As we pass the middle of February, the days will now start shortening and the hours of valuable sunlight diminish. With this in mind, I conducted a quick inspection of the green tomatoes in the veggie patch.
XII, as he was named last time, is now a fully fledged “Red”. Perhaps there will be a little picking ceremony and (perhaps?) a few kind words to the rest of the gathered throng…
In the row just north of XII is a promising-looking plant, called, sequentially “V” not for Victory, but for numero cinque – as in what I would call “5.” So-called “V” has a few fruits which seem to be on the verge of ripening:
Back at the greenhouse, things are warm and swinging, with the three hanging baskets bearing the small decorative jobs, being the most productive at this stage. Bianca sorted the fruits by size and set aside a bowl of smaller ones for use in salads, and prepared and cooked the rest in an onion/tomato/spice relish preserve base.
1,100 grams of Organic product with onions and other “secret” herbs and spices went into the pot, and out came…. a large jar and two smaller jars of yum! – Pure home-grown organic stuff with no artificial colourants or sugar added:
Yum, yum, keep some for if I come.
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