Warm days and cool nights make for crisp apples and beautiful yellow pears. Unfortunately, with the drought, the pears are ripening now and so are the apples! Yikes! My fingers are brown, so are my nails because I have peeled so many apples. I can't keep up. If you want to know if I am hiding, NO, I am still peeling apples. Every waking moment will be spent peeling and preserving apples and then the pears. Ginger pear marmalade is my favorite. It has candied lime peel in it. Tart and fabulous with seared pork chops. Yummy! I need to buy more jars.
The baby rooster has been moved in with the hens. He 's still skiddish and can climb and sit at the top of his fence when the hens get too roudy, but he will soon notice them more than me. As soon as he sees me, he runs and sits on my feet. I am his mommy after all. I spoiled him only a little bit.
I am still harvesting cantalope this month. I have about 10 left in the garden. Sweeter than anything you buy in the store.
By the end of the month, I will plant my garlic for the spring. And start planting my winter boxes. Carrots, more beets and kale will be planted there.
Steve cut the grass for the first time since April. No hay yet but at least we have a bit of green again. It sure looks better than a sea of dried brown nothing. This drought has been horrrible. Hopefully it was a one year thing.
