This weeks harvests include a few avocados, a bucket worth of guavas, some eggs, and a gypsy pepper.
This handful of strawberry guavas is what I am getting on a daily basis. Well, I should clarify this is what I get when I can get to the bushes in the morning and it's not raining. Rain causes the fruit to drop, and the squirrels LOVE these. I'm breaking out the squirrelinator 2000 this next weekend. I'm just waiting for the newly germinated corn to get big enough to withstand a possible trampling. The ducks normally don't go near the gardens, but occasionally one will play chase and that causes a momentary lapse of reason and they will run through quickly.
I waited and waited for this gypsy pepper to turn, but it didn't and I wanted to eat it, and so I did.
Gratuitous avocado shot. Same avocados, I just forgot to get pictures.
I'm still debating on if I want a mix of flavors (grape/guava...strawberry/guava) or if I would like to try it on it's own. Either way that is this weeks project. I only cooked enough down for about 2 jelly jars. Just in case. I mean really, what if I don't like it after all?
This is another gratuitous shot of a random pollinator. I do love to try to get good shots of them.
That's it. I ate a few seriously bitter carrots out of the garden, and replanted beans (and the previously mentioned corn) I still need to weed half the garden before I reseed and I'm praying after schools tarts I can get some brassicas in there.
Hope you are having a wonderful week.
See you soon!
Barbie~
What a cute little pepper. I'm waiting for my sweet peppers to ripen as well - it's taking forever. School starts next week at your end? Ours doesn't start until the first week of September...which has its good points and its bad points.
ReplyDeleteYup. Bright and early Monday morning for my son- but my girls get to go in late. 9:40 is there start time. WOW!
DeleteToo bad about the guavas. I say a squirrel is just a rat with a good P.R. rep I do like squirrel though, esp. pan fried with milk gravy!
ReplyDeleteI call them rats with tails. If only the cats would go after them.
DeleteDeep fried it tastes so sweet! Love squirrel. For whatever reason the hubby has no problem with us hunting them and eating them, but doesn't want to kill them in a trap. Go figure. So, we catch and release about 4 miles away.
DeleteCan't believe school is starting already, where did the summer go?
ReplyDeleteHow I would love to have a few of those tree ripened guava to eat fresh.
Norma they are so refreshing. Sweet and tart and oh so good. Unfortunately they don't travel well at all. Very soft fruit and only last a couple days. Only grows where it doesn't freeze much so we luck out there.
DeleteVery nice harvest, I bet that jelly will taste fabulous.
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