Wednesday was a GOOD day in the garden! An unexpected surprise and an anticipated joy both came to pass:
-Surprise! I have adorable eggplants.
I had purchased 2 eggplant plants from a nursery in the late spring. I know very little about eggplant varieties and just knew that my husband does not like the "typical" type but has enjoyed the long, what I often hear called "Asian," eggplants that we had at various meals in (appropriately) China. I picked out two plants that had pictures of long, thin purple or white fruits and plunked them in the ground. The other day I noticed that they both had the teeniest little oblong fruits forming. Baby eggplants in full color! How cute!! I was excited they'd be on their way to my table in the coming weeks.
But then...yesterday through a strange series of events I realized that...they're both SUPPOSED to be only teeny tiny! I had purchased Fairy Tale and Gretel varieties, and both of these are bred to make fruits that are best around 3" long. I quickly ran out to the garden and picked them all off before they got too big!
The bad news that I will still not have the long eggplants I was aiming for is reconciled by the fact that I have lots of the cutest eggplants ever!!!
-Joy! The blackberries are here!!!
Husband and I have been waiting...and waiting...and waiting for the many, many wild blackberry canes around our property to bear and ripen. Yesterday after nabbing my babies, I ventured to take a peek at the blackberries, and...THEY WERE READY!! A few, at least. And thus begins the blackberry season. I need to make sure I wear some heavy, long clothes. Those canes really like to grab on!
Look for these ingredients coming up soon-ish. I don't have an exact plan for either yet.
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