Hurray, picked my first leaves from the allotment

Clockwise from bottom left: rocket, spinach, aubergine, strange dinosaur plant (apparently they can grow to six feet across), sweetcorn at the back, tomatoes, cut-and-come-again cauliflower (will last five years, the catalogue said - plant, I think, not cauliflowers), coriander, oregano and fennel. Little strainer with first pickings of leaves.

Everything is growing really nicely, and tonight I went out with a strainer and a pair of scissors and picked our first spinach and rocket leaves. They were very tasty, although some other creatures seem to be enjoying the spinach as well. The slugs are making their way through the aubergine and broccoli plants, but everything else seems to be thriving.

We had our leaves with lamb braised on the hob with onions and carrots and mashed potatoes (super nice organic ones from our veg box delivery). The next veg box delivery is tomorrow and I'm looking forward to seeing what crops we get. I still have a red oakleaf lettuce from last week and I'm wondering how to use it. Maybe wilted with some sausages?

The other bed has broccoli, courgettes, rhubarb and some french beans, and the cardoons and globe artichokes are about big enough to go in the top bed this weekend. There's also some runner beans up by the back fence in my first attempt at permaculture.