Other Garden News
Today's post is a further digression on the garden. Even though there has been fiber progress, the garden and outdoors continues to be my focus.
The main crop of figs has been harvested. There are a lot of small figs on the tree and they may or may not ripen in time to produce a fall crop. This year's summer fig crop was a good crop. Dried figs are stored away for lunches and fig syrup has been stored away for morning waffles.
The pear harvest is starting. Pears are a little tricky, because our pears get mealy if they're allowed to ripen on the tree. Therefore, the pears must be picked and allowed to ripen in the kitchen. We plant to make dried pears for my lunches at work and we also plan to freeze some pear bread. I don't know how many dried pears we'll make since they take a lot of time and effort.
The apple trees are dropping lots of apples. We're trying to figure out if the apples are ripe or if the trees are dropping them due to drought. It looks like the apples will be smaller than usual this year, but we ought to be able to make some apple syrups for those winter waffles.
We've picked two tomatoes so far this year and I'll be checking for more red ones today. Hopefully, we'll have enough red ones at some point to make pasta sauce. We'll eat some pasta sauce fresh and freeze some for winter. I've heard dozens of comments about huge tomato plants and late tomatoes this year and our plants are following the same trend. The plants are spilling out the top of the tomato cages, yet we only have two ripe fruit.
The everbearing strawberries continue to produce ¾ of a bowl every picking. We've eaten a lot fresh, had some over waffles, and made strawberry smoothies on hot days. I'm happy to say our garden is doing well this year even though we've spent less time and effort on it than in previous years.
Oh, and those promised spinning/knitting pictures? They're still promised.
The main crop of figs has been harvested. There are a lot of small figs on the tree and they may or may not ripen in time to produce a fall crop. This year's summer fig crop was a good crop. Dried figs are stored away for lunches and fig syrup has been stored away for morning waffles.
The pear harvest is starting. Pears are a little tricky, because our pears get mealy if they're allowed to ripen on the tree. Therefore, the pears must be picked and allowed to ripen in the kitchen. We plant to make dried pears for my lunches at work and we also plan to freeze some pear bread. I don't know how many dried pears we'll make since they take a lot of time and effort.
The apple trees are dropping lots of apples. We're trying to figure out if the apples are ripe or if the trees are dropping them due to drought. It looks like the apples will be smaller than usual this year, but we ought to be able to make some apple syrups for those winter waffles.
We've picked two tomatoes so far this year and I'll be checking for more red ones today. Hopefully, we'll have enough red ones at some point to make pasta sauce. We'll eat some pasta sauce fresh and freeze some for winter. I've heard dozens of comments about huge tomato plants and late tomatoes this year and our plants are following the same trend. The plants are spilling out the top of the tomato cages, yet we only have two ripe fruit.
The everbearing strawberries continue to produce ¾ of a bowl every picking. We've eaten a lot fresh, had some over waffles, and made strawberry smoothies on hot days. I'm happy to say our garden is doing well this year even though we've spent less time and effort on it than in previous years.
Oh, and those promised spinning/knitting pictures? They're still promised.
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