Things harvested Sat 27 June

leaf beet - larger leaves for cooking as spinach

leaf beet - small leaves to use in a salad (just me as my husband won't eat it raw)

leaf beet flowers (cooked like purple sprouting broccoli)

rhubarb

raspberries

strawberries

Update

The leaf beet has been so good. Only six plants but I am still eating it every day for my lunch and about three times a week as part of dinner. There is still enough to keep me going for another week. One plant had finished giving me useful leaves so we gave that to the hens. they loved it and within ten minutes, there was nothing useful left on the plant. Then it moves to the compost heap. Another plant has very little to offer so it will be going to the hens soon.

The rhubarb is just about finished. I would some new crowns as this variety  does not keep going very well. It does not seem to grow any new stems once the first ones are picked. There are a few feeble stems left so I shall pick a few more. We have thoughts about a rhubarb crumble : ) We have no idea which variety of rhubarb it is  as it was given to us originally by somebody who didn't know either as it was given to them. When we divided the crowns up, we gave some to our son and he finds exactly the same problem. 

The strawberries and raspberries are not prolific but there are enough for a couple of desserts in a week. They taste fabulous! I would like some new strawberry plants too as these much be getting on a bit. the berries are quite small which is a sign of old age in a strawberry.

The Worcester berries and gooseberries will be ready soon - yum! Worcester berries are a cross between gooseberries and blackcurrants or so I was told by the elderly chap at the allotments who gave us our first sticks. They are the colour and flavour of a blackcurrant but the size of a medium gooseberry, if that makes sense.