Category Archive: Garden

Yes, except for the tree in the middle, the rest is weeds that grew due to my not getting out there when they were little.   September and most of October, they spent trying to see how much they could take over.   Now, I’ve been out there, moving them to the compost pile.   Does it count that I’ve started now?   I want to get the boxes weeded and covered so they’ll be ready to go in the spring, since I didn’t get winter crops in.

Now it’s time to get some strawberry jam made.   DH tells me he is out.

However, first I want to update you.  A friend and I went to a new to us church  yesterday and learned about the Hebrew New Year, Rosh Hashana, which was very interesting.  

  At this Messianic Jewish church, they had a lovely “Ark of the Covenant” replica as well as an amazing Torah Scroll that survived the Holocaust.

I  took the granola off the dehydrator this morning after breakfast, did a small amount of spinning.

Then I decided to pick grapes.    I was surprised at the amount that were out there.   With what I picked on Friday, we had over 6 of these 4 gallon buckets of grapes.   This is the first year that we have had much of a harvest.   Last year, the chickens got them and then again this year, the chickens were busy with keeping the bugs out of the grapes and then reaping the reward.   Still there were more than enough for us.    So we have been cleaning and freezing and dehydrating grapes today – and maybe tomorrow as well.

Get up groggily, get breakfast on the table and then eat mine.   Still tired, but not enough to go back to bed, so sit down and spin wool for a bit.  After I catch my breath,

grate the two huge zucchini with plans to make bread, brownies, and patties for the freezer.

It grated into 3+ gallons of zucchini.   I refrigerated that for later use.   Next I get out the jars and other canning supplies to can the potatoes.

About then DH would like to eat at his favorite local Mexican restaurant.   I had a large tostada with beans, lettuce, tomato, and guacamole.  We get back just in time for a conference call I agreed to attend.   Oops, lasted nearly 2 hours instead of one, and then another 1/2 hour phone call.   Wow it’s 3.30 and I haven’t accomplished much yet.

14 quarts of potatoes..   The plan is to do another 14 quarts tomorrow plus the zucchini products.

While I was waiting for the pressure canner to heat up, I went out to check the grapes which are small this year, but that’s probably because we didn’t know how to prune them   I am thrilled and delighted with the sweetness.   They are so wonderful.   I filled the bowl I took with me and will finish picking them tomorrow.

So I get to the end of my day and there were more things I wanted to get done than got done.  In fact, I feel as if I am swimming backwards.    If I could get going a bit sooner in the morning and not have phone conferences……………but then tomorrow  there is gym, then a drive out to get a loom someone wants to find a home for which I’m sure will consume 3 hours, then to finish picking the grapes and canning the potatoes.    There is no time in this schedule for housecleaning and gardening and so the garden suffers a lot and we won’t talk about the house.     Oh, and there are still carrots and beets,  to get done in the near future and applesauce after that.