{"id":1807,"date":"2023-10-28T01:42:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T01:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/?p=1807"},"modified":"2023-10-27T14:43:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T14:43:14","slug":"six-on-saturday-28-10-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/2023\/10\/28\/six-on-saturday-28-10-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Six on Saturday 28-10-23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Some slightly spooky pictures of the garden for a nearly-Halloween #SixOnSaturday.  We&#8217;ve another major storm in now, that&#8217;s 3 of the last 4 weekends.  Not much to do but browse this year&#8217;s garden pics as it&#8217;s mostly far too nasty to get out into the garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To start the spooky feel, wet hosta, yellowed by the first frosts, I feel they do look a little ghostly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2696\" height=\"1863\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/hosta.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1808\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now for some spooky veg: how about black tomatoes?  I don&#8217;t think these will ripen now, but they do suggest a seasonal shiver, with the purple-black colour and the spider-like hairy stems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2038\" height=\"1564\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/toms_black.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1809\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the very best spooky veg of the year. I have a few &#8216;fat boy&#8217; achocha clinging on in the greenhouse, they do look a little scary.  Taste great popped into a stir-fry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1858\" height=\"1374\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/achocha.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1810\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Not spooky, but somehow still delicious, greenhouse gorwn grapes have been very fruitful this year. I&#8217;ll probably dry another tub full down for home-made raisins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2441\" height=\"1703\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/grapes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1811\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Seasonal cheer comes also from the tiny lanterns of tomatillo. I need to get these picked and maybe made into salsa for freezing. Anyone have any good recipes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1314\" height=\"1057\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tomatillo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1812\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For my last this week, not spooky, but downright wierd.  I took advice from the Gardener&#8217;s World TV program, and grew &#8216;trombochino&#8217; squash.  A triumph! They LOVED the cool climate here, producing 3 fruits like this for each plant. I&#8217;ve hardened off a few, hoping they will still be good to eat as the dark days approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1833\" height=\"3075\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/squash.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1813\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s my slightly spooky #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>Some slightly spooky pictures of the garden for a nearly-Halloween #SixOnSaturday. We&#8217;ve another major storm in now, that&#8217;s 3 of the last 4 weekends. Not much to do but browse this year&#8217;s garden pics as it&#8217;s mostly far too nasty to get out into the garden. To start the spooky feel, wet hosta, yellowed by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/2023\/10\/28\/six-on-saturday-28-10-23\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Six on Saturday 28-10-23<\/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-1807","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\/1807","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=1807"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1815,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1807\/revisions\/1815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}