The tomatoes are starting to ripen, so it’s time to multiply the basil!
summer herbs
Tag: garden
propagatin’
Let’s root these suckers!
Salvia apiana
Looking up the hill towards the Bodie tree — white sage in centre stage.
why the crinkles?
hummingbones
the fernery
Revisiting one of my favourite corners of the garden.
zoom in
Now my hands smell all nasturtiumy.
garlic harvest
I didn’t set out to grow a crop of garlic; I just poked a clove into the ground here or there among other things. But underground they multiplied, and here we are — six fat heads.
twisted roots
I pulled the whole carrot crop, and now have a big bag of orange curlies. Bring on the carrot recipes!
potato fruit
I never thought of potatoes as having fruit, but there’s no reason why they shouldn’t. After all, the closely related tomatoes bear fruit. I’ll be interested to see how big these little nuggets get before the leaves die back, and I can harvest the rooty goodness.
Ah, I just did a little reading on the subject. The fruit are toxic (as are all parts of the plant except the tubers). Potato fruits are produced when the plants experience cool temperatures and sufficient water. Their seeds can be planted, though they will not produce clones of their parents, as tubers will. I probably won’t bother saving and replanting the seeds as I have limited space for potato experiments in my garden …. but good to know!
To clarify, ‘seed potatoes’ and ‘potato seeds’ are two different things. The former are sprouting tubers, and will grow as clones of the original plant. The latter are, well, actual seeds.
