Full details of weekly harvests at bottom of page
Week 30: November 20 – 26
Total for week = £3.55 /241g
Just a sprinkling of salad leaves, stir fry greens and a few herbs to brighten up winter cooking this week. The Vietnamese coriander was dug up and moved inside for winter.
Week 29: November 13 – 19
Total for week = £7.19 /311g
The North West facing balcony is feeling dark and cold, and only gets an hour or so sun each day. The crops are still growing – but only just. I’m harvesting the salads lightly to try and eke out a supply for as much of winter as possible.
The salads on the shelves above the back door are growing painfully slowly – the light is particulalry low here. In the brighter spot at the front of the balcony, the mooli and black cabbages in the wooden boxes are doing better.

Week 28: November 6 – 12
Total for week = £0 /0g
We are away and nothing is harvested for the first time since 1 May this year.
Week 27: October 30 – November 5
Total for week = £9.84 /419g
The last of the tomatoes picked on 1st November, bringing the tomato harvest to over 28kg for the year. I picked and froze a batch of Vietnamese coriander as this is a tender plant that will not survive the frosts.
Impressively, the perennial basil is still flowering – the flowers have a pleasant aniseed taste and are brightening up our salads.
Harvest Details for November 2010
Week 27: October 30 – November 5
Saturday: 46g salad, 22g broad bean shoots, 8g chilli, 6g thyme.
Sunday: 11g parsley, 110g Vietnamese coriander, 38g salad, 21g bean shoots.
Monday: 76g cherry tomatoes
Tuesday: 6g chilli
Wednesday: 25g broad bean shoots
Thursday: 42g salad, 15g broad bean shoots
Total for week =419g; value = £9.84
Total since 1 May = 75.1 kg; total value = £767.81
Week 28: November 6 – 12
Total for week =0g; value = £0
Total since 1 May = 75.1 kg; total value = £767.81
Week 29: November 13 – 19
Saturday: 8g lovage, 11g parsley, 9g chives
Sunday: 89g salad, 12g thyme
Monday: 8g Vietnamese coriander, 6g chilli
Wednesday: 74g salad
Friday: 89g salad
Total for week =311g; value = £7.19
Total since 1 May = 75.4 kg; total value = £775.00
Week 30: November 20 – 26
Sunday: 55g salad, 130g stir fry greens
Monday: 6g Vietnamese coriander
Tuesday: 9g parsley
Thursday: 11g chives, 30g salad leaves
Total for week =241g; value = £3.55
Total since 1 May = 75.7 kg; total value = £778.55