The first harvest :-)

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I noticed that in one of the plastic buckets where I put the spruts that fell off from the potatoes I was planting the leafs suddenly had gotten small black spots and that’s a sign that they are infected with potato blight. No bigger problem as long as one remove all green above surface before it spreads down to the potatoes. The problem was that these plants hadn’t flowered yet so the potatoes were going to be pretty small.

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So I went over to my neighbors so we could harvest them. There were potatoes and most were tiny 🙂 They had put some potatoes in the ground as well so they dug up some of those as well, they were almost as tiny as mine were 🙂 🙂 🙂 They do taste delicious though, I tried two of each today, so I’ll have them with my dinner at work tomorrow. I also got some onions, so I braided them together and now they hang to dry in my cool cellar. They won’t dry for long because I will continue to make my dinners for work. The food from the new restaurant is delicious but the price is way too high since we all know that the electricity will be nasty high this comming winter.

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It stayed on the chilly side today, it barely reached 16C (60,8F). I tried to stay outdoors but the flies were nasty. I know we’ll get rain later and that it will be the start of warmer weather arriving so perhaps we’ll have some thunder as well, it would explain why the flies were so nasty. People are saying that there are very few insects flying around where they live, it’s the contrary here. I guess that means nature still works pretty well here and I should of course be happy about that and I most likely would have been if it wasn’t for all those nasty flies that always wants to get in to my bears and nostrils 🙂 🙂 🙂

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Mostly male flowers on the squash plants.
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But suddenly I noticed the first squash 🙂
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The beans are in bloom and the first bean pods are growing as well 🙂
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The walnut tree I got hasn’t grown especially much but I hope that it instead had concentrated its energy to grow roots.

I really need to buy new sofas or a sofa and perhaps an armchair. The dogs have gotten the old sofa and I really doesn’t like to sit in it any more 🙂 🙂 🙂 I really like rattan furniture and have seen some ads. The one I liked the most didn’t have pillows and I really wonder why, of course it should be sold with pillows. One I liked had a more Indian style to it and it had pillows 🙂 Even if I really don’t have any special kind of style in my home an Indian style still would look rather odd in my home 🙂 There was also rattan recliners and i do like them a lot but they were also a bit pricy. The delivery home was free though. I’ll continue to see what I can find. The good thing with rattan furniture is that it is easy to vacuum and scrub the floor beneath them, that’s impossible with the furniture I have now.

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It is time for something to eat and later on watch the British Antique Road Show.

Have a great day!

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2 thoughts on “The first harvest :-)

  1. Hi Christer,
    Tiny, tasty, new potatoes are fun. Very little chopping involved and probably no peeling either. If you have excess male squash blossoms, you can eat them. Stuff them with cheese and bake them, dip them in batter and fry them, or eat them raw.
    Are you going to get a wicker couch big enough for you and all the dogs to sleep on at the same time? Because you know that’s what will probably happen. 🙂 I like wicker couches but all the ones I’ve seen look either too bedroomy or too outdoor patio-y.
    Hot as the sunny side of Mercury here and will continue to be until Wednesday.
    Have a great day.

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    1. Hi Caryn!

      Absolutely no peeling because there wouldn’t be anything left 🙂 🙂 🙂

      We actually talked about different ways of using those flowers, we know that it can be done but never dared to do it ourselves 🙂 🙂 🙂 I think deep frying them is the most likely we would try 🙂 🙂

      I’ve just ordered two two seat wicker sofas. I agree that they do look like that 🙂 🙂 These are a more modern style and i actually have an armchair like that but I once decided to wash the huge cushion myself so now my dogs have it as a bed and they love it 🙂 🙂 🙂 I’ve tried several times to copy a photo of it in this answer but it’s impossible. I’ll see if I can post it elsewhere so You can see what it looks like. They are really comfortable but perhaps a bit difficult to get out of 🙂 🙂

      Cool and nice here and it looks like it’ll stay that way until Thursday, I’ll enjoy every second of this cooler weather until the heat wave arrives again 🙂

      Have a great day!

      Christer.

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