Harvest Festival Assembly

So the deputy Head at my wife's school (she's a teacher not a pupil) has asked me to do a 15 minute assembly on what harvest means to me and why it has been celebrated for so long. 

The school is non religious, so I won't be focusing on religious festivals or any particular faith, more what it means to people in the real world when the harvest is brought in. 

So what would you include in this assembly? 

What does a safe harvest mean to you?

Do you have any interesting harvest stories?

Garden Harvest

There's still plenty to be had in the garden at the moment and I was quite please with this little collection for our roast on Sunday. 

Managed to have leeks (although there isn't many left now - another couple of  meals), jersualm artichokes, New Zealand Yams ( I love these more and more each time I eat them) and the last of the parsnips. 

Few things more satisfying than going out and digging up the food for tea! 

What are you harvesting at the moment?

First Pull

We're starting to have our first proper harvests from the garden other than herbs now.

Baby beats and broad beans

I pulled some baby beats (always sounds like a DJ) and broad beans to have with dinner on Sunday. Now is normally the time when I wish I planted double the amount so I could harvest half the crop as a "baby" one as it all tastes so good!