Our berries are getting out of hand. Very tasty, but those prickly vines are getting tangled up with everything else.
Our apricot tree used to put out hundreds every year. Got nothing the last couple of years. Thought the tree was about to die, but now this year we have one (1!!!) apricot. Hope we can keep the birds away from it until it ripens.
I have a raised bed plot about 4X8 freedom units planted all in beans. Beans will be done likely this week. I think I have enough time to get another crop in..but what? Beets maybe? Another crop of beans?
Maybe snap peas? Those are tasty
Good idea. Last time I planted peas, someone walking down the street asked if the could score some. They were the only thing they could get their kid to eat.
Purple carrots. Anthocyanins are antiaging.
I have one pea plant this year. Tasty.
I got one malformed cucumber out of a whole lot of plants this year. However I should have about 20-30 pie pumpkins to process shortly.
And I dont know what Iām going to do with all the carrots Iāve got.
Paging @Breadmaker
The ironic part is, we plant tomatoes every year, and get pretty much nothing. My spouse pulled all the tomato plants a month ago and swore no more tomatoes. And here we are just a month later.
I had a fair amount of jalapenos this year. Occasionally when I had a bunch ready at the same time, I left a couple on the plant until they turned red. The flavor of the red ones is slightly different. Itās a little sweeter and a little hotter than the green ones. I think I may let more go red before harvest next time I grow them.
Started pruning our back garden this year. I was re-wilding it a bit so that it could grow out. Lots of thorns so had to use some thicker gloves.
The little one really likes growing things in the garden (to then eat later on. Also good for her to learn how much effort it all takes to grow food), so, so far I have decided to plant:
Tomatos
Basil
Dill
Peppers/JalapeƱos
She wanted avocados (we are growing an avocado tree in Brazil for her) but I had to explain that they donāt grow in the UK very well.
Several types of lettuce, two kale and strawberries are plentiful in my garden rn.
Our boysenberries are coming in nicely, and apricot tree looks like it might give us a decent amount this year, if I can keep the critters from eating them first.
I would like to plant this weekend but itās still too cold. Almost freezing overnight. Next weekend is perfect but Iām away fishing.
I canned a bushel of dill pickles on Saturday, got about 19 jars. one didnāt seal so I ended up with 18 I guess. I had to buy the cucumbers, but I used my own garlic and dill.
I just went to the market and bought another bushel of cucumbers. Iām going to try my hand at bread and butter pickles today I think.
I also bought 2 bushels of peaches. I love canned peaches. then again, so does everyone. I canāt keep them in stock. Its a lot of work, so Iām doing the Tom Sawyer thing and having three fishing with nerds students over to help. They love doing these types of things, theyāll help me and take some jars home.
and this year I planted pumpkins at my sisterās place in eastern Ontario. they seem to be doing fine.
I just had a full salad made with my garden:
2 types of lettuce
Spinach
Onion
Zuccini squash
Sungold tomato
Santorini tomato
Cayenne pepper
