Crops

The basket of LONGOR shallots was full at harvest time in early June... and jolly good they were too! The Annabelle potatoes gave a small yield of small but tasty size.... a little pockmarked.  The Roseval gave a slightly better crop but with a few rotten ones within the crop of mixed sizes.  Moving onto a mixed row of 2013 and 2014 soon but the plants above the soil look good and healthy as do the English potato main crop...at least above ground which I hope not to dig up until the plants have died back completely. With all the blight about I must dig a new patch for potatoes for next year's crop and grow fewer plants!
Lettuces look frail and delicate. The cabbage romanesco and another variety look strong so have kept the net over them to prevent butterflies settling... need to raise the net! Courgettes flower and yield not... although I have had two large courgettes and two smaller... Leeks planted in the Spring again don't seem to be doing very well.  Might need to get a soil test kit ... unless someone knows how I can do it without!