Last year

The last season went was alright. Some things didn’t come out at all, like the melons, but some did much better than expected, like the celeriac. The weather was strange and unpredicatble. Unseasonably cold until June, it turned hot and dry in July. August was all rain, with summer returning in September and October.

Celeriac ('knolselderij' in Dutch) was a surprise hit. They weren’t super big, but all of them came out well and they required almost no work. Plus we were amazed at the versatility of this vegetable. Great soup ingredient, works great with mashed potatoes, good all-round filler. Highly recommended.

This year one of my goals is to produce some decent eggplants. The aubergines the last 2 years have been unimpressive. We’re going to start them earlier this year. Last year we had them out pretty late, also because of the weather, but it meant the fruit didn’t have as much time to mature.

And I’m going to try to get some good varieties of tomato going. It would be great to grow some cool heirlooms. Anything with some colour and taste.

The weekly harvest we had from July to September. More or less.

Cheers.