Today’s photograph could have been taken in sunshine, high winds, driving rain or low grey skies. We’ve had a bit of everything. Which also describes this week’s harvest; which hit a new 2010 high of 3kg.
New to the tomato trug this week were Floridity, Sungold (only 80g but still a big hurrah !) Conchita and 1 x San Marzano ( which actually ripened off the plant indoors).
I’m also now also ripening all the fruit from one of the Elegance plants indoors. I don’t know quite how or why – but the whole plant ‘uncorkscrewed’ itself from the metal spiral and ended up in a heap on the ground. I had ‘squirrel suspicions’ after seeing the ‘shake, grab and scamper raids’ I’ve seen them make on my neighbours apple tree. But the spiral was still upright and wedged in under the fence lap. So maybe not. Nothing had snapped but ‘re-threading’ was never going to be an option! So now I’ve ‘green’ harvest festival like tomato garlands strewn about the kitchen. It looks half still-life painting and half low budget TV cookery programme.
