My zucchini is already pewtering out. Not sure what the deal is; but I never got to stake it up. I'm going to sow new seeds and have a late harvest. Pull the ones that are dying out. Maybe they got tired of competing with the tomatillos I refuse to pull out.
So many apricots.
Yesterday we went to one of the local "u-pick" farms with some friends. Ate a fried chicken sandwich from the place and threw up 5 times over the night. Hooray....
About to pull out the apricots and test them. I'm so tired. There's still a bunch of fruit to process.
I...
I picked apricots today. Made 30 jars of jam and I still have 3 flats of fruit to process. Going to test out the freeze dryer soon...
Turns out the large pro only needs a dedicated 15amp circuit so I can just use the dryer circuit.
We have a trampoline now. I got a 45 minute workout. I'm...
So today I had a bunch of people in my garden. Apparently my garden is doing way better than most in the area. My family "stole" a bunch of fruit from the trees. Lol! I was happy to have it taken.
Back to chaos garden is a win. I love how little I've done this year.
wow I posted a lot playing catchup. I had to reply to all the things individually because of the ADHD... but it still makes me self conscious. lol
I caught a gopher today! Watered the garden.
You are not alone. I've had bad seals where I have never had problems before.
I'm about to also buy a case of superb lids. I am pretty pissed off about pressure canning and having failed seals... I've been pressure canning since I was in high school and never had a problem. Water bath canning...
You're so funny. I thought about noting the fact that Rabbit isn't a rodent because it's delicious. LOL
Squirrel though; never eaten. So I have no opinion. Though the tree squirrels here are demons, ground squirrels same thing.
Yup. I don't use social media aside from this forum, and the aquarium co-op forum. I can't be bothered with all the scrolling nonsense... It is a depressing space imo. I have better things to do. Like pick up dog doo so my kid can play in the yard without worry. lol
I literally set off a rat trap on accident in flip flops half an hour ago.... looking for tomato hornworms. Bahahaha! I scared the sobriety into myself when I heard that trap go off.
Yesterday I ate eggs that I put in the fridge, unwashed, in late April. They had a bit more air in them but were totally fine.
My very fresh eggs are for making things that need egg whites, like Italian meringue buttercream. Or any baking recipe. Fresh eggs have a better albumen consistency...
Today I checked the live trap only to find another opossum. Sheesh. I knew something was setting off my rat traps.... That would be it. It goes out in the bin for the landfill tonight. I don't enjoy doing it, but, well, there's a bunch of opossum poop on the top of my chicken run, they killed my...
Despite my lack of attention my garden is doing pretty well. Almost time to plant new zucchini squash. There's so many volunteer tomatillos.... I don't even understand. They are absolutely everywhere. And more keep sprouting!
Discovered that my butternut squash that isn't taking off like the...
We had to team lift it. It's the first thing I've tried to lift alone in a long time that made me laugh when I tried.
I was planning to buy a medium one at some point, when I finally pulled the trigger.
DH went the extra mile for me. I may use this as an excuse to run another 20amp circuit...
BEHOLD!!!
DH bought me the large harvest right. Costco, epic deal.
My neighbor up the street works for FedEx freight and delivered it this morning. I gave him a dozen eggs.