I’ve been missing from the blog for a bit, mostly due to not being home, but also some technical issues I didn’t feel like dealing with. Those are resolved now and I’m back!
We were in Europe (Italy & Spain) for just about all of September and I thought I would miss out on harvesting my garden. But, it waited for me!
I came home to a cucumber, lots of tomatoes that were ready to harvest and still ripening and two spaghetti squash.
We put up a trellis for squash and cucumbers to climb and the spaghetti squash went crazy! These two are literally hanging between the trellis and the maple tree across the sidewalk from it.
Those tendrils loved the maple tree and bamboo that were easy grabbing distance from the top of the trellis. The squash are still working on ripening.
When we came home from our trip, we also had quite a few berries ready to be picked. The goji berries had been prolific while we were gone and some had rotted on the stem. 🙁 But there were still a LOT to be picked.
The ever-bearing raspberries were the same. They are still going here toward the end of October with some having rotted on the stem while we were gone.
This past Saturday, I went and picked apples and came home with 4 boxes. I overestimated my energy for homemaking though (having gotten a cold the next day) and gave a box away to a family at church.
But with the first box, I made a batch of applesauce, a double batch of apple butter and freeze-dried 2 trays of apple slices.
Today’s activities will include more apple processing as tomorrow, I’m supposed to go to another house to pick Asian Pears. Tis the season for putting things up for the winter.