I have used my vacuum sealer to put up to pints of dried fruit. While I would love to put up more, the mulberries have not been so popular, and I haven't enough strawberries. Next year, I will start drying strawberries sooner!
The {almost} daily compost bucket. We have just enough spoiled food (and eggshells) that I don't want to give to the chickens, so into the bin they go!
Onions are bulbing out fabulously. This year, I'm striving to use onions as soon as I pull them, including chopping extra for the freezer. Last year, too many onions spoiled through my failure to chop and use. I know few things that smell quite as horrendous as a mouldering onion.
We are slowly... slowly... slowly beating down the weeds. While they are still ahead, I think we are making great strides. I'm not sure the same can be said in the battle against the whiteflies, although a judicious application of neem may help me.
The first garlic has been harvested. The bulbs are disappointingly small overall, but they were planted too closely, in haste, by a nauseous pregnant woman. I blame it mostly on me. I'll save the biggest for this fall's planting (by Columbus Day).
Fava beans, why do you hate me? Like in a past attempt, many are beginning to shrivel and burn up. Is it the unexpected heat?
Tomatoes! I am anticipating the first ripe ones with great delight!
A gift... an unexpected mulberry tree. It is a weeping mulberry and quite attractive.
We also have apple trees suffering from cedar rust and peaches from oriental fruit moths. I think our neighbor has not cared for his trees in the past, so we have work to do next spring to handle these issues!
Until next time, remember, this is not paradise. It's Purgatory Ranch.
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