More bounty from the garden
by planetparker
Today Rosie brought up a handful of the tomatoes we have been able to ripen here at my sister’s garden in Cavan town. They were of various shapes, sizes and varieties, but all tasted superb, especially when eaten with our breakfast.
We have also had our first cucumber. This was an unusual variety called Crystal Lemon, which isn’t elongated like a traditional cucumbers, but is sphercal. It also tastes far nicer than many other cucumbers, lacking that horrible bittnerness which meant that we were able to eat it raw.
We’ll certainly be growing this variety again as it is far easier to grow, cheaper and less temperamental than the all female varieties. These often cost nearly £4 for a packet of three, maybe four seeds, not all of which germinate and even if they do they’re often sickly.
