Autumn has brought the usual misty mornings with a slight chill on the air, but the last three days have (almost) returned to Summer temperatures, which is most welcome. We've been busy the last couple of weekends but have been visiting the plot most days to water and pick veg.
Cucumelon don't seem to be that popular, but I quite like them - as long as they're picked small. Anyway, they look nice and provide an interesting addition to my packed lunches occasionally.
Above is the cucumelon plant - it grows very happily outside and has rather taken over, but the little fruits are so tricky to find! Lots of immature fruits are beginning to drop off now, so I don't think there will be many more harvests.
A couple of the courgette plants have stopped producing and the leaves have developed the usual powdery mildew. We're pleased to see some of our peppers are going red; so many of them are being nibbled by something or get so heavy that the branches snap :-(
This is what the Yard Long Beans look like - that's different isn't it! They've appeared a bit late in the season. What a shame, as they look very interesting. I hope the few that have appeared get long enough and aren't too tough to at least try.
The free tomato plant that we put in the hanging basket has produced quite a lot of fruits and they're nice to eat while we're visiting Plot3 but the Aviditas in the polytunnel are providing us with all the tomatoes we need for lunches and dinners and they're still the best tomatoes we've ever tasted.
I'm still hoping for a long growing season so that my Double Red sweetcorn swell.... but it will surely not be long enough for the Glass Gem sweetcorn, which have only just developed tassles - another one to try again next year... But for lunch today I have our first Lark sweetcorn of the year - not really ripe, but we had to pick one to be sure and it tastes lovely and sweet though the kernels are a bit small.
The song, by The Prodigy, is apt because of the lovely colours our harvests are giving us at the moment.
The song, by The Prodigy, is apt because of the lovely colours our harvests are giving us at the moment.
I’m afraid that I’m Not a cucamelon fan
ReplyDeleteI'm easily pleased - just by the look of them 😊
DeleteGood post and pictures. Your sweet corn Lark seem rather late as I picked the last of mine over a couple of weeks ago. xx
ReplyDeleteThanks, yes we were late sowing them, but not too late I hope!
Deletei love the Prodigy. So sad to learn of the lead singer Keith Flints death a few months back. I would be all over those Cucumelon, never grown them and never seen them being sold here. I am impressed with your sweetcorn. And your right summer autumn to summer again...
ReplyDeleteThe cucamelon certainly look good and are continuing to produce a handful at each visit
DeleteIt's good to see the cucumelons doing well for you, they were shy producers for me. The yardlong beans always do well, and I need to make a note to grow some next year. I like the red ones because they are easier to spot among the vines.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting. I certainly like the look of the yardlong beans, but think I need to sow much earlier next year if I'm to eat any of them!
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