northern Pomona, a book about apples for cool climates. It's a great book with beautiful illustrations, details of apple varieties, advice about restoring traditional orchards and lots of apple recipes. The proceeds of the book go towards the charity that runs Helmsley Walled Garden.
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Details of my young forest garden are here and photos here. Produce 20161 Jan - 31 Mar
0.640kg Babington leek 0.417kg Cabbage 0.742kg Celeriac 0.005kg Coriander 0.343kg Daikon 0.003kg Fennel 0.091kg Garlic shoots 0.005kg Goji berry leaves 0.259kg Lettuce 0.002kg Mint 0.020kg Pak choi 0.233kg Parsley 2.100kg Potatoes 0.041kg Radish 0.006kg Red veined sorrel 2.069kg Rosemary 0.888kg Ruby chard 0.002kg Thyme 0.065kg Winter purslane 1 Apr - 30 Jun 0.008kg Alpine strawberries 0.555kg Babington leeks 0.003kg Basil 0.989kg Beetroot 1.987kg Celeriac 0.019kg Chillis 0.076kg Chives 0.466kg Cleavers 0.227kg Coriander 0.075kg Courgettes 0.034kg Fennel 0.045kg Garlic shoots 0.004kg Gooseberries 0.048kg Holly leaves 0.006kg Lemon balm 0.541kg Lettuce 0.005kg Lime leaves 0.012kg Mint 0.108kg Nettles 0.440kg Oca 0.295kg Parsley 0.003kg Radish 0.241kg Raspberries 2.570kg Rhubarb 0.052kg Rocket 0.001kg Rosemary 2.338kg Ruby chard 0.022kg Sage 0.099kg Spring onions 0.464kg Strawberries 0.001kg Sweet violet 0.064kg Wild garlic 0.001kg Winter purslane 1 Jul - 30 Sep 0.030kg Alpine strawberries 22.360kg Apples 0.003kg Basil 0.317kg Blackberries 0.706kg Blackcurrants 0.595kg Blueberries 0.085kg Chillis 0.002kg Chives 8.255kg Courgettes 0.003kg Fennel 0.205kg Gooseberries 2.674kg Hazelnuts 0.429kg Japanese wineberries 2.404kg Jostaberries 0.209kg Loganberries 0.025kg Mint 0.167kg Mulberries 0.006kg Nasturtium 0.004kg Parsley 4.068kg Pears 4.097kg Rapsberries 3.988kg Redcurrants 0.016kg Rocket 0.522kg Rosemary 0.026kg Spring onions 0.837kg Sweet cherries 0.234kg Tayberries 2.142kg Tomatoes 1.229kg Whitecurrants 1 Oct - 31 Dec 2.263kg Apples 0.317kg Chillis 2.697kg Courgettes 0.060kg Mashua 0.030kg Mint 0.250kg Oca 0.080kg Parsley 0.581kg Pears 1.360kg Potatoes 0.011kg Rocket 0.056kg Rosemary 0.050kg Sage 0.651kg Tomatoes Produce 20151 Jan - 31 Mar
0.187kg Babington's leek 0.031kg garlic shoots 0.005kg mint 0.560kg salad 1 Apr - 30 Jun 0.021kg alpine strawberries 2.074kg Babington's leeks 0.017kg basil 0.975kg blackcurrants 0.434kg cabbage 0.016kg chives 0.095kg coriander 0.009kg dill 0.156kg garlic shoots 0.443kg gooseberries 1.801kg kohlrabi 0.297kg lettuce 0.015kg lime leaves 0.035kg mint 0.033kg mustard leaves 0.231kg nettles 0.089kg onion 0.470kg oregano 0.013kg pak choi 0.013kg parsley 0.626kg peas 0.107kg peppermint 0.871kg purple sprouting broccoli 4.219kg raspberries 1.406kg red onion 0.048kg red-veined sorrel 1.751kg rhubarb 1.618kg ruby chard 0.324kg spring onion 1.157kg strawberries 0.577kg sweet cherries 0.242kg tayberried 0.001kg thyme 0.160kg wild garlic 0004kg winter purslane 1 Jul - 30 Sep 0.003kg alpine strawberries 0.002kg apple mint 37.964kg apples 0.033kg basil 0.753kg blackberries 7.207kg blackcurrants 2.441kg blueberries 0.073kg cabbage 0.039kg celeriac 0.019kg coriander 6.329kg courgettes 15.960kg cucumber 0.012kg dill 0.466kg french beans 0.312kg garlic 1.447kg gooseberries 12.822kg hazelnuts 0.967kg Japanese wineberries 2.390kg jostaberries 0.205kg lettuce 0.001kg lime basil 0.848kg loganberries 0.018kg mint 0.203kg mulberries 0.005kg oregano 0.041kg pak choi 0.004kg parsley 2.010kg pears 0.006kg peppermint 8.529kg raspberries 6.138kg redcurrants 0.005kg rocambole 2.198kg ruby chard 0.024kg sage 1.605kg sour cherries 0.191kg strawberries 0.843kg strawberries 0.651kg tayberries 0.001kg thyme 15.138kg tomatoes 0.977kg whitecurrants 1 Oct - 31 Dec 0.117kg chilli peppers 0.018kg coriander 0.022kg courgettes 6.716kg cucumbers 0.008kg dill 0.223kg french beans 0.115kg hazelnuts 0.025kg lettuce 0.002kg mint 0.065kg parsley 0.524kg pears 1.412kg ruby chard 0.072kg spring onion 6.489kg tomatoes Produce 2014
1 Jan - 31 Mar
0.308kg Babington leeks 0.034kg garlic shoots 0.001kg parsley 0.004kg red veined sorrel 0.011kg rosemary 0.025kg sage 0.016kg thyme 1 Apr - 30 Jun 0.010kg alpine strawberries 1.350kg Babington leeks 0.104kg blackcurrants 0.012kg chives 0.210kg garlic shoots 0.092kg gooseberries 0.006kg lemon balm 0.529kg loganberries 0.015kg oregano 0.006kg parsley 0.035kg peppermint 5.655kg raspberries 0.177kg redcurrants 0.051kg red veined sorrel 7.180kg rhubarb 0.120kg salad 0.006kg salad burnet 0.896kg strawberries 0.509kg tayberries 0.084kg wild garlic 1 Jul - 30 Sep 5.121kg apples 0.008kg alpine strawberries 0.857kg blackberries 1.190kg blackcurrants 0.904kg blueberries 1.840kg garlic 6.102kg hazelnuts 0.467kg Japanese wineberries 0.716kg loganberries 0.313kg mulberries 3.742kg pears 2.752kg raspberries 2.349kg redcurrants 0.054kg rocambole 0.050kg sage 1.655kg sour cherries 0.021kg sweet cherries 0.298kg tayberries 0.242kg whitecurrants 0.078kg worcesterberries 1 Oct - 31 Dec 0.113kg salad 0.382kg oca 0.200kg potatoes Produce 2013
1 Jan - 31 Mar
0.024kg garlic shoots 1 Apr - 30 Jun 0.326kg Babbington leeks 0.222kg blackcurrants 0.363kg garlic shoots 0.147kg gooseberries 0.002kg lemon balm 0.121kg lettuce 0.004kg lime leaves 0.058kg mizuna 0.121kg oregano 0.010kg pea shoots 0.015kg peppermint 0.223kg raspberries 0.020kg red veined sorrel 3.900kg rhubarb 0.400kg salad 0.005kg salad burnet 0.008kg shitake mushrooms 0.076kg strawberries 0.013kg thyme 0.136kg wild garlic 1 Jul - 30 Sep 0.101kg alpine strawberries 13.653kg apples 0.276kg blackberries 2.816kg blackcurrants 1.380kg blueberries 0.159kg broad beans 0.965kg courgettes 1.340kg garlic 1.808kg hazelnuts 0.118kg Japanese wineberries 0.493kg loganberries 0.008kg mulberries 4.368kg pears 0.036kg peppermint 1.143kg potatoes 0.063kg quince 9.226kg raspberries 0.699kg redcurrants 0.223kg rocambole 0.150kg salad 1.448kg sour cherries 0.064kg spearmint 0.660kg spring onions 0.863kg strawberries 1.622kg sweet cherries 0.156kg tayberries 0.721kg whitecurrants 0.010kg worcesterberries 1 Oct - 31 Dec 0.938kg pears 0.095kg quince 0.091kg oca 0.242kg mashua Produce 2012
1 Jan - 31 Mar
0.050kg fennel 0.009kg garlic shoots 0.030kg goji berries 0.050kg rocket 1 Apr - 30 Jun 0.004kg alpine strawberries 0.480kg cabbage 0.323kg garlic shoots 0.050kg lemon balm 0.002kg loganberries 0.050kg mint 0.402kg mushrooms 0.360kg potatoes 0.730kg raspberries 0.030kg red veined sorrel 0.130kg redcurrants 4.000kg rhubarb 0.540kg rocket 0.020kg sorrel 0.134kg strawberries 0.007kg tayberries 01 Jul - 30 Sep 0.020kg alpine strawberries 0.180kg apples 0.552kg blackberries 0.178kg blackcurrants 0.711kg blueberries 1.020kg garlic 0.201kg gooseberries 0.263kg hazelnuts 0.051kg Japanese wineberries 0.028kg loganberries 3.354kg pears 1.610kg potatoes 0.910kg raspberries 0.353kg redcurrants 0.063kg sour cherries 0.049kg strawberries 0.014kg tayberries 0.192kg whitecurrants 1 Oct - 31 Dec 7.690kg Jerusalem artichokes 0.211kg oca 0.010kg peppermint 0.820kg potatoes 0.010kg thyme Produce 2011
1 Jan - 20 Mar
Firewood Rosemary Sage Chives Salad burnet 21 Mar - 31 May 0.035kg chives 0.070kg lemon balm 0.005kg nasturtium leaves 0.017kg raspberries 4.060kg rhubarb 0.060kg rocket 0.020kg rosemary 0.280kg sage 0.070kg salad burnet 0.050kg sorrel 0.065kg spearmint 0.429kg strawberries 0.012kg sweet fennel 0.003kg tayberries 0.010kg thyme 1 Jun - 31 Aug 35.2kg 29 different crops: 0.030kg alpine strawberries 8.884kg apples 0.492kg beetroot 0.258kg blackberries 0.377kg blackcurrants 0.337kg blueberries 0.010kg chives 7.095kg courgettes 0.001kg fennel 0.946kg garlic 1.481kg hazelnuts 0.001kg Japanese wineberry 0.007kg lemon balm 0.005kg mashua leaves 0.004kg nasturtiums 0.100kg pears 0.005kg peppermint 11.920kg potatoes 1.130kg raspberries 0.262kg redcurrants 0.005kg rocket 0.064kg salad burnet 0.460kg sour cherries 0.024kg spearmint 0.558kg strawberries 0.311kg sweet cherries 0.086kg tayberries 0.087kg whitecurrants 1 Sep - 31 Dec 11.633kg apples 0.040kg aronia berries 1.299kg beetroot 0.036kg blackberries 2.472kg courgettes 0.034kg hazelnuts 6.205kg Jerusalem artichokes 4.250kg mashua 1.801kg pears 37.135kg potatoes 0.371kg raspberries 0.024kg strawberries 0.044kg whitecurrants Produce 2010
A record of produce from the garden in 2010. I expect this list to get much longer in later years.
1 Jan - 20 Mar 2010: Firewood - kindling and small logs for wood burner Herbs - rosemary Vegetables - 5 leeks Greens - Handfull of sorrel, salad burnet and dandelions. 21 Mar - 4 Jun 2010 3.600kg rhubarb 0.250kg sorrel rosemary salad burnet mint chives rocket a few strawberries 5 Jun -> 1.120kg garlic 1.063kg raspberries 3.430kg rhubarb 0.165kg strawberries 0.104kg sweet cherries 0.065kg tayberries 0.130kg gooseberries 0.029kg alpine strawberries 0.100kg loganberries 1.710kg sour cherries 0.486kg blackberries 0.039kg blackcurrants 0.220kg blueberries 3.264kg courgettes 0.240kg lettuce 8.375kg pears 3.820kg potatoes 9.300kg apples 0.076kg hazelnuts See archives from October 2009 below for last year's produce. Archives
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