While I had a bit of a crappy day today, I was still able to get out into the garden and clean up a bit ready for winter.
Harvested the last of the aubergines, it was a really prolific little plant and is definitely on the list for next summer. They're not bitter and we just chop them up with some tomato & onion and before frying and serving - couldn't be easier.
Stripped two of the four tomato vines and ripped them out. The yellow cherry tomato was a bitter disappointment and won"t be gracing out compost again - it was low yielding and tasteless. A waste of water and nurture in our economically rational food system!
However, some lovely cloves of giant russian garlic were collected and the bulbils replanted along the edge of the petonquary as a little fence like structure. It'll look really good next summer.
The figs are coming on nicely and the last of the cucumbers came off, with the vine being mulched up and composted.
Fun find of the day (if you're not a butterfly or bee) was a mantisy thing which had captured a butterfly and was eating it. Sitting on a flower head of garlic chives, it was pretty impressive.
I called Katie down and she said "Poor bee" to which I retorted "Get your glasses". Kate then pointed out HER bee and there it was, on another flower, being eaten by another mantis! Eggs on me for that. Close inspection found another mantis sitting stick-like next to a flower head awaiting it's dinner.
So that's my day. Didn't achieve what I wanted to, but there's always tomorrow!!
