A small batch of mixed fruit jam, it'll get labelled dated then stashed away in the dark. Tasting the pectin test caused the hair on my neck to rise with the pleasure...
The onions are out, preparing for the next tenants. Small tomato plants recently grown from cutting now occupy the stick support, formerly home to peas. After the application of a bit of muck and muscle, cabbage, white climbing beans, Kohl Rabi and a row of parsley.
Still sticking with it...
A tangle of purple stick beans; A good cropper, young edible pods freeze well. the mature seed is a welcome addition to our big lump stew or soup.
"Aren't you tall?"
Not quite ready...
Nectarines. It'll be a while yet, I can wait...
That Chard is fast growing stuff, we will be cropping it well into winter.
Fattening figs, they have the rest of the summer to mature and ripen,No hurry, no worry...
19 presoaked beans, white climbers, a gift from Marie-Noel. Merci...
It's not all good news... A hard gust of wind flattened the hollyhocks., they aren't dead, there is plenty of growth at the base. No more flowers for now. Lesson learned, next season I will give them some support.
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