2023 - Picked my First.........

The first Rhienhard's Purple Sugar cherry tomato and the first Dior DFB. Rhienhard's was very nice with a full flavour you'd expect from a purplish tomato. Haven't tasted Dior yet.

first brandywine and delicious tomatoes.

First Tigerella Tom all I’ll say is that they look pretty.

The first of my Black cherry toms.

First melon.

I could see there were a few developing but the smell of nectarine in the tunnel masked any melon smell and I came across one that looked ripe that I hadn't noticed - at 2.3kg which is just about 5lb. Not sure I wanted it just yet as have lots of plums and nectarines. I've not checked the raspberries for a bit but, as they are Joan J and Autumn Bliss I should be able to ignore them for a few weeks.

Brown Turkey fig! A big fat one with melt in the mouth sweetness, nothing like shop ones.

The first Swift corn, tomatoes Malachite Box (a bit overripe), Girl Girl's Weird Thing,  Buffalo Horn, and Fireworks

   

Picked the first Honeydew sweetcorn and the first 2 outdoor Mat-Su Express tomato. Unfortunately the Mat-Su had split with all the rain.

First red King of the North sweet pepper. We had salad for tea with cucumbers, new potatoes, beetroot and onions with eggs and cottage cheese..

Sugar Baby watermelon! A fun novelty, I grew it up some string and hand pollinated whenever I spotted a female flower.