I love this time of year. All the hard work that you have
put in is literally bearing fruit (and veg). Just yesterday, for instance (and
I use it as an example because it was a really good day) we bought home onions,
peas, mange tout, 3 types of bean, radishes, lettuces, cucumber, courgette
(anyone want a courgette by the way?) beetroot, carrots and my special prize,
more on that later. Basically at this time of the year we can feed ourselves
with vegetables. It is a joy to behold. Yes, you have to keep weeding and
looking after things but it is so much more rewarding when come home with a bag
full of things.
And now back to my
special prize. When I was looking on a seed selling website at the beginning of
the year for tomatoes that don’t get blight (I bought a bush variety called Koralik and so far so good, fingers
crossed though) I noticed some melon seeds that the website claimed would grow
outside in the UK, I think I have mentioned this before. Anyway the seed were
99p so I thought I would loose less then £1 if they didn’t grow. I can confirm
that my investment of 99p was well worth it,
To be honest I was a little inpatient. Some websites said
that I would know when the fruit was ripe because it would smell of melon; well
I think I may have detected the slight whiff of melon ness but that was
probably wishful thinking. It has been looking the same for several weeks and I
just wanted to pick it and see. Yes it is childish but I do have another 7
fruit to be more patient with if this one really isn’t ripe. We are giving a
couple of days in the fruit bowl to see if we can make it smell melony. I tell
you how it goes.
