Thursday, December 29, 2011

Summer is here!

I mean here-here, really here, and loaded with tomatoes. The downside to summer is sweeping on us from the west with temperatures of 39c (102f) expected within the week and nothing under 34c (93f) for the next five days. We've had an easy start to summer throughout December, but it's all on from here out. Dry dry dry and hot, and that's not great for gardens, not even Mediterranean-styled ones. With plants, surviving is not the same as thriving.

Anyway, the upside to summer is also on us: veggie harvests! Yesterday I collected the first of the eggplants (two, Lebanese), a decent handful of beans (butter beans, and two other green types I forget the names of), yet more spring onions (Redlegs), and over two kilograms of tomatoes, and that's not even including the tomatoes I have been picking over the last few weeks and forgot to record, or all the ones I have been snacking on as I water the garden. We are going to be overrun. So far I am picking Tigerellas, Grosse Lisse, and Dwarf Figs and there are dozens upon dozens to come. Happy Happy!

3 comments:

Hazel said...

We are a bit behind you, here in Melbourne. I can't wait for the Summer harvests to really kick in. Stay cool!

Malay-Kadazan girl said...

Nice harvest. We were lucky that early December was mild. Kind of worried now that we have consecutively warm temperatures. My green tomatoes are dropping one by one due to the heat.

Liz - Suburban Tomato said...

That would make me happy too - our tomatoes are just starting and the eggplants are a good way off, but I'm trying to be patient...really I am...