Harvest Monday Jan 30, pre and post holiday harvest

It's a bit  tricky going on holiday when you have a veggie garden. We've went away camping over the Australian Day weekend.  We found the ideal spot, swam at beautiful quiet beaches, hiked, relaxed, laughed and ate nice food. Lovely.  The weather was quite pleasant where we were, but in Melbourne it was hot  and despite a good water before we went and a token watering by a neighbour when we were away, the garden suffered a little bit and we returned to brown leaved tomatoes and rather wilty cucumbers.   Looking on the positive side though there are still harvests and some things - like the basil - even seem to have liked the heat and put on a growth spurt.

Anyway, onto the harvests. This lot was picked before we went away - cucs, beans (purple king and borlotti), round zucchini, blackjack zucchini, green capsicum, basil and lots of tomatoes (katinka cherry, red beefsteak, Cosimo special, black cherry and husky red).

This are the post-holiday harvest.  Our first red capsicum which might be Franks Red but I'm not sure.  The fruit grow in a different way to the other capsicums - upwards from the base ather than hanging down.  I grew it from seed that I was sent by some kind person but I sowed 4 different varieties and then forgot which ones germinated... Suggestions welcome as to what it might be!  Also in the harvest: a cuc, zucchini and a round zucchini that time forgot.

Here are all the tomatoes that ripened in the heat.  The greeny-yellow one at the top is a KBX. Someone sent me this seed as well.  The plant hasn't done well which is unfortunate because this tomato tastes really very good indeed.  Ah well, I've saved seed and might try it again next year. The other yellow ones are lemon boy and the red ones a mixture of tommy toes, black cherry, periforme and red beefsteaks.  

For more harvests - pop over to Daphne's.