tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29834831.post3711283173525376650..comments2024-03-27T18:07:43.918-07:00Comments on Daniel's Pacific NW Garden: Kitchen Garden Harvests. 8.30.15Daniel Wachenheimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009166706587141830noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29834831.post-72509608993820509822015-09-15T10:43:51.186-07:002015-09-15T10:43:51.186-07:00I hope El Nino helps you with the drought. Maybe ...I hope El Nino helps you with the drought. Maybe time to set up water barrels and store the rain :-) I can't figure out European pears. I either pick them too early, when they are too hard and sour, or too late, when they are rotten inside. Letting a firm one ripen inside works sometimes.<br />My apples won't amount to much this year, but there are some on the trees I am looking forward to trying.Daniel Wachenheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11009166706587141830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29834831.post-57319069048912331372015-09-06T18:59:54.476-07:002015-09-06T18:59:54.476-07:00My Bartlett didn't fruit well this yr. Fire b...My Bartlett didn't fruit well this yr. Fire blight hit it and it only makes 3 pears. 1 normal size fruit and the rest was too small. Comice didn't even make 1 fruit. The drought have weaken the tree and most fruit tree didn't look good despite me watering them. Apple tree flowering still, Honey Crisp is dormant while Fuji did made a few big apples. I do envy your Asian pears which look so juicy.lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657961543274999017noreply@blogger.com