English walnut - I have one!
According to the internet English walnuts shouldn't product until their 6th year. I planted these 2 year old trees 2 years ago - so they are only 4, but I found a nut on one of them! Cool.
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| I have never seen a "real" english walnut - this will be new for me. |
Cabbages, broccoli, and eggplants...
Not sure how the eggplants got in there though! I am wondering if they got the seeds mixed up?
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| I wasn't able to tell which plant was which when I planted them but I lucked out and planted mostly cabbages! |
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| Corn is growing fast too |
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| Eggplant is actually doing well. |
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| Cabbages are doing nicely. I have been keeping up on the sevin |
Strawberries
The ever-bearing strawberries kicked in again. We didn't get a huge amount - maybe half-gallon at most. We have just been eating these - no processing.
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| This is all of the berries that we brought back this weekend. We did eat some there though. Notice the bramble berries? They are coming in too! |
Blueberries
The few that are on are getting ripe. We picked a couple handfuls for eating. More to come.
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| Those radishes should be harvested soon probably |
Bean patch
I was finally able to get into the bean patch to run the hoe. Its just been so wet I didn't dare get in there before now.
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| Greenbeans are blooming |
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| Pinto beans are a bit sparse. I didn't plant seed beans - just dried beans from the market. Also, I didn't count on a river running through this patch! |
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| The patch actually looks ok from this angle! |
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| The "green-beans" (velour? accelerate?) are on the right - they are planted in rows that are closer together. |
First of the elderberries this season!
Some of the elderberry plants are diseased or dying for some other reason, so I picked the berries off of them (since they ripen earlier when that happens). I didn't think I had that many - but after I picked them I found it made quite a pile!
We took these back to the city and de-stemmed and processed them for the freeze-dryer. They are still drying as I type this.
First apples of the season!
The pristine apples had enough ripe to pick this weekend. I got about 15 of them I think. I ate a couple, gave Tom one and brought a bunch into work to share (and eat).
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| They are a tangy apple - but juicy and sweet as well. Best early apple that I know of. |
