The time of many firsts..It's the first time I try to grow pumpkins and I think it's working! We'll get at least one!
Meanwhile, with the tomatoes and courgettes there's no such worries, we'll have more than enough. And maybe we'll have to buy a bigger freezer because even I can't eat courgettes every day.
Our very first tomato this year!!
They come in many different shapes and colours. After all this, who would want to buy tomatoes in the supermarket? It's a pleasure for the eyes, as well as for the tastebuds.
I managed to get three pepper plants growing too, and they are starting to perform. Right next to this one is an aubergine plant (my only one!), and it is yet to be seen if we'll get anything from that. Fingers (and toes) crossed.
This little fella started growing in the middle of the green beans, all on its own. Must be the remnants of the previous occupant's compost pile. But look at it! I counted at least 20 tomatoes and I'm sure there's still more to come. Allez ma petite!!
Another vegetable we had in abundance was the green bean. In my excitement I planted maybe too many and we have been at aloss to think how to conserve all of them, because throwing them in the compost is not an option!
One way is to put them in the jars with water and salt, stick the jars in the sterilizer for three hours and voila! Beans for the winter.
My first ever butternut squash plant, one of my favourite vegetables. I'm well pleased to have managed to grow one. I visit it daily to see that it's still there and ok. I'd rather that it'll finish on my plate and not in the tummy of a rabbit. Isn't it pretty?
We get new courgettes nearly every day, but sometimes couple of days goes by when we've forgotten to pick any and this is the result, a giant. Good for filled courgettes in the oven though!
'Give me the fertilizers or prepare to die!'
My récolte of carrots was a whopping 11! I'm not sure what went wrong there. Well I think I won't bother with them next year. Not the most beautiful selection either but I think it'll be enough for a soup and a salad.
Conserving the precious carrots in the sand until it is time to prepare them.
I've been growing and drying a lot of herbs as well for the winter. Here is some basil and flatleaf parsley.
Brambles grow pretty much everywhere in these parts and I've been enjoying picking them. Maybe more than eating them, which is a bit funny, but there you go. But Mon Cheri loves eating them and has also made some jam. I will make bramble tarts later on, to remind us of the taste of the summer.
At the end of the summer I found couple of good places to pick blueberries and we got enough to make some jam and to eat just as they are.
A bit too late Mon Cheri had a revelation, and he made a type of berry-picking rake, to help us getting as many blueberries as possible. It might be a bit rustic but it does work, I'm proud to say. Oh, it's good to have a handy-man in the house!
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