Salad days
We’ve been eating the lettuce for quite a while now and it’s been very nice. Great in sandwiches. We had really been growing it to make salad, but of course it’s raced ahead and beaten the tomatoes, peppers, beetroot, cucumbers and chillies by weeks.
Now, though, we’re starting to see the first of the tomatoes ripen. Only the gardener’s delights so far, which somehow seems logical. They’re a cherry variety, so it’s only right that they redden up first.
All told, we’ve got 23 tomato plants of four different varieties, all in various states of readiness, but I’d still be surprised if we had such a heavy crop as last year, as the flowers have been a little less generous this time around. Still, so long as we have enough to eat through the late summer, and then sufficient left over to make another batch of chutney (we’re just finishing off last year’s jars) I’ll be happy.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the garden, the cucumbers are putting on some impressive growth. We have about 10 actual fruits on the go, with the two largest not far off being ready, including this first one, which whenever I see it never fails to reminded me of a fat green slug.
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