The greenhouse crops have done well this year, as they usually do. It is easier to manage the environment in the greenhouse, or polytunnel if you have one. Unlike the main vegetable plots that have suffered with drought conditions and successive heatwaves this year. Still, some crops have done well. The most recent to be ready for harvesting, sweetcorn of which we sampled the first today, looks laden with cobs.
Back to the greenhouse. The highlight this year is aubergines. I've picked quite a few already and there are more to come. Planting them into the border rather than pots appears to consistently be the better method if you have the space.
We both like aubergines very much and are surprised how many people we come across who aren't too keen on them. They do have the drawback of not being very preservable for later use. But visitors partial to aubergine don't go home empty handed.
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They look delicious. Ive not tried to grow them yet.
ReplyDeleteWorth a try if you like them. Grow them in the same way as you would peppers or tomatoes.
DeleteI love aubergine, I have to pick them out of Mediterranean medley style dishes so none are wasted on my husband who does not care for them...
ReplyDeleteWe have a ready supply of lamb and mutton so I generally use them in North African style dishes.
DeleteWe have a roadside local farmer's stall every year on the highway in town, and the corn is ready now. I bought a big bag for the family visit last weekend and we really enjoyed it. I first encountered aubergines in Italy, baked with parmesan cheese, and loved them, but I never think to buy them.
ReplyDeleteI am very envious of your aubergines- we adore them and eat them all the time- I did have a plant 2 years ago but it didn't like life in our garden and didn't grow. Our favourite two Asian dishes from two different restaurants, a Thai restaurant and a Chinese, are both aubergine-based which I would love to be able to cook. One is a wonderful egg-battered aubergine and the other a crispy Szechuan aubergine. I, too, am surprised how many people aren't fond of aubergine!
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