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| Asian Pears |
I'm also beginning to pick pods from the moringa tree:
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| Moringa Pods |
We peel the outer layer, cut the pods into smaller pieces, and cook them in a curry. I shared some of the pods with friend R.
This year, we are also having homegrown eggs!
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| Fresh Eggs |
Niwatori and Henny Penny have given us 17 eggs, between them, so far! They are not quite free range, yet, but, I am starting to fancy that the yolks are turning a little yellower.
We still have more calamondine to pick and process. We will ask M to help because we can't reach the ones at the top of the tree.
I am grateful for:
- Garden produce
- Homegrown eggs
- Water for the garden
- M's help with the garden
- Daughter's help with the garden
Are you growing any fruits and vegetables in your garden, this year?
I have apples and pears ripening of the trees. And the rhubarb continues. And I have ONE red tomato!!!!
ReplyDeleteYay for apples, pears, rhubarb and the one tomato! I can't grow rhubarb; I've tried several times because I love rhubarb and they are expensive to buy (and not every grocery store carries it) but, haven't had any success. It's too hot here, I suppose. I have a little apple tree I grew from a seed, but so far, it hasn't produced even a single flower, let alone any fruit! And my tomato plants have been burnt to a crisp from the summer heat!
DeleteWhat a great crop of pears! They look so delicious.
ReplyDeleteJust strawberries and blueberries from my garden, this year. The blackcurrant bush barely produced any fruit at all. X
Thank you, Jules. Strawberries and blueberries are lovely. Too bad the blackcurrent bush didn't produce well this year. Hopefully, it'll do well next year. :)
DeleteNice harvest, including the eggs!
ReplyDeleteMy Asian pear has never produced any fruit. This winter I am going to give both pear trees an aggressive pruning and see if it helps a little.
Thank you, Anne. Yes, hopefully, a good pruning will encourage your pear trees to produce more fruit. My nectarine tree didn't produce any fruit this year and my plum tree produced one solitary plum!
DeleteThose eggs look amazing! It looks like you won't be running short of them for a while. Your hens are obviously happy and well looked after to produce so well.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lyssa. We are very pleased with the chickens and the eggs. I hope they'll keep laying even with all this heat we are having.
DeleteAll those items look very tasty! Homegrown is the best!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Linda. We've been enjoying the Asian pears and the eggs; I've just finished cleaning and cutting the moringa pods and will cook them tonight (way too hot to cook, right now!)
DeleteYour Asian pears look wonderful, and so do the eggs. The yolks are a good colour. We are still enjoying a few more wild raspberries and blueberries from the garden, and the blackberries are starting to ripen, also some chokecherries!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Bushlady. We are enjoying the fruits and eggs. Sounds like you are getting quite a few berries and fruit from your garden, too. :)
DeleteBeautiful harvest!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sharon. I am planning to grow a few more vegetables for a fall harvest, this year.
DeleteLots of lovely produce! I wonder what the nashi taste like, they look a bit different from what we used to get in Japan. It's a great idea to have several varieties on one tree, and extend the growing season. Rhubarb has been very difficult to grow here this year, thanks to the soaring temperatures and lack of rain. Even G has had nothing from her well-established plants. I have had a few sticks. Fortunately there is plenty in the freezer though.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lady Ella. The different varieties of nashi taste a bit different. One is sweeter than the others, one seems to have a thicker peel. But, they are all very tasty. I'm glad you have plenty of rhubarb in the freezer for now; hopefully, you'll be able to grow more next year.
DeleteYour pears are plentiful. That's interesting about the grafting of 4 different types. Do they ever revert back to the original like a rose sometimes does?
ReplyDeleteI suppose if one or more of the grafted branches die, then, the original tree might send out new branches? I don't know.
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