We had a couple of frog stranglers at the end of the week and the earth is showing her appreciation. The grass is growing really fast. We even picked a tomato finally. The kale just keeps on keepin’ on and the squash is still producing. The watermelons and spaghetti squash are growing. Even a few figs are getting ripe. Chris has been kind enough to bless us with some of his abundance and my wife made some fig preserves.
She did not use Chris’ recipe because it had too much sugar. Ana used a ½ cup of sugar, the juice and some of the zest from a lemon and a stick of cinnamon. No butter. Her preserves were like those that our neighbor Ruby Owens used to make when I was a kid. They were wonderful. My wife thought they weren’t sweet enough so she opened all the jars (except for one that I made off with) and added more sugar. They are just ok now.
The vacant rows in the garden still have not been tilled. That has to happen this weekend. There is enough compost on hand to make a new raised bed. I hope that will happen too. The time is almost here to plant the fall garden.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
Showing posts with label Watermelon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Watermelon. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Friday, August 15, 2008
Watermelon Man
Watermelon Man
We picked our first watermelon yesterday (8/13). I guess I should say it picked itself. We had been out of town for 3 days. When I went to the garden the watermelon had broken loose from the vine and rolled down the watermelon fence. I took it inside and washed it and cut it. Oooo. It is delicious. I have planted watermelons every year for many years. This is the first one we have picked. Persistence pays off.
We got quite a few tomatoes too. Several of them had holes from bugs or birds. They were too beautiful to throw away. I took them inside, cut out the bad spots and sliced them. I layered them with basil leaves in a Tupperware tub and put them in the fridge for tomato sandwiches.
Next week is time to start the fall garden. Swiss chard and red cabbage will go in the flower beds out front this year. The back yard will get curly mustard, Tokyo cross turnips, radishes, oak leaf lettuce, arugula, mesclun mix and regular cabbage. Maybe there will be a broccoli plant or two. The shelves should be into the greenhouse too, so we can start some fall tomatoes to raise in the raised bed that was built into the greenhouse.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com/ , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/.
We picked our first watermelon yesterday (8/13). I guess I should say it picked itself. We had been out of town for 3 days. When I went to the garden the watermelon had broken loose from the vine and rolled down the watermelon fence. I took it inside and washed it and cut it. Oooo. It is delicious. I have planted watermelons every year for many years. This is the first one we have picked. Persistence pays off.
We got quite a few tomatoes too. Several of them had holes from bugs or birds. They were too beautiful to throw away. I took them inside, cut out the bad spots and sliced them. I layered them with basil leaves in a Tupperware tub and put them in the fridge for tomato sandwiches.
Next week is time to start the fall garden. Swiss chard and red cabbage will go in the flower beds out front this year. The back yard will get curly mustard, Tokyo cross turnips, radishes, oak leaf lettuce, arugula, mesclun mix and regular cabbage. Maybe there will be a broccoli plant or two. The shelves should be into the greenhouse too, so we can start some fall tomatoes to raise in the raised bed that was built into the greenhouse.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com/ , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/.
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