I'm making juice to freeze,
It tastes as good as it looks!
Monday, 19 September 2016
Bragging
No sooner had I been bragging about how much white chard I had grown than the deer jumped back over the fence and had a go at eating the lot. We've strung up yet more lines above the fencing, hung with strips of metal foil, and the scarecrow, who had been put away, has been put back on duty. I've thrown a bit of netting over the chard. Can those deer eat!
The courgettes and beans are still cropping but I've picked the squash whose leaves had fallen away. Two other varieties with good leaf cover remain on the ground but I doubt they will make much further growth.
The apples are keeping me busy. This is the time of year when it's difficult to find enough space in the freezers. (I have three!)
filtered through a piece of muslin into whatever containers I have.
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Rosemary, it looks wonderful as does the juice. I freeze all kinds of juice when I have it. The deer ate nearly everything this year, but the onions, potatoes and okra and cucumbers. They ate everything else and are even eating the lily pads off the goldfish pond. The acorns are falling and that usually keeps them sated, but they are such a nuisance.
ReplyDeleteThe woods around us are full of food at the moment but the wildlife seem to prefer our patch. Some crops are good, others not. It's the same every year; we are grateful for what makes it through!
DeleteOh My Goodness !
ReplyDeleteI am gobsmacked !
Your garden photos are always beautiful but today You have out done any photo post so far. The second and third photos are so gorgeous. The third one should be made into the "Fall" of a Four Season note cards or calendar. Just wonderful.
You also look Fabulous ! So envious of your beautiful hair.
cheers, parsnip
Do you grow parsnips ?
I'm normally awash with parsnips and, until this year, considered them a reliable crop. Only a few germinated for some reason and it was the same with the carrots. I think they must have just rotted with all the rain throughout spring.
DeleteWell, on the looks front, I do look happy and very well fed!
There's a vegetable garden there that we in North Kent can only dream about this year, shows what getting regular rain does. I like the idea of juicing up everything that you have a glut of. The only thing I normally make each autumn is Sloe Gin but had a look at the bushes that normally supply them this morning and nil sloes, bloody drought again!
ReplyDeleteI do sympathise. I've got six water butts and as many half barrels for rainwater, but in dry seasons they are emptied straight away and watering is also a very time-consuming business.
DeleteNo sloe gin for you this Christmas, is it time to start making moonshine from potatoes?!!
Well, Rosemary, I haven't kept up, but you rock!!!
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