{"id":1714,"date":"2023-08-19T09:45:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T09:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2023-08-19T09:45:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T09:45:59","slug":"six-on-saturday-19-8-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/2023\/08\/19\/six-on-saturday-19-8-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Six on Saturday 19-8-23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I know it is late summer now because my evenings and weekends are filled with harvesting the bounty of the 2023 growing season.  This week I&#8217;m showing off some of my latest fruit and veg, soon to be prepped for drying, freezing and maybe even canning this year. BTW, I did win some prizes at my garden show last week. Take a look here: https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@julie3dharris\/110877827848568978<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the very end of their season (and a little too late, some were too soft and shrivelled already) are my purple gooseberries. These will hit the freezer as there are not enough for jam this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2251\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gooseberry.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1715\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I also cleared my broad bean patch in the last week. These have been magnificent this year, I&#8217;ve at least 3 boxes for the freezer, great to pull out for stir fries and &#8216;garden pasta&#8217; dishes that will remind me of summer in months to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1713\" height=\"1691\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/broadbeans.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1716\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I suspect I&#8217;m mid-season now for tomatoes. I long ago gave up trying to grow them outside, we are simply too cool and windswept in this part of the world for them to thrive.  But in the greenhouse, I&#8217;m very pleased with the results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1914\" height=\"1325\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/toms-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1717\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An all-year rounder that I&#8217;m very fond of now is the &#8216;walking onion&#8217; (also called Welsh onion).  This is a perennial, seems to avoid the white rot that attacks other onions if I grow them, and pops up with lots of lovely little onions at the top of the stems.  I use these as &#8216;cut and come again&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1574\" height=\"1339\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/walkingonion.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1718\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A fruit at the very start of the season are apples. I have 9 trees (legacy of past custodians of the garden), no idea of the varieties. These are always first, they don&#8217;t store well, but do make lovely pink juice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2178\" height=\"1358\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/apples.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1719\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last, but very much not least, I&#8217;m attempting to grow Trombochino squash this year, as recommendation from the &#8220;Gardeners World&#8221; TV program.  I don&#8217;t know if these plants are hardier than other squash (most of which have sulked\/died already), or if I just gave them more care, but they are looking fabulous so far. Apparently these can be eaten like courgettes now, or left to left sweeter and browner into Autumn &#8212; I&#8217;m planning to try that with some of the fruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2107\" height=\"2856\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/trombo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1720\"\/><\/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>I know it is late summer now because my evenings and weekends are filled with harvesting the bounty of the 2023 growing season. This week I&#8217;m showing off some of my latest fruit and veg, soon to be prepped for drying, freezing and maybe even canning this year. BTW, I did win some prizes at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/2023\/08\/19\/six-on-saturday-19-8-23\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Six on Saturday 19-8-23<\/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-1714","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\/1714","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=1714"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1722,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714\/revisions\/1722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}