Hello everyone. Been to the annual marché aux puces this morning which combines with a very noisy classic car rally. I went looking for old enamel kitchen things to use a s planters for herbs and old galvanised watering cans. Found no enamel and this year they want 20€ for the cans. Got two last year for 4 and 8€!
It's in the high 20s today with a lovely breeze. So much more comfy than last week's low 40s. We have a watering ban between 8am and 8pm so I need to go out and stop all the pumpkins and check the cucs and melons. Hundreds of toms to harvest and process too. The ones I dried in the oven the other day are just scrumptious and the passata is good too. Any other ideas? I do not need any more chutney.
Good luck with the move Busy. Hope you've enjoyed your time with the family.
Interesting news about Monsanto today.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
More drizzle here . Enough to be annoying but doing no real good. We have a local equivalent of NFN TFT ( Typical for Tiverton ) No offence meant.
@Dovefromabove, my "gingers" have been given the heave. Growth ( not unnatractive ) all summer long , but not enough flowers to justify their place. I think they need a very long hot summer and The Beast held them back from starting. How is you Cautleya? I've not had many flowers on mine this year, which is very odd.
Obelisk, when I was a small child, one of my friend’s grandmother (Italian) used to lay her sliced tomatoes on a frame in the sun to dry them. Not sure if you’ve got enough summer sun left, but you might be able to try it. I’m in bed now and snuggling down for sleep. night all.
I cheated and used the oven Pat. This region is the second sunniest in France after Provence so I could, in theory, sun dry them but I'd have to set up a system safe from bird droppings and insects.......
Just finished a rather late lunch after deciding to go cucumber hunting in the PT. Hacked down the last of the gherkin plants, trimmed back the water melon, found 3 fat cucumbers and 2 fat melons which I think are galia. Never grown a melon before so well pleased.
Possum is doing something Asian with bavette steak for dinner so I have made some "quick" kimchi. Another first. We'll see.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
We have sparrows nesting in the roof of the donkey shed in the potager Busy and other birds nesting in the barns and ruins and surrounding trees and visiting the potager and garden for food and play. You can just about guarantee we'd get unwanted flavourings if I dried tomatoes outside.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
@Dovefromabove's? I'll happily dig a piece for you and Dove can collect it next season when she's down this way. It bulk up very quickly. I suspect mine needs splitting, hence poor flowering this year.
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It's in the high 20s today with a lovely breeze. So much more comfy than last week's low 40s. We have a watering ban between 8am and 8pm so I need to go out and stop all the pumpkins and check the cucs and melons. Hundreds of toms to harvest and process too. The ones I dried in the oven the other day are just scrumptious and the passata is good too. Any other ideas? I do not need any more chutney.
Good luck with the move Busy. Hope you've enjoyed your time with the family.
Interesting news about Monsanto today.
We have a local equivalent of NFN TFT ( Typical for Tiverton ) No offence meant.
@Dovefromabove, my "gingers" have been given the heave. Growth ( not unnatractive ) all summer long , but not enough flowers to justify their place. I think they need a very long hot summer and The Beast held them back from starting.
How is you Cautleya? I've not had many flowers on mine this year, which is very odd.
The canna has four flower spikes, each with a second bloom coming after the first, and I think there may be at least one more spike coming ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I’m in bed now and snuggling down for sleep.
night all.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Just finished a rather late lunch after deciding to go cucumber hunting in the PT. Hacked down the last of the gherkin plants, trimmed back the water melon, found 3 fat cucumbers and 2 fat melons which I think are galia. Never grown a melon before so well pleased.
Possum is doing something Asian with bavette steak for dinner so I have made some "quick" kimchi. Another first. We'll see.
Thank you all for your good luck wishes.
That's an exotic looking plant.
Bird dropping in your dried tomatoes sounds a bit yuk!
I'll happily dig a piece for you and Dove can collect it next season when she's down this way.
It bulk up very quickly. I suspect mine needs splitting, hence poor flowering this year.