tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post2098032934579979645..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Le jardin potager en aoûtKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-73242990989607279462014-08-23T23:52:53.934+02:002014-08-23T23:52:53.934+02:00We have had a pretty nice summer here in British C...We have had a pretty nice summer here in British Columbia. The only really hot week, with temperatures in the 40's C, was the week my sister flew up from Los Angeles for a visit. She is used to the heat, since she actually lives in the desert north of LA, but she is also used to central air, which we do not have. <br />Last week I went with friends to pick tomatoes. They were only 50 cents a pound - a real bargain since we are convinced that BC = Bring Cash! I made two batches of spaghetti sauce (one meatless), two batches of pico de gallo, and many tomato sandwiches.<br />Here in this part of British Columbia, the Okanagan Valley, a major crop is cherries. If cherries get too much rain, they split open and cannot be sold. The owners rent a helicopter at $1000/hour to hover over the trees to dry the cherries.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17672462879258564321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-30268339770010778162014-08-23T20:41:07.281+02:002014-08-23T20:41:07.281+02:00Hope you made it home without too much stress...Hope you made it home without too much stress...Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-34099214603476033282014-08-23T18:16:39.869+02:002014-08-23T18:16:39.869+02:00You are lucky your garden is very productive.You are lucky your garden is very productive.Gosiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604712540141917583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-36291478466555833022014-08-23T17:35:47.378+02:002014-08-23T17:35:47.378+02:00Great job on the typing front, Ken :)
The bounty l...Great job on the typing front, Ken :)<br />The bounty looks so fresh and yummy!Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-13337261675113322872014-08-23T13:12:27.381+02:002014-08-23T13:12:27.381+02:00I see the tomatoes look good due to Walt's sav...I see the tomatoes look good due to Walt's savvy pruning!Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-26835186586783508442014-08-23T12:04:46.968+02:002014-08-23T12:04:46.968+02:00As I said to Tim on Walt's blog, our sweet bel...As I said to Tim on Walt's blog, our sweet bell peppers have blossoms but virtually no fruit. Same with the eggplants.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-52326367313800627292014-08-23T12:02:56.887+02:002014-08-23T12:02:56.887+02:00Yes, the beans are really productive. We will enjo...Yes, the beans are really productive. We will enjoy them all winter.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-50427946668646625482014-08-23T10:33:13.368+02:002014-08-23T10:33:13.368+02:00Pretty much the same in England, chilly for August...Pretty much the same in England, chilly for August. And wet. I've never done as well with beans as this year, so something must be going right! rusty duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12238493821002258459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-33674785760124736192014-08-23T09:41:10.689+02:002014-08-23T09:41:10.689+02:00That's a good-looking harvest! I hope you have...That's a good-looking harvest! I hope you have plenty of room in your freezer. Isn't everything <i>green</i> for August? The beans and squash have put on a load of massive leaves. The tomatoes seem to be fighting the blight, some varieties better than others (hero-Blue Fruit, zero-Lemon Boy), but the fruit are all coming at once because, like you guys, we've trimmed off so much leaf - no tail-off until October! Our aubergines and possibly the peppers seem to be blight-affected too. Peppers are just ripening, but some fruits have black blisters I've not seen before, and the aubergines have those spots like targets on the leaves. Do you have anything like that?Pollygarterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10519711639714303756noreply@blogger.com