Today's harvest

 I've just been out into the garden to collect some veggies for tea tonight.  I've never eaten pumpkin flowers before and am so pleased to find that they are edible. I plan to tear this one into tiny pieces and add it to a salad box for lunchtime.  It has a very mild almost sweet flavour with not even the slightest hint of bitterness. It's sitting on top of some sprout leaves in the photo. There's also some Cucamelons to pop into the salad boxes and a couple of cucumbers to pickle.. Curly kale, tomatoes, a couple of runner beans and my first cabbage. It has a really solid heart and no hint of caterpillar.  I cut it off leaving some leaves and stalk in the tub to see if I can regrow a small cabbage. I've been reading that smaller cabbages will regrow but I don't know if that will be the case with this variety. I thinned the Paris market carrots and they look lovely. It's a real visual feast coming from my garden at the moment.  The pumpkins are coming along nicely and there's a huge crop of male flowers that I can add to the salads.

Look at this gorgeous pumpkin flower. You can see how big it is next to my hand and it'll look stunning in the salad at lunch time.

Isn't it beautiful. Look at the size of it.

The Paris market carrots grow to around the size a little smaller than a golf ball. I love that they don't need much depth of compost to produce a decent carrot. I've grown all my carrots in tubs and trays up on top of my woodstore and haven't had a hint of carrot fly so far.  I'll be sowing some more carrots this week so that I have a continuous crop for as long as possible.

Paris market carrot thinning's

The Cucamelons are starting to give us a small handful each day. They are the size of a large grape and utterly delicious. It's the first time I've  ever grown/seen them and they will become a firm favourite for my summer salads. 

Cucamelons

The curly kale is a stunning plant and lovely to eat though I am finding the  Tuscan de Niro kale is sweeter.

Beautiful curly kale