I did what any sane gardener would do! I bellowed for The Boy to bring me a bowl toot sweet and I picked every single ripe or near ripe tomato on the bushes and brought them inside to the safety of my kitchen...where I was going to eat them.
Of course woman cannot live on tomatoes alone...so I added some rocket and chives from the balcony and topped it up with some store bought cucumber and capsicum.
Viola! Salad!
And watching all this caterpillar induced hysteria is Tabby - one of furry house guests whom we had been minding (along with her two siblings) for Cat Protection Society. We couldn't get within a foot of her whilst she stayed here but she would happily watch all the crazing goings-on on the balcony from the safety of her window seat.
You can view more Harvest Monday posts on Daphne's Dandelions blog.
Your Tabby is so adorable, bless her little white socks. The chives look nice and healthy, too. I must start a pot of them, I spend a fortune buying the things.
ReplyDeleteShe was very cute...the fluffiest when we'd actually be allowed to pat her.
DeleteI feel your pain - our out-of-control tom bush had some ghastly visitor do their best to bite through every single tom. Bastard bugs. I need to grow chives - love 'em.
ReplyDeleteIt's like my tomato growing experience has been book-eneded by nasty caterpillars!
DeleteIt looks like you have plenty of tomatoes. Good on you for rescuing them for yourself. Your chives look very good. I seem to have a lot of trouble growing chives xx
ReplyDeleteI did well this year - better than my false start would've lead me to believe. Chives haven't been too bad for me...so far!
DeleteI wish my chives looked half as good as yours! They're giving me a vibe that reads "barely surviving" :P
ReplyDeleteA bit of water & fertilizer would do the trick I'd say.
Deletetabby is beautiful! and lovely garden post, i need to regrow all my stuff when spring comes, seriously considering growing it into the ground so it grows better
ReplyDeleteYou have a yard? Girl - what are you doing growing in pots then?
DeleteOh that is a cute kitty, with that red nose. I hope she found a good home. Still only dreaming about tomatoes here, they aren't even in the ground yet.
ReplyDeleteYes, Tabby was very cute. She has two sisters hiding in the room there somewhere. Cannot wait to see how you go with your tomatoes - better than me I hope.
DeleteDAT TOMATO! I love your little balcony garden harvest posts, it's so important to reclaim as much little provincial life as we can in the ~big smoke~ imo :) your chives look so lush and healthy. Do want.
ReplyDeleteThanks Alana! The posts are fun to write...the growing can be a bit stressful at times, but it's all good fun (lucky we have a Coles around the corner is all I keep thinking)!
DeleteShame about the half eaten tomatoes. I laughed at your post because I'm too often picking half ripe strawberries and tomatoes too, scared that the birds or bugs will get to enjoy them before I do, and it goes without saying, half done strawberries aren’t anywhere near as nice as ripe ones!
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