After a week away and several jars of sauce, pickled peppers and eggplants completed by my sister-in-law and Art's mom we returned to harvest the potatoes, bush beans and the rest of the onions.
After a full day of braiding the onions and pulling potatoes we've encountered a storage capacity issue.
We have more than doubled last year's production and are exploring using the new pig chalet (we haven't moved them in yet) for food storage until we complete another option. A new building to replace the crumbled one in the back is getting higher on the to do list each season.
And today we pulled the ripe pod beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, okra, peppers, eggplants and pears. It's about to be sauce central for the next few days!
The watermelon, popcorn, and pumpkins are still growing. We will have huge pumpkins this fall!
The thana (cornelius cherries) are ripening to a bright red and the apples, kimchi (dates), lemon, orange, persimmon, plum, pomegranate, and quince are holding steady.
What's next on the eat now calendar? Figs!
The vines are thriving and we expect a sweet wine season.
We have a few very hot days coming up and hope to finally get up towards Theth for some cool mountain air. The photo below I snapped with the drone last night. The highest peak is mountain we summited a few years back but the small hills to the left are on my list to explore. Who's game?
Check back soon for a sauce update.
Looks Amazing. Hope your doing good.