It is miserably hot around the garden these days. We have not seen a drop of rain in the last few weeks. In spite of that, the garden is still giving me harvests. I harvested some more peppers and purple hulls, my first eggplants ever, and a surprise watermelon.
Here are my first eggplants ever. These are the black beauty variety. I took these two and made Eggplant Parmesan for my wife for her birthday. It actually turned out better than I expected with my culinary skills. I will make it again for sure. The plant has other fruits growing on it right now, so I hope to try it other ways too.
Another nice batch of purple hulls. I am almost up to 9 lbs. shelled for the season.
This watermelon weighed in at 12 lbs. and was literally the exact size and shape of a basketball. I can't wait to cut it open, but I am waiting until I finish off some store bought watermelon first.
5 comments:
Your eggplants look healthy, we have a couple that need to come in...I'm just learning about them :o) your melon looks tasty :o)
Congrats on the harvests. Things look really nice. We need rain here, too. It's been since August 4, since we had rain on our property. SIGH.
Ginny - Thanks, I am just learning about them too. They are a really neat food.
Cristy - It is so dry here, reminds me of back in May when we didn't get a drop. It has been a really dry year. We got a little in late June and July but that has been it.
Your eggplant look perfect! I grew Black Beauty this year too. We enjoyed Eggplant Parmesan last week as well.
Thanks Grafix, so far I have been pleased with the eggplant. I have a few more on the plant so hopefully I can experiment some more.
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