Cucumbers and eggplants. The cucumbers are small but regular and very crunchy. The eggplants are tiny - no doubt from the stress of travel and transport, but there are eggplants!
Lots of mint. I pick a handful most days for salads and Middle-Eastern inspired dishes.
Rocket. I didn't take any photos of the rocket I have picked but again I am pretty much picking rocket every second day. Here is a picture of my rocket patch.
Radish. I's be picking more of these beauties but they seem to be a favourite of the raiding Wallaby.
Tomatoes. Tiny amounts of tiny tomatoes. Broad Yellow Ripple Currant and Brown Berry. The heat has pretty much wiped the plants out.
Zucchini. Just this one from my second Greenskin plant. There will be more.
And the first of the peach pick. I'm ripening some inside and some on the tree. These were too low on the tree within tempting reach of the raiding Wallaby.
Pilfered apples - These apples were not grown on the property, just a neighbour kindly brought them over after having gleaned them from the roadside. I was naturally delighted! They are better for cooking than eating. So far they have made an apple cake and tomorrow they are going into my Tomato Chilli Jam.
I am contributing the to Daphne's Harvest Monday. I am sure others will have much better produce to admire. Pop over and take a look.
The cucumbers look lovely - we are eating a lot of leeks, root veg and cabbage at the moment. Dreaming of spring.
ReplyDeleteFunny isn't it? And I am just starting to raise my cabbage and leeks now!
ReplyDeleteVery nice. A varied but absolutely delicious looking harvest, particularly the peaches! All the more delicious I'm sure for beating the wallaby.
ReplyDeleteI can admit a sort of mild triumphal feeling. Two hopping fellows visited last night and couldn't eat a thing! They have had so much food from the garden, including my succulent plants!
DeleteYay for a good harvest. The eggplants look fun - what variety are they?
ReplyDeleteThe eggplants were punnet bought - they were pretty standard unnammed nursery ones.I had put them in pots and brought them here. They were already quite developed when they went into the ground. That they have turned out that small is cute but not intended. I suspect they were made miniture by the stress they experienced. I also raised from seed a number of Listada Di Gandia but they all failed. I find it curious that the younger less developed Listada perished when the more developed plants have at least survived and produced.
DeleteNow that the heat has reduced somewhat the eggplants have started to flower again. I wonder if I get 'normal' sized fruit from those flowers now that the stress will have reduced?
Well done, Louise! I really must get into taking photos of my harvests. I really will start a blog, one day!
ReplyDeleteMy eggplants still only have flowers (as do my capsicum - apart from the one that over-wintered). I'll be fiddling my thumbs for a while, I think!
Though the chilli are abundant. My son moves to student accommodation in Melbourne next week. I'll leave a basket of chilli in the shared kitchen facilities - I reckon they'll go to good homes.
Its been such a struggle to get any produce!
ReplyDeleteOh you don't have to start a blog, you are welcome here anyway! My eggplants have started flowering again after stopping completely while it was so hot. My capsicums got eaten in half by the Wallaby! Grrr.
Chillies and student households - no problem there. They will probably have chilli eating competitions. I have started drying mine for crushing into flakes later - they are looking wonderful.
The accommodation houses quite a few Asian students so I expect the chillies will be used in the way they are intended. My dastardly plan is that when I visit from time-to-time, I'll leave the occasional pile of produce and everyone will be sooo grateful, my boy will be invited to share a meal from time to time. Can you guess that he is a hopeless cook?? :)
DeleteHi Louise, this Summer is proving to be a hot one and a lot of the wildlife are out looking for feed......yep anyones veggie plot will do ! Do you have a good water supply or rely on rainfall/water tanks? Enjoy those peaches they look lovely !
ReplyDeleteYes, poor wallabies, it is dry here. still they have already eaten nearly every thing I have and you should see what they have done to the crab apples! We only have tank so we are getting a little dry here. hopefully it will rain soon!
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