My first plums!! Santa Rosa… now how do I tell if they are ripe for picking? The one closest is a maybe, the others need a couple days I think. The color isn’t there.
Last grape harvest. Two bunches on what was purported to be Thompson seedless.
Definitely not. They have seeds and a foxy taste. Next year I’ll just harvest leaves for dolmas
Another failure from TyTy. It was to finish an order they already messed up. I’ll never order from them again.
PS, bagging grapes worked great for me this year. These two were untouched while a third was eaten clean by birds. Same with my 45 bunches of Errante Noir. None were touched while all unbagged were eaten.
The smallest water lily I grow and maybe the smallest that exists, this is Helvola. It is hardy, so can stay outside in a small pond. This dainty little beauty is great for a small contianer on a porch or patio. @Luisport was this maybe what I saw in your photo a few days ago?
The Black Ice was definitely far tastier than Shiro.
No pics, but I finished off the last of my Purple Heart a few days ago. Purple Heart was far better than my Nadia which is also all gone now. Purple heart has really impressed me over the last 2 seasons, and I’m currently chip budding more of it to increase my stock.
My early ripening varieties of plums had rather disappointing flavor this season. The underwhelming varieties that I ate earlier this season were Beauty plum, and Northern Sunset, and Spring Satin plumcots. Early to ripen, but not great eating IMO.