Here is the first ripe tomato of the season, a periforme (piriform?) and it was delicious. I ate it for lunch with some pasta, freash basil and parmesan.
Also in the harvest were some beans (purple king, blue lake and a borlotti that my Italian neighbour gave me), round zucchini, button squash and trombone zucchini. The latter was picked at a sensible size.
This is what happens when your almost 6 year old son claims ownership of a trombone squash and wants to see how big they will grow. It reached 89cm until the weight of the fruit made it fall off the vine. Pretty impressive!
Last some apricots, not from our tree, but our neighbour's (but we did help pick them). I'm making the most of the hot days to start drying them - I've used the trays from the dehydrator under a fly screen with glass on top. It seems to be working quite well!
I knew I shouldnt have given those Fly screens away.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great looking tomato, is it tasty too? The good thing about the Trombocino sqashes is that they are tasty at any size. Hmm, I haven't grown those in a few years, perhaps I should give them a try again this year. Your summer harvests are making me long for that time of year already!
ReplyDeleteI keep thinking that a solar dehydrator would be so easy to make if you had the right parts. Maybe someday I'll try it. Sadly I have no glass right now. Though I do have the screening.
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