Six On Saturday: Harvest

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I’ve called time on most of the courgettes, it looks like the cucumbers growing outside may be on their last legs as are the dwarf beans. It’s not been a bad year especially given the erractic summer. Here’s my six for this week.

One

This is going to be apple picking weekend. The first photo is of the reluctant ripeners but finally they have caught up, the pips are brown and so they are ready to pick for making into juice. The second photo is of a cox’s apple, also ready to pick and also going to juice.

Two

I have very fruits on the persimmon this year, here’s one I spotted this week and there are about four or five more. They won’t be ripe until December.

Three

I have been picking plums for a couple of weeks. There are plenty with brown rot but there seem be much fewer showing wasp damage. The wasps have definitely been less visible than previous years but one or two have been spotted this last week.

Four

The tomatoes have been slow to ripen, these are a yellow cherry variety which have been wonderfully sweet when ready to eat. These will have another chance to ripen this week and then perhaps it will be time to pick them for ripening inside.

Five

I grew four varieties of courgette this year and this is the last survivor. Probably the best cropper too. They’ve done us well roasted with tomatoes or on the barbeque.

Six

And lastly, I could not resist this photo of the verbena bonariensis. Caught in the early low light. They seed everywhere here but when they look as stunning as this I love them all over again.

I hope you garden is doing well this week. I did get some rain and although it seemed there was a good downpour or two the garden is still quite dry. The water butts filled up again though and so they will soon be emptied out on the plants that need it most. The season is shifting and we’re into the prep and planning stage for next year. I am about ready to start with some re-arranging and some major weeding of the dreaded cinque foil. Jim, host of the meme, has a colourful selection this week. Happy Gardening.

18 thoughts on “Six On Saturday: Harvest”

  1. What beautiful fruits! The red apple variety looks fantastic; do you eat it like that too or just for juices? I also have Cox apples here. It’s time to harvest too. I also grow ‘Boskoop’ and ‘Reine des Reinettes’ if you know these french varieties

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  5. Wow! Plums this late?! They must be what we (used to) know as prunes. A very long time ago, prunes and apricots were the two primary orchard crops of the Santa Clara Valley. Plums did not grow in many of the orchards, and may have been rare or non-existent in the orchards. However, they were popular in home gardens. Now, no one remembers the prunes, although some places are still named after them (Pruneridge Avenue and the Pruneyard Shopping Center), and the prune blossom is the Official Town Flower of Campbell. In fact, dried prunes are now marketed as dried plums, just because they sound more appealing that way.

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