Wednesday, March 7, 2012

okra, squash and chillies

I have harvested the okra but I notice a bud forming.  I will be away from my garden for a couple of weeks and I wonder if I would return to another okra to savour.  The temperature will be dropping which is not good news for this vegetable.

I hope by the time I return this spaghetti squash will be ready for picking.  The amount of rain we have been getting and the warm weather are just what the squash needs.  I have tried growing this vegetable before but was not successful.  These seedlings came from the Hurstbridge food swap where I take my garden produce to exchange for vegetables or plants I do not have.  I will miss this month's swap meet as I will be in Kuala Lumpur.  I have been taking pennywort, lemon grass and various herbs to the food swap and have picked up eggs, squashes and even a jar of preserved olives.
I will pick the ripe Kashmiri chillies before I go or they will dry up on the bush.  It is a mild chilli, but delicious.  I have other chilli varieties and I have been enjoying them.  I hope the green ones will be ready by the time I return.

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