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| Blueberry Pie. Mid Aug, 2017. |
I haven't been keeping up on the garden blog. With historic high temperatures, no rain - expected this time of year - and deer issues, I haven't had the time.
I'll come back and add some text later, but here are photos from the past couple of weeks.
The blueberry harvest was great. The difference between this year and previous years, was bird netting. Made all the difference in the world.
I wondered if there would be sweet corn, due to the slow and irregular germination. Plus rabbits eating a lot of the plants. Now, there is a good harvest of sweet corn.
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| Sweet corn, beans, chilis. Mid Aug, 2017. |
The beans that I recovered from 15 year old seeds, last year, are doing quite well.
Peppers are doing great in their cement block raised beds. They do have deer protection fencing.
Two of the chestnut trees that I planted late winter, put on 3 to 4 feet of new growth. The other one put on about 3 inches. I'll sort out the varieties later. They are well protected by deer fencing.
I wondered if I planted the onions too early. They did amazingly well. Huge onions. The biggest were Ailsa Craig. Growing from seeds, and planting early, definitely worked.
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| Sweet Corn, various planting times. Mid Aug, 2017. |
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| Russet Potato Harvest. Mid Aug, 2017. |
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| Chilis in cement block raised bed. Mid Aug, 2017. |
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| Chestnut tree, first year, mid Aug 2017. |
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| Chestnut tree, first year, mid Aug 2017. |
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| Ailsa Craig onions. mid Aug, 2017. |
A beautiful harvest! A reflection of you attention and care.
ReplyDeleteThank you Joan. You know how much I love gardening.
DeleteLook at those onions. You got enough blueberry to make a pie. I eat them mouthful at a time but they are just too small of a bush to produce. I have to feed it because I've neglected. Why do you have a wire cover on your chili? Does critter go for the chili? What are you going to do with your potatoes?
ReplyDeleteLance, this year is turning out better than I expected. But also more challenging, so gardening is taking more effort. The chili peppers are protected by chicken wire and bird net, and that seems to keep critters out of them. I eat potatoes daily, mostly hash browns or potato salad. They are my major carbohydrate most seasons.
ReplyDeleteWow, your potato and chili reminds me of Peruvian Causa Rellena which is a very tasty potato salad made of potato, a special orange chili and eggs which you got all the major ingredients! Check it out! http://www.whats4eats.com/vegetables/causa-rellena-recipe
ReplyDeleteThose sound great!
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