Monday 3 November 2014

Harvest Monday - a nice surprise

We've been away on hols and I haven't been to the plot for over a week....until today when I popped across from work during my lunch break to see what was happening.....

......lots of weeds and old plants needing to be cleared, plus (drum roll) MORE COURGETTES! It seems crazy, the plants aren't protected and look very worse for wear but as we haven't had a frost yet they're just hanging in. Overall it's been really mild too. Ok, these really must be the last ones. I also brought a few onions back from the shed.

I picked a chilli from the lean to on Sunday, to add to a huge pumpkin soup. Jan's work had several massive pumpkins for a Halloween event, so we brought a couple home (they'd have just been chucked away otherwise).
There was three times this amount of pumpkin, I cubed and froze some of it. In the soup I added my own onion and potatoes, plus some garlic, cumin, coriander, ginger (plus the chilli) and salt and pepper, plus a tin of chick peas.
A bit of yogurt to finish it off.

Today jan brought another one home! Blimey, so I'm currently roasting it in batches, with garlic and cumin seeds for the first two and garlic with rosemary ( from the front yard) in the second. I was surprised the pumpkin lasted since Friday (obv I cut off the skin and inner layer that had been scooped against). The flesh was so thick that there was still a good amount left after cutting off the exposed surfaces.

Linking in with Harvest Monday hosted by Daphne's dandelions

 

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  1. Margaret4 November 2014 at 01:49

    Lucky you to still have courgettes (aka zucchini around here)! That soup looks delicious. Funny but I never think of making pumpkin soup..must change that in the future. The roasted pumpkin also looks delicious.

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    1. Lou@RainbowChard6 November 2014 at 18:24

      Thanks Margaret, yep I love soup! I froze a batch of the roasted pumpkin so might make that in to soup too!

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  2. Susie4 November 2014 at 03:06

    In 2013 I had more zucchini (courgettes) than I could manage. This past season I got nothing from about 6 plants - just a bad year for me on that front. Great that you still have some coming up!

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    1. Lou@RainbowChard6 November 2014 at 18:27

      Yeh it's weird isn't it Susie? I didn't get a massive glut but had them gradually over a long time. Some plants only produced a couple of teeny fruits but one plant did much better than the rest. Noidea why!

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  3. Sue Garrett4 November 2014 at 09:34

    We were a bit inefficient picking courgettes this year and so they have up quickly. Yours have been amazing

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    1. Lou@RainbowChard6 November 2014 at 18:29

      Thanks sue, they were 'slow and steady', though some were very slow! Turned very cold now so reckon that's it.

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  4. Daphne Gould4 November 2014 at 11:01

    That soups look good. Sadly we had a freeze and had to pull the zukes. I won't have anymore until next year.

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  5. Lou@RainbowChard6 November 2014 at 18:33

    Thanks Daphne, haven't had a frost yet but it's turned pretty chilly, brrr, so think that's it for me too.

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