So the past ten days have been pretty busy as summer heat causes things to move along. The corn is looking pretty good this year and I expect we'll get edible heads.
The raspberries are going into their last weeks of picking but we have lots frozen and I made a batch of raspberry jam. If the weather would break, I'd make a second batch.
The apple tree is also ripening. Friends have offered us their apples in the next week or so to sauce with (ours are more autumn eating apples).
We're also starting to see the tomatoes ripen. First up are these tiny tomatoes. Very flavourful.
On the weekend, we visited Strawberry Creek Farm by Warburg to pick strawberries.
It was a lovely morning (about 20 with a breeze) and the berries were good.
Our own garden is coming along. The yard-long Armenian cucumbers are setting fruit. I'm interested to see how these do.
We also have a huge amount of dill from some seeds inadvertently spilled last year after the harvest.
The front yard is in good shape. We're halfway through splitting the irises and gave buckets away to neighbours and Facebook friends. I need my back to recover a bit before we do the other half.
The potatoes are fully grown and I'm starting to see the early plants start to yellow and die back. This seems a touch early but I'm happy to know new potatoes are imminent.
The tomatoes are also just starting to get a bit red. We should have lots to sauce this year. And a second crop of zucchini are ripening so we can do another batch of zucchini salsa. Jess has been cooking more and did a lovely set of grilled veggies on skewers the other night.
We also have some flowers and I think I have the midge problem on the daylilies under control,
Hopefully we get more of these in the coming days.
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