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Saturday, September 03, 2011

2011-09-03 September Garden

 

A few wildlife piccys first……..

Mr Toad (of course) who lives on our doorstep, under the outside light which drops him the odd moth or two at night.

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He thinks we cant see him :O)

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Here is one of his friends we think (different nose!) making itself comfortable in one of my strawberry runner pots….we it was nice and damp on a hot day…

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Spotted this prize strutter going up to Le Sahuc one day, we don’t see a lot of these…….pheasants around here.

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This wasp type insect was drinking the water from our leaking water tank, never seen one like this before….or since. look at that waist girls ! Anyone know what I can name this one?

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Les Tomates ………….These are the Coeur de bœuf , (the really fat ones)  from Rogers plants (thanks Roger!) also there are some  ‘Cornue des Andes’  (long ones) supplied by Rogers neighbour….. I did grown the St Pierre's myself and bought a few extra Coeur de boeuf ……..the yellow ones were also from Roger. The peppers/ chillies I grew, and the one courgette was all my own growing, you may need a magnifying glass for that  !

Feast your eyes…………

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That’s 700g or  1.08 pounds (whatever that is!)

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The beautiful hibiscus which was given to me is in flower again, and as I am writing this on 9th OCTOBER it is coming into flower for a third time….

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Very few mushrooms this year AS YET……these 3 ceps and a handful of St Michaels……I dried these, and we had the others in a mixed omelette. 

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lovely blue colour when you first cut them, fades as they dry.

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This was a surprise, I first thought that a snail had crawled inside the cob of the sweetcorn…….but this is actually A corn (normal one beside it for size comparison) its a fungus which distorts the growth, you will see in the next two pictures it was filled with black powder like spores……no I didn’t breathe whilst taking these photos…..

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