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Empire state chilli

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The sun’s been away for a couple of days and it’s been feeling cold of late. Things are cracking on in the garden though, like the chilli plant (above) that is at the top of the weird hand-made hat stand we found in the street a few years ago here. Touchwood no slugs have scaled it just yet.

The zucchini/courgette plant (above) which is in the raised bed is now beginning to flower after we made some room for it after we pulled out the potato plant (with some spuds!) that was there before.

And indoors on the kitchen windowsill we have another chilli (one that we were given) and that’s fruiting too. We always used to think growing chillies were hard. So far it’s the chillies that are doing well next to the spuds. Regular watering and comfrey feed is our secret to success alongside not much else.

Shine on you crazy vegetables

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Gardening books always say home grown vegetables are going to look a big different than the ones you get at the supermarket but the courgette (zucchini) above we found this morning in the veg patch is pushing it a bit far, it almost looks like a giant slug or snail!

The Egyptian/walking onion below is now on it’s journey around the garden. One of the bulblets on the stalk have now been directed to a plant pot and using a bit of wire to keep them in place if goes well will root. There’s another couple of other bulblets (aka top sets) forming on the stalk as well. It’s a very mad plant and one to have in your garden if you want visitors to say “What the blazes is that?” More on the humble walking onion at our favourite “out there” website here. Every time we open their homepage UFO abductions and portals to other dimensions come to mind for some strange reason!

And to end the weekend here’s a lovely number from the great Chronnix with his dad Chronicle. Tune!

Zucchini and I

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Paul's courgetteIt’s all gone a bit courgette-centric around here at the moment. A big shout to our good mate Paul W for sharing with us a pic of his first ever courgette (above). It was grown in a raised bed from a plant bought outside Charlton train station in May this year on his way home from work (four plants for two quid, a bargain or what?) Great stuff Paul! weeds courgettesOur courgettes are doing are doing well too (above) not bad from a packet of seeds from the seed swap earlier this year.

Last weekend another good mate was telling me that the two things on his allotment that never fail are courgettes and beetroot which incidentally are two great crops for someone who fancies starting out gardening. As long as you give them enough water and a feed every now and again you’ll get good results. In the case of courgettes, keep picking them when they are young (and watch they don’t turn into a marrow-like affairs) and you’re onto a winner. Don’t blame me though if you get a glut of the things though!

On the subject of gluts, anyone out there have any good recipes for courgettes? Send them to onedeckpete (a) gmail.com or leave a comment on this post.

Take me I’m yours?

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Pauls courgette pic

Thanks to our good friend Paul W for sending us this pic of a whopping courgette (aka zucchini) he saw outside a house on his way to work earlier this week in South London.

He wasn’t sure if it was an offering of the usual “take me” variety or the owners showing off in a “my zucchini is bigger than your zucchini” style!

Talking of courgettes, has anyone any good recipes using the old zucchini as I feel a glut coming on!