Onion sets and a log store
21.08.2023 - 11:57
/ theunconventionalgardener.com
/ Emma Doughty
I haven’t felt like gardening much over the last few weeks, and since there’s a lot to do popping outside made feel worse, not better. But on Sunday time and energy coincided, and I spent a happy two hours outside. In the intervening time the garden has transitioned into autumn, which shows off the blueberries at their best!
I started off alone, clearing the courgette bed. I picked two final courgettes, then it was off the compost bin with the foliage, which easily filled a big plastic trug, despite being somewhat lessened by cold weather and mildew. The compost bins are out in the Sunset Strip garden, so whilst I was out there I dealt with the Shark’s Fin Melon that had taken over, and was showing no signs of stopping. It was time to bring in the two fruits it had been cossetting, and I shall be thinking how best to eat them in due course. The latest edition of Food Programme covered squash, and included a cheesy recipe for shark’s fin melon I might try. As the mass of foliage went into the compost bin, it became apparent that the plant had been hiding a secret – a third fruit! Tucked behind a pile of sticks, safely off the ground.
I need to weigh them, but they’re heavy – almost too heavy to pick up using one hand. Clearing away the foliage also confirmed that there are potatoes growing from the bottom of one of the compost bins. They have very healthy looking foliage, despite the late season. They were flowering a couple of weeks ago, and have produced fruit! (Potato fruits look very much like green tomatoes but are POISONOUS, SO DON’T EAT THEM!)
By this time Ryan had joined my in the garden. His job was to assemble the firewood and log store we’ve been given to review by GardenSite.co.uk. The ordering process was very
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