crop'd

it's time to see what mother nature has given us in all her bounty this year. first, may i present:

what? well, it's a bowlful of earth from my very own compost. i've never really lived for long enough in one place -- with a compost -- to have been able to produce lovely soil. but this year, i have. hopefully this will help me grow slightly bigger veggies next year, as well.

my little potato darlings! see the skull-like one in the lower left corner? that's my favourite. these are all the offspring of a mother potato i planted in a tall red pot. as the pot was small, they didn't have much room to grow. the skull potato was scrunched up against the pot wall and some pebbles. hopefully, it will make more potatoes -- sinister or normal -- next year.


apart from the potatoes, i didn't have much luck with my vegetables this year. i tried to grow cauliflower, and the plants did flower, but in a highly underwhelming manner. the cauliflower on each was as big as a new potato. i left it on the plant, hoping it would grow some more, but instead got bitter cauli. next year i'll make sure they get more light. what i did get, though, was a suprise:

these are grapes! in the north of england! the vines crept over from our neighbours' garden. not all of them managed to ripen, but some did. i think i may have to take a cutting...