Whoo - hoo ! My Gete - okosomin harvest !
Those who have been following this story will know that I only had one plant germinate , of how the vine got broken off just above the cotyldon leaves , how I took that broken plant and treated it as a cutting and had to wait a further couple of weeks for that cutting to root ..which it did ...of the storms..followed by drought ...followed by relentless rain showers just as I wanted to hand pollinate the flowers .
People giving me advice I could have done without..like only allowing the one I put on the chair to develop and cut the others off !..the one on the chair rotted ..so I,m glad that I didn't cut all the other shoots off .
It certainly is a very vigourous variety and can root into the ground as it spreads .
They are best if raised off the ground .
This one got to a fairly good size though hanging over the chicken wire fence .
I dont know how much it weighs .....I think it might break my kitchen scales...big strong husband carried it in for me . This one , is the one that I am hoping and praying , will have the best chance of having seeds in .
I already have a list of veg gardening friends who want to try these seeds and I will be happy to share them out later on in the year .( It will be awful if it has no seeds in ! )
Thanks to Nancy Wolfe who was very generous in sharing them with me , I have learned so much through growing this interesting Squash .
Are there any interested (geeky) Pumpkin / Squash growers around here in Mullion ?
I brought in all the others and they have to cure in a warm place for a day or so before putting them into a cooler but frost free storage place ...shed / garage / loft .
I ,ve brought in some of the many smaller zuchinni/courgette sized ones for us to try too .
Looking forward to cooking them up .
I stripped out the bed and we're back to square one again .
The slugs ate all the leaves off these purple kale stalks, actually I think they were Red Russian Kale ....I,m leaving them ..they might re-shoot .....they WILL reshoot ! (got to think positive ! ) :)
It is time to feed and replenish the earth and I try not to walk on this beautiful crumbly soil ...wow ! ...it still looks amazing !
Today I will let the birds feed from it , tomorrow I will begin to cover it up , layer by layer build it up again .
Leeks , onions , kale growing away beautifully now .
A few cabbages and Purple Sprouting Broccoli under cover , the other side of the bed is resting and being built up again .
Another bed being prepared .
This plastic mesh fencing hasn't lasted even a year , I couldn't afford chicken wire last year , I,m having a re-think about this . I hate plastic !
So I have coppiced some Hazel and I,ll see what I can do with that around the veg beds.
Hurricane Ophelia is a coming in from early tomorrow morning , batten down the hatches and take very great care everybody .
