October Update
I think it’s time for me to share an update on harvests and other things around here. It’s late October now, and lacking any really cold weather our vegetable garden has still been producing for us. I’ve gotten loads of both sweet and hot peppers, plus the occasional eggplant. pepper harvest I got the last picking of the pole beans a couple of weeks ago, and those plants are done for. It’s not been a good year for them due to germination issues early on caused by the rainy conditions and wet soil. I got just under 4 pounds total this year, compared to last year’s 11 pounds. We ate on this last batch, and I was able to freeze a few this year as well. guajillo peppers and pole beans I’ve been harvesting persimmons from our little tree, and while not really pretty on the outside they are sweet and tasty. Our tree is the Nikita’s Gift variety, which is a cross between an Asian and a native persimmon. Nikita’s Gift persimmons My lettuce planting in the cold frame has been keepin...