ナツメの実の色が緑から徐々に白っぽくなってきました。先日、試しに１個食べてみたら甘かったので、また１個食べてしまいました。甘さはあっても未だ水分がなくてモサモサした食感です。これから果皮が赤茶色になるまでにどれだけジューシー感が乗るか、楽しみです。
ということで、現在残っているのは10個ですが、これでも初年度としては生らせすぎ。つくづく思うのは、この苗は今年の初めには１年生の棒苗でスタートしたはずなのに、どういう世話をすれば５月末に苗が届いたときの状態にまで育つのか、ということです。とにかくお店に感謝です。
The colour of the jujube fruits is getting paler. I tried one of them recently, and it was already sweet. So I had another one which was also sweet. However, the flesh was still green and there was hardly any moisture in it.After that, currently 10 young fruits are left. Even with 10, I think the burden is too heavy for a new plant which must have started as a one-year grafted tree earlier this year. I am amazed how the nursery managed to grow the plant to that state when it was delivered to me at the end of May. I am so grateful to the shop.
玄関タイルで涼しむタイガ。私が階段を上り下りするとき、後ろ向きのまま頭だけもたげて「さんぽ」の圧を掛けて来ますが、時間でない限り見なかったフリをしています。
Taiga enjoying the cool of the porch tiles. When I pass nearby, she lifts her head up, all the time with her back towards me, but putting a silent pressure on me to say "walk?". So long as it is not the time, I pretend not to have seen it.
鉢植えで管理しているニラの花が満開。普通のニラより遥かに小ぶりで、食感は葉が柔らかく臭いもマイルド、タマネギを切らしているときに使っています。冬でも青々しているので、年に何度も収穫できますが、花を咲かせるのは初めてなので、もしかして種ができたあとは株が枯れるのか、いま観察中です。
The Chinese chive that I keep in a pot. This variety is much smaller than the common type and the flavour is very delicate. Like the normal type, I can harvest the leaves several times through the year, including during winter. However, it is getting flowers for the first time and I am watching if this is going to be the end of it, after producing seeds.
今日も強烈な暑さでした。タイガのオヤツとして作っている鶏むね肉のジャーキーは、朝つるして夕方までにはカラカラに完成していました。お店で売っているオヤツは高いし保存剤も入っていそうなので、暇にまかせて手作りを続けています。
Another excruciatingly hot day today. I made a new batch of treat for Taiga with chicken breast. The sun is so strong that, after I hung these in the morning, they were dry and ready for use by the evening. By making these at home, it is cheap and safe without using any preservatives.
玄関タイルで涼しむタイガ。私が階段を上り下りするとき、後ろ向きのまま頭だけもたげて「さんぽ」の圧を掛けて来ますが、時間でない限り見なかったフリをしています。
Taiga enjoying the cool of the porch tiles. When I pass nearby, she lifts her head up, all the time with her back towards me, but putting a silent pressure on me to say "walk?". So long as it is not the time, I pretend not to have seen it.
