During 2022, to celebrate my sixtieth birthday, I aimed to harvest sixty different vegetables, fruits, herbs or edible weeds and flowers from my garden and allotment! I’ve listed them all here as I harvested them. In another sixtieth birthday challenge, I’m raising funds for Alzheimer’s Scotland. In that challenge I’m doing a lot of swimming (you can read all about that here). If you’re impressed by my sixty fruits and vegetables, you can contribute to my justgiving page here.
My rules for my sixty at sixty were that I harvested edible fruit, vegetables, herbs, flowers or weeds from the garden or allotment during 2022. I’ve listed them all here, with photographs in order of harvesting.
What have I harvested in 2022?
69. Tomato ‘golden sunrise’, garden (ripened inside), November
68. Tomato ‘Shirley’, garden (ripened inside), November 67. Tomato, ‘cherry red’ , garden, October
66. Rosemary, garden, October
65. Pear, garden, October64. Cucumber ‘Crystal Lemon’ (disappointingly grape sized single fruit!), garden, October
63. Garlic chive flowers, garden, September
62. Apple, ‘Sunset’ garden, September 61. Squash, allotment, September 60. ! Apples, ‘Howgate wonder’, garden, September 59. Chilli ‘Hungarian hot wax’ garden, September 58. Green pepper, garden, September 57. Watercress, garden pond, September56. Marrow (secateurs for scale), garden, September55. Tomato ‘Indigo Blue Berry’, garden, September54. Tomatoes San Marzano, allotment, September
53. Tomato Costuluto Fiorentino, garden, August
52. Runner beans, allotment, August
51. Plums ‘Victoria’, Garden August50. Tomato ‘Tigerella’, garden August 49. Japanese wineberries (and ice cream), allotment, August
48. Courgettes (and some friends), Allotment, August
47. Cucumber, garden, August46. Lovage seeds, garden, August45. Climbing French beans ‘Vitalis’, Garden, August44. Purple podded peas ‘Blauschocker’, garden, August
26. Coriander, garden, June25. Garden salad with broad beans , garden, June24. Strawberries, allotment , June 23. Red onion, garden, June 22. Lettuce ‘wonder of four seasons ‘, garden, June21. Mixed salad leaves, garden May20. Baby spinach, garden May 19. Radishes, garden, May 18. Chive flowers, garden, May17. Orange mint, to add to iced water, garden May16 Pea shoots, garden, April 13-15 Nettles, Dandelion leaves, Hairy bittercress, garden April to make weed pesto!
12. Lovage, garden April
11. Garlic chives, garden, April
10. Tarragon, garden, March
9. Rhubarb, garden, March8. More garden salad, this time with wild garlic, garden, March
7 – Garden salad – including lettuce, rocket, chives and rocket flowers, garden, February