I cycled to the Hill tonight with the aim of sorting out the squash plants in bed d1.
The tiny plants that looked so lost a couple of months ago when planted out are making a serious bid for world domination. The plan was to cut back all the runners to a viable squash - it is too late in the season for new setting squash to ripen, I think - thus making the bed somewhat less unruly.
The plan worked - to a degree. I was quite ruthless in chopping & composting any number of buckets of wild growth and immature fruits (this despite Jason (behind retired Maureen) passing by with cries of 'squash murderer' & shrieking 'don't let me die ....ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!'), although when I stood back to admire my evening's work, I don't appear to have touched the surface...
Undeterred, I picked a portion of RUNNER BEANS (reg-next-plot) & a COURGETTE (yellow golden), & cut some sweetpeas. Jason redeemed himself with passing by with a handful of delicious raspberries - which is something else to aim on the plot for next year...
Good thinking - I must take a good look at my Turk's Turban squashes. I know some have set but they are taking over pathways now!
ReplyDeleteI found one of the 'olive' squashes in amongst the foliage yesterday, Flum - so called as the fruits resemble (you've guessed it) an olive.
ReplyDeleteThis is true in all aspects apart from size - the olive squash is about 3 million times bigger than an olive...
I am aware of aminopyralid damage, GL, and very much hope that it is not re-licensed!
Oh goodness, laughing, have just surfaced from under a quilt on the sofa and find that inadvertently, on the phone yesterday, I quoted your blog back to you - and I hadn't read it (great minds think alike and all that).
ReplyDeleteAs we said, you obviously did not read the magic word, written in invisible ink, on the back of the seed packet which says "Familias Triffidus" . Cheer up - just think how much goodness you've added to the compost heap.