Starting with the Sweet corn….which we didn't have many…but we did have this fungus, which i NOW find out is a prized edible fungus…so much so sweet corn is being intentionally infected to grow just the fungus….we burnt this ! Google it…its called SMUT !
First of our courge to ripen is this lovely Potiron.
Now for the onions…which we experimentally planted the cabbage in-between…making it quite difficult to harvest…however not much in the way of caterpillars on the cabbages !
I took this picture, as its not EVERY day/month/year you can harvest strawberries, blackberries and chantrelles on the same day !
Tomatoes are splendid this year, after all the rain we did wonder if they would split….but the Corne d’Andie (i think) the pointy red ones…. which we grow each year have probably produced 50-60kg from just over 40 plants….the other is an orange beef tomato which we will probably not do next year, it gets VERY big and breaks the plant.
This is NOT home grown…but I have found how to “pickle” garlic and when its cheap in August is a good time to do it….but the peeling…well its easy ………
You break the bulbs into cloves…place them in two large pans or a glass top saucepan like i am using…….
Shake (the pan that is !) and most if not all the skin will fall off in a minute or two…..have a cup of tea !
Voila !
The whole range of recognisable courge……….this is ONLY the ripe ones we had a bumper crop this year…plus a surprise…look out for a future post !
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