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RAS

RAS said:

The only written note I found suggests they are edible, with a tough skin and "insipid." I brought a couple back to see if they had seeds, so may let you know later.

Two pictures of fruit from different trees, the second one is a couple of dropped fruit from "Milky Way".  I'll try and post pics of the trees later.

Dismembered the rotten fruit and extracted one seed. Tasted the other; OK to eat but fiddly. Hint of mango really is barely a hint, and got another seed, looking similar to a small lemon pip.

twopenny

Wow what interesting stuff.

Been sunny here by the sea and moors and with all the visitors gone home I can't resist being out and about so only had one go at the garden, irritated whatever it is that's wrong with me so I had to take a break again.

Tomatoes still splitting, a lot not ripening. Greengage tree still looking dire. Snail got at my tiny veg plants but one has come full size from a stem I cut off to the ground!

As soon as I stop going out enjoying things I must post some photos and ask for help.

Farway

Welcome to the split tomato tribe 2P, some varieties of mine seem more prone than others, my larger ones are OK, it's the cherry ones, sungold in particular, that suffer with me

Sunny day, I may have to water yet again today, especially having just mentioned split toms

Here's a pic of the self sown toms growing in a trough outside, looks like a parent was a cherry one anyway

Woolsery

Morning everyone. Farway, your seeds arrived this morning at 9am. Thanks!

More later.....busy!

liberty_lily

Lovely looking hips, Farway 😂😂😂

Very interesting reading about eating the fruits of cornus kousa and fuchsia! I've not looked to see if our cornus has any - must remember to check next time I'm in that part of the garden. 

Glad your Vorwerks are integrating with your other hens, Woolsery 🙂

We've been concentrating on finishing off the covered area of the courtyard as we treated ourselves to a rather nice outdoor corner sofa so I've somewhere dry (and attractive) to sit whilst our living room remains out of action 😉 It's been sunny and warm since the weekend and I've been getting my money's worth, lounging on the sofa with a book, between painting windows.

Hopefully it won't be too much longer now before the living room is habitable again (we're at the one year stage 🙄) as all the oak is now on site for rebuilding the frontage, then (apart from plastering, decorating, flooring and fitting the new D/S loo!) I'll be able to start thinking about the front garden! 

My contributions today are all fruity ones.
My one remaining medlar...The only quince that hasn't been snaffled by wildlife...And one of our overladen crab apples - label lost so not sure of variety...

Woolsery

As reported earlier, the Royal Mail worked well for Farway, with me as recipient.  If only their shares were also working! I'm still collecting seed and doing a limited amount of sowing, but until the relocated polytunnel becomes a reality, it's just the basics. Lets hope it's finished before tomato time! Leeks and garlic look promising and it seems we'll harvest a total of around 20 squash. Considering much of the veg garden is stilll occupied by huge piles of soil and the drought slowed everything down, that's reasonable.

Tomorrow the log man cometh again with 2 more loads, but as the threat of serious rain has receded, we have more time to get them in. Knowing our luck, the digger man will then return unannounced and find his route blocked by firewood, but as this is Devon and he said "Maybe next week," that probably means the second week in October! 

There's some lovely pictures above which I can't compete with currently, but I'll share a plant I threaten to pull out every year because it looks dead half the time. It's an Indigofera grown from seed obtained in a garden much frequented by the King and his Consort, but I don't know the species. I might have been told, because I had permission from the owner, who certainly knew her plants, but heterantha will do   Anyway, it blooms profusely when other plants are going over, which is probably why I haven't carried out my threat.

goldfinches

I spent some of this afternoon in this museum where among other things there is a fascinating display of beautifully decorative sundials ranging from little pocket ones with tiny golden horses to those big enough to be in a garden. We had a great time debating which one we would pick for our ideal garden, one from the court of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II was especially admired, even though the label told us it was displayed to demonstrate wealth and power rather than used.

Lovely photos everyone especially liberty_lily, those crab apples will make a luscious colour jelly.

Farway

Nice to hear the post works Woolsery, even if the shares don't.

Lovely photos as usual, very high standards on here, but I think the crab apples I spied will not be a match for yours L-L, mine are quite anaemic compared to them, still worth a go though which is one big plus for digital photos, cost free to try a pic

Not sure if you'll get away with the logs Woolsery, according to the weatherman our rain for tonight & tomorrow is on its way via you, because of this "promise" I have not bothered watering the other large pots for another twenty-four hours

One of the large toms outside in a large pot at the front is turning colour, I'll try & get a photo today in the sunshine before the rain arrives. This tom is one of the spare left over ones just bunged in, so it's a bonus. What it has demonstrated to me though is maybe worthwhile growing some at the front next year, on purpose this time, cue for blight and tornadoes in 2023

liberty_lily

Thanks GF and Farway 🙂 Hopefully I'll have the enthusiasm to make crabapple jelly this year as it's the biggest crop we've had!

Hope you get your logs shifted before the rain reaches you, Woolsery - this morning I've been moving what's probably a much smaller quantity (a few barrow loads) here, getting them under cover as we're due for a downpour mid afternoon. There's more to split into manageable chunks but that's not a job I'd trust myself with 🙄 So I'm done for now, although there's still loads of unseasoned, unchopped stuff to shift as that's in the way of things we need to get done. Again, I'm leaving that for DH 😁

Woolsery

Farway said:

Not sure if you'll get away with the logs Woolsery, according to the weatherman our rain for tonight & tomorrow is on its way via you, because of this "promise" I have not bothered watering the other large pots for another twenty-four hours

 Not only did we get the two big loads of logs in, we also moved tonnes of surplus soil .....and then the dumper broke down!

It tried to rain, but failed, though things are looking quite threatening right now.

May I join the Split Tomato Support Group, please? The plant that grew spontaneously, producing bunches of little fruits, escaped watering the other day and now has some with broken skins. Nonetheless, they're delicious and I've squashed out some seeds onto kitchen roll in the traditional manner. Unlike the Tumblers, which tasted horrible, there's no sign of mildew or the dreaded blight. I'll keep some seeds by if anyone wants them for the 2023 season.