Grapes
Snakes in the garden
13 April 2008 19:33 Filed in: Harvesting
Life has been busy, and the garden's been thriving.
My discovery for this season has been the
'Rampicante' zucchini I got from King's. They haven't
grown like zucchini, but they're very grown! Huge
vines all over the boardwalk by the pond, and the
strangest fruit!
This one ended up at 95cm long, which is more than I could contemplate cooking in a single go.
The raspberries also grew more than we could eat, as did the paste tomatoes and the basil. So I've been giving away eggs, silverbeet, basil, and raspberries. Oh and plenty of baby fish :)
It really is the end of the season now, only a few raspberries left, the tomatoes are slowing down and the basil is getting mildewy. On the up side the grapes have just started to ripen, and the chinese gooseberries are looking like they're going to be great in a few months. The kohlrabi are just coming through too, having grown caterpillars for the chooks they're going to be dinner for me very shortly :)
I'm hoping to spend some of next weekend planting the winter crops. Two varieties of broad beans I think, plus peas, lettuces, more silverbeet, spinach and maybe potatoes. Then I'll see how much room I've got to sneak in some treats like some beautiful beetroot and radishes.
This one ended up at 95cm long, which is more than I could contemplate cooking in a single go.
The raspberries also grew more than we could eat, as did the paste tomatoes and the basil. So I've been giving away eggs, silverbeet, basil, and raspberries. Oh and plenty of baby fish :)
It really is the end of the season now, only a few raspberries left, the tomatoes are slowing down and the basil is getting mildewy. On the up side the grapes have just started to ripen, and the chinese gooseberries are looking like they're going to be great in a few months. The kohlrabi are just coming through too, having grown caterpillars for the chooks they're going to be dinner for me very shortly :)
I'm hoping to spend some of next weekend planting the winter crops. Two varieties of broad beans I think, plus peas, lettuces, more silverbeet, spinach and maybe potatoes. Then I'll see how much room I've got to sneak in some treats like some beautiful beetroot and radishes.
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The chooks are out
The chooks left the chookery for the first time
today, very very cautiously. It's been a really hot
day so they spent a lot of time hanging out under the
trees, but now it's cooled down are exploring the
bank under the plums.
Sometimes the way they move in a group reminds me of fish; it's not just that they stick near each other it's the way they move in sync.
As well as running plastic mesh around the garden to keep the plants safe, I got heaps of planting done:
Sometimes the way they move in a group reminds me of fish; it's not just that they stick near each other it's the way they move in sync.
As well as running plastic mesh around the garden to keep the plants safe, I got heaps of planting done:
- Grapes – Golden Chasselas, Albany Surprise, Iona and Steuben
- Squash – Rampicante
- Beetroot – Bulls' Blood seeds
- Bush Beans – Roquefort seeds
- Florence Fennel – Orion F1
- Melons – Tigger Moon and French Charentais (inside)
- Watermelons – Moon and Stars (also).