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Summer Spuds!
However don't get too excited at the prospect of Pink Fir Apple (pictured left) as although we've just lifted a small quantity out of curiosity, they're really a maincrop variety, and we wouldn't normally lift them until October JUNE: The 2007 crop of UK potatoes and carrots has now come to an end, so we are currently bringing in French new potatoes until the 2008 UK season kicks off, possibly by the end of June. However the early UK crops are very expensive, so savour them in small mouthfuls! Meanwhile there's plenty of UK lettuces becoming available, with spring greens, broad beans and bunched onions following on What's local or home-grown in June?
Other UK produce available:
Aminopyralid contaminationOver the last few weeks, concerns have been voiced by several allotment gardeners whose crops have What’s Growing this month?
Many of the plants in the herb garden are now doing their best to flower and set seed - the coriander especially is a lost cause at this time of year, as we barely get a single picking before the plants stop producing leaves completely. By contrast, sowings made after the Solstice will crop until next spring! |
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Hurry
- English new potatoes are here, and very tasty too! Maris Peer
JUNE:
In the polytunnels the cucumbers
and chillis have all been planted out. Some of the cucumbers already have 5 or
6 fruits per plant, but the chillies are only just in flower and haven't yet set any
fruit