Dehydrating!

I spent some of this week fiddling around with the dehydrator. First up was some mint and some dill weed. The dill self-seeded into the carrot bed and needed to go because it was shading them. The mint is just everywhere so I decided to try to make a virtue of weeding it.

Three trays of each reduced to 500ml jars of dried. I then charged up and used the vacuum sealer Jenn bought me for father's day. Works like a charm, so far!

Last week's haul of garlic scapes means this year's garlic crops not far behind. We still had a fair few of last year's bulbs so I peeled them and then rough minced them.

These went into the dehydrator for about 15 hours until they were crispy dry.

I then used the magic bullet to powder them and vacuum sealed. The garlic powder is insanely pungent!

Outside, we have just been weeding a lot. I have almost got the daylily midge problem licked with careful removal of infected flower buds.

The potatoes are also coming along nicely. I have, I think, finally thinned the carrots and beets enough and can just focus on weeding.

I did the first real harvest of the saskatoon bush, putting about half a gallon away for saskatoon-rhubarb pie later on. The rain has really meant a bountiful harvest.

The peas, which are way behind, are finally starting to form some pods!

The real story in the next two weeks will be the raspberries. The rain means we have a bumper crop. If it get hot soon, we will be drowning I just pulled the last gallon of frozen raspberries from the freezer to eat.

Hopefully, the beans and melons and cucumbers will start to make some progress to match the squash plants (which are now vining).