The sunshine hours in the Seattle area were less than stellar this summer, but some fruits and veggies did make an appreciated appearance in the garden.
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Red Gold potatoes |
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Touchstone Gold |
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Kristin cherries |
The blueberry bushes were well pollinated and produced a wonderful crop of deliciousness and I
froze four gallons for making the
best blueberry muffins ever all winter long!
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Blueberries |
My Ladies gardened with me and enjoyed a few raspberries along the way.
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chicken acrobatics |
My tomatoes are showing signs of bearing fruit and I have harvested about 2 pounds of tomatoes so far.
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I love the color gradation of the grape tomatoes! |
And some apples, not many, but some.
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Akane apples |
New critters did make themselves known in the garden this season....the voles. I am using snap traps to help our cat with the population control. Voles tunnel under everything making it impossible for plants to establish a root system. They also take bites out of root vegetables and mow down anything that suits their fancy.
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vole hole |
The Puget Sound area the farmers markets are a terrific resource of everything fresh and I've been able to buy all the fruits and vegetables that were missing from my garden.
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