The developmentally delayed watermelon is starting to flourish. There are more leaves and even two very tiny flowers. Looks okay, but let’s see how this turns out.
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Baby aubergine: Goodness Gracious me
The aubergine continues to grow. This is the first one, there is another fruit in a second plant. With further lilac flowers opening across the three black prince plants. Quite rapid growth across the assorted plants as the weather warms up.
Lifted; up we come
Have lifted the garlic from the largest bed. Have to say, that I’m not convinced by this years crops. Purple wight was this years go to, in previous years it has been brilliant. Yielding big fat juicy cloves. This years crop is smaller in bulb and Clove size. The vayo and sultop does appear to have done better. There is further evidence for putting it in raised beds.
Now left to dry out and use as and when.
Bollywood courgette chutney first draft 2014
Last year, I made a version of Pam the jam’s courgette chutney. The fact that it is very Bollywood was a key point. Today, I have attempted another version, but varied still in adding red sweet pepper.
Home grown onions and garlic as well as a patty pan were used in this. The courgette was salted before hand.
Was simple enough to follow through. Does look a bit untidy though. I did note, that Thane Princes tip; of parting with a spoon and parting the sea to form a channel was a very good indicator to have in mind.
Self healing tomatoes
Nestled in a raised bed are two very small tomato plants. Up until a few weeks ago, these were gnarled sticks that had been gnawed about by slimers whilst in open ground. Not wanting to give up on them, I transplanted to a raised bed.
They may not be as tall or leafy as their big brothers and sisters. But I do hope that that continued to flourish.
Never ever give up on a plant!
Tickle time
Though I don’t think you need to tickle F1 plants. This pretty purple flower belongs to black prince aubergine and had most likely bloomed today; it was certainly closed shut yesterday. Just in case you are meant to tickle them, I did just that with a paint brush.
Happy habaneros, at the moment
The orange habanero is certainly more healthier looking with broad green waxy leaves. The chocolate habanero is a bit battle weary. Yet both plants have the tiniest of floo’ers forming.
There are also floo’ers forming on the others
Nicely Naga: Dorset naga update
We have four Dorset nagas there. El macho, stevie, Sybil and big al bidgy.
They have had a few turbulent weeks with nearly keeling over in the hot weather. There are new leaf buds forming though. The aim is to keep them going for the Dorset Naga competition.
anti-vampire prep
There is garlic in there some place and lots of it. Planted through cardboard, which has sort of quashed the weeds. So it could be alot worse. Yes, I could have mulched, and I could have hoed it all down. You simply don’t, when you are trying to organise things. To be honest, I leave my allieums pretty much alone and let them do as as they wish. These were planted later than anticipated, and therefore yet to keel over all raffia like. It is starting to happen. In direct comparison, there is also garlic and onions in raised beds. Not so yellow, smaller bulbed, and starting to bolt. I have been snapping off seed heads. I plan to leave the garlic a little longer, so that it can start to go yellow and keel over.
Appos!
Falstaff apples, to be precise
horticultural 'obbit 