coppersmythe":2y409sbv said:
hello from the deep south , 92 degrees ( at noon and rising ) , 95+% humidity , nice mild summer day :roll: :shock: coppersmythe.......................................( cant wait for the really hot days )
Same in central Missouri with heat index close to 100. Typical August weather.
Spring garden crops are finished. Picked the last of the peas. Only a few beets left in the garden. Melons are just starting to vine. June strawberries stopped producing last week. Picked 4 or so gallons, placed in the freezer. Had strawberry short cake a couple of times.
Daughter visited. She made strawberry jelly, strawberry jam, and strawberry/orange marmalade. She took home the canned goods and about a gallon of frozen berries. Have some of the canned berries that didn't fit in jars in the fridg. Still have about 1/2 gallon of frozen berries in the freezer.
Everbearing strawberries are just starting. Could be that I will get tired of strawberries, strawberry short cake, strawberries on ice cream. Probably not.
Looks like another bumper crop of black berries this year. Black berry jelly. Also looking forward to a decent black walnut harvest. Black walnut, oatmeal, and raisin cookies.
Local farmers market has been open for several weeks with local grown vegetables. And some sneaked in imported tomatoes - looked good - not of home grown quality.