What kind of things are you growing in your garden? I'm not a brilliant gardener, but I'm learning on the job ;D.
This is a zucchini I picked last week. I had to self pollinate, which involved picking the petals off a male flower "He loves me, he loves me not..." (hehehe), and using the stamen as a paintbrush on a female flower. So much easier than having to use a cotton bud. This zucchini only took a week to grow. It was used in a zucchini slice we devoured.
Mushrooms on special at Aldi for 99 cents a tub. My children love mushroom chips. I spray the mushrooms slices with oil, then do a very light sprinkling of salt. Dry until they are crispy. You don't have to add the salt, but it tastes great and is a healthier alternative to deep fried potato chips. I did 6 trays of dried mushrooms and used up two tubs.
Purple climbing beans thriving. These are amazing beans that turn green when you cook them. I picked a dozen of them to use in Shepherd's Pie last night. Yum! My tomato plant is a giant one with cherry tomatoes all over it. I was silly and put straw on the dirt to slow down the slugs, but I don't think the tomato plant appreciated the gesture. It is still hanging in there though.
Some shallots I pulled up this morning. They're now in the sun drying out until the roots go crunchy. I'm planning on using them soon rather than storing them for a length of time, so they don't have to dry out very much. If I wanted to be all fancy I could braid them all together and hang them up to dry, but this is the first time I have successfully grown them to this point :D
Woohoo! That's all very impressive! Don't they say broken up egg shells around the base of plants is supposed to deter snails and slugs as they don't like to slide their revolting selves over them?
ReplyDeleteSadly the golf ball sized leopard slugs we get here aren't phased by crushed egg shells. The only thing that works unfortunately is slug/snail bait.
ReplyDeleteTwo more zucchini on the way. Hooray!