{"id":1690,"date":"2023-08-05T09:08:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-05T09:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/?p=1690"},"modified":"2023-08-05T09:08:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T09:08:08","slug":"six-on-saturday-5-8-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/2023\/08\/05\/six-on-saturday-5-8-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Six on Saturday 5-8-23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>August is the time for harvesting veg, feeling chuffed about the successes of chilli, toms and beans, wishing I&#8217;d got more radish in, and wondering why beetroot just didn&#8217;t grow at all.  Also, a week to to until the local Annual Flower Show, so need to sing gently to my plants.  here are 6 of the best so far for #SixOnSaturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nothing nicer than a courgette flower, except a flower with fruit behind (this one isn&#8217;t).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2141\" height=\"1870\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/courgette.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1692\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Brassicas do SO well in eastern Scotland, especially in a year like this, with low butterfly numbers (but I do wish there were more&#8230;it is too cool and damp). Cavalo Nero is a favourite, with gorgeous texture and colour that it retains when steamed or stir-fried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2886\" height=\"1914\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/kale.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1694\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the greenhouse I&#8217;ve realised that less is more with fewer chilli plants, in bigger pots, giving me more chillies. Now a little bit of sun to heat them up would be great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2143\" height=\"2700\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/chilli.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1695\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I am looking forward to Queen of the Night ripening up. She&#8217;s a rich purple-black tomato, medium sized. Hoping that the promised black-to-red interior colour will appear as the seed provider promised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2572\" height=\"1696\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/toms.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1696\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in the garden, it has been so cool this summer that spring-planted chard hasn&#8217;t bolted, each plant is growing strong, will be a great autumn crop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2398\" height=\"1571\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/chard.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1697\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last but not least, a much more transient garden joy: runner beans, looks like we&#8217;re going to have a huge crop this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2639\" height=\"1480\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/runner-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1699\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s my #SixOnSaturday for this week.  Join the sixes on Mastodon or other instances in the Fediverse via #SixOnSaturday, we need a few more folk to toot on the topic: come join us. All you need to do is find 6 things in your garden to show us. Then post on social, or add a link at Jim&#8217;s blog below. For regulars, our organiser is Jim at https:\/\/gardenruminations.co.uk\/. Also on twitter @JamesLStephens. And I&#8217;m on mastodon @julie3dharris@mastodon.scot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August is the time for harvesting veg, feeling chuffed about the successes of chilli, toms and beans, wishing I&#8217;d got more radish in, and wondering why beetroot just didn&#8217;t grow at all. Also, a week to to until the local Annual Flower Show, so need to sing gently to my plants. here are 6 of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/2023\/08\/05\/six-on-saturday-5-8-23\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Six on Saturday 5-8-23<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardening"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1690"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1701,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1690\/revisions\/1701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}