Oh dear. Picked too early

It had been munched by damn portugese millipedes a bit on the outside. But they didn't get past the skin. Perhaps that ought to have been a sign that it was not ready for picking.



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Rockmelon?

It was hosting a massive number of portugese millipedes underneath, who I'm sure were eyeing it up for dinner.  Well I'm working right now on how to trap the little beasties, meantime I've lifted the melon up off the soil.

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Bean Harvest

I've been leaving them too long. They need to be picked before the beans can be seen in the pods, otherwise they are stringy and chewy, and everything that put me off beans as a child.
They are fruiting really well now, probably 10-15 beans a day.

6 March. Other growings.

Two this size!

One mystery fruit

Heaps of ripening peppers

Also...heaps of beans growing, beetroot still doing well. Bok Choy being eaten by caterpillars. Iceberg ok but being swamped by pumpkin. Celery coming along.
Herb garden growing well.



And this... Ok not garden but still pretty. Don't know why it's volcanoesque though.




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6 March, today's haul

Tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, zucchinis and chillies. Could have picked beetroot but they seem to keep better in the garden.

And this zepplin, 60cm again!

Tucked right in underneath again so really hard to spot.

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4.7kg Zucchini

This us what happens when you have 3 plants too close together.... Sneaky marrows grow. I thought the previous one at 50cm was big, but this beastie eclipsed it.



60cm long
13cm diameter at the fat end and 4.7kgs.


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