Total November harvest = £21.12 / 2.39kg (2010 = £9.84/ /0.42kg)
Full details of weekly harvests at bottom of page.
Week 27: October 30 – November 5
Total for week = £8.65 / 1.00 kg (2010: £9.84 /419g)
We harvest mostly green leaves this week: salad, cavelo nero and chard.
A few tomatoes also sneek in to the growing diary…. I picked them green a couple of weeks back and didn’t weigh them in the hope they’d ripen. They’ve done this beautifully. The old trick of putting the green tomatoes in a sunny spot in the company of a banana or two seems to work a treat.
Week 28: November 6 – 9
Total for week = £8.65 / 1.00 kg (2010: £0 /0kg)
The last four days of growing in the London flat! The containers on the balcony are dismantled and cleaned on Wednesday. It’s a sad and emotional moment – and to be frank – a horrible job. But, have no fear, I’ll soon be growing again in Newcastle… watch this space!
This is what the front of the flat looks like as we leave – just like a normal house again!
Before dismantling the balcony, we harvest the last few salad leaves – and a few more green tomatoes ripen ready for eating. So we have a kilo of fresh produce for the week.
I wonder what life will be like without fresh, home grown home veg for the next few months? All we can take with us to Newcastle are two small window boxes of salad leaves, a few green tomatoes, and pile of dried chillies. I don’t like the idea of buying salad and herbs again!
November Harvest Details
Week 27: October 30 – November 5
Total for week = £8.65 / 1.00 kg (2010: £9.84 /419g)
Week 28: November 6 – 9
Total for week = £8.65 / 1.00 kg (2010: £0 /0kg)
Wow, the end of an era! Horizontal gardening next (or diagonal, or upside down??) Good luck with the move!
Thanks Di, Yes, I’m certainly looking forward to new growing adventures in Newcastle – lots of vertical stuff, still, I hope – but maybe some other angles, too! And lots of learning from the London balcony growing I still want to share here. How are you finding life after a balcony? I see from your blog that you’ve moved as well.