Our raspberry bushes are ever-bearing, meaning that they give us berries twice a year. Our first crop of berries came pretty late this year, so I figured that our second crop would be really small. Boy was I wrong! This second crop of berries is bigger and more plentiful than the first crop. I'm guessing that some of it is the huge number of bees we've had buzzing around the bushes. For once, I'm glad to have bees around!
My cucumber plants never got very happy this year. I'm not sure exactly what the trouble is, but I've only gotten 4 or 5 cucumbers so far. There are a few more growing now, so they will definitely be worth the (small amount of) time invested, but I'm hoping for a better outcome next year.
The tomatoes, on the other hand, seem to be pretty content. I snapped a quick picture of what I picked this afternoon. They are now in my belly!
Delicious!
Monday, September 21, 2009
The Fruits of My (Lack of) Labor
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Julie had a banner year for tom-toms too! I just picked 24 of them tonite for her and thats what I could see in the dark!
Wow! That's awesome :)
Hooray! Raspberries! What are you making with them? Or do they just get devoured? :)
They just got eaten! :) Too many of them just went bad, though, since we didn't keep up with them very well. I *should* make something with them. Do you have any good recipes?
I think I make jam mostly with raspberries. Though I have made a lemon cake with raspberry drizzle -if that sounds good, let me know and I'll track it down. Otherwise there's always cobbler of some sort! http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Easy-Batter-Fruit-Cobbler/Detail.aspx
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