Sixty at Sixty

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, October

64. 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, September

56. Marrow (secateurs for scale), garden, September

55. Tomato ‘Indigo Blue Berry’, garden, September

54. Tomatoes San Marzano, allotment, September

53. Tomato Costuluto Fiorentino, garden, August

52. Runner beans, allotment, August

51. Plums ‘Victoria’, Garden August

50. Tomato ‘Tigerella’, garden August

49. Japanese wineberries (and ice cream), allotment, August

48. Courgettes (and some friends), Allotment, August

47. Cucumber, garden, August

46. Lovage seeds, garden, August

45. Climbing French beans ‘Vitalis’, Garden, August

44. Purple podded peas ‘Blauschocker’, garden, August

43. Autumn fruiting raspberries, garden, July

42. Blackcurrants, garden and allotment, July

41. Sprouted mung beans, house, July

40. New potatoes, Allotment, July

39. Peas, ‘Salmon Pink’, garden, July

38. Crimson flowered broad beans, garden, July

37. Parsley, garden, July

36. Nasturtium flowers, garden, July

35. Peas, garden, June

34. Mange tout peas, garden, June

33. Radish seed pods, garden, June

32. Lemon Verbena, garden, June

31. Summer fruiting raspberries, garden, June

30. Redcurrants, garden, June

29. Cherries, garden, June

28. Ginger mint, garden, June

27. Mustard greens, self-seeded, garden, June

26. Coriander, garden, June

25. Garden salad with broad beans , garden, June

24. Strawberries, allotment , June

23. Red onion, garden, June

22. Lettuce ‘wonder of four seasons ‘, garden, June

21. Mixed salad leaves, garden May

20. Baby spinach, garden May

19. Radishes, garden, May

18. Chive flowers, garden, May

17. Orange mint, to add to iced water, garden May

16 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, March

8. More garden salad, this time with wild garlic, garden, March

7 – Garden salad – including lettuce, rocket, chives and rocket flowers, garden, February

6 – Overwintered rocket, garden January

5 – Brussels Sprouts, garden, January

4 – Purple sprouting broccoli, Allotment, January

3 – Leeks, Allotment, January

2 – Rainbow chard, garden, January

1 – Lettuce ‘Cocarde’, garden, January