After being away for two weeks I was curious as to what we would find in the garden when we got home. I was surprised at the number of tomatoes and green beans as well as the summer squash. The green beans are probably enough for 2-3 meals and the squash for more than that.Continue reading “The garden in October”
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A talk about Brazil
Last night I had the pleasure of giving a talk on the Pantanal, Brazil at the downtown library. The talk was surprisingly well attended. We saw a bunch of people tht we hadn’t seen in a long time. Here are a couple of photos that I used. Sunbitterns, a favorite tropical bird. Giant anteater withContinue reading “A talk about Brazil”
What was in the garden last night
Our garden, which is mostly edible plants also attracts a great variety of insects, both during the day and at night. Tomato hornworm caterpillar that’s been parasitized and covered in small coccoons. It’s still alive and munching on tomato leaves. Female Chinese mantis that laid eggs in the kale. This non-native species has apparently fedContinue reading “What was in the garden last night”
Back in the garden
After the rain stopped I got back out and finished picking jalapeños. There are still abunch of green ones so I am envisioning more pickled jalapeños in the future. I also picked the roma tomtoes which will also be canned. Last time I got 23 pounds. This times I got 24 and there’s still aContinue reading “Back in the garden”
What’s in the garden?
Being away for ten days means that there was a lot to get from the garden. This is about ten meals worth of green beans. Wow! The zucchini really grew while we were gone. Susan will be making zucchini bread. There are also a bunch of jalapeños, cherry tomatoes, slicing tomatoes and roma’s. But theContinue reading “What’s in the garden?”
Our walk yesterday
Somehow we managed to get out for a nice walk before the storms came yesterday. We always check on the garden before going. That’s when we found a nice insect on the green bean supports. This is a freshly emerged dog-day cicada. These nice insects are annual, unlike many other cicadas. Now it was timeContinue reading “Our walk yesterday”
Tomato sauce
Now that we’ve had our first major picking of tomatoes it’s time to make and can tomato sauce. What we make is a thickened sauce with only tomatoes. That way when we go to use them we can alter the sauce as necessary. So, how many quarts did we get from 23 pounds of romaContinue reading “Tomato sauce”
The garden: part-3
Yesterday we did some canning. Susan made zucchini pickles and I canned pickled jalapeños. This is the result of day-1 canning, plus our first eggplant of the season. SLicing tomatoes and Roma tomatoes waiting for processing into sauce. But the green beans and most of the cherry tomatoes are for eating later. By the way,Continue reading “The garden: part-3”
How does the garden grow?
I think that we’ll be picking romas today. So, I see making tomato sauce in our future. Jalapeños have been making a lot of peppers. Yesterday I make pickled jalapeños, so it looks like we’ll have jalapeños this winter that are from the garden. Some of the figs, not yet ripe. It amazes me thatContinue reading “How does the garden grow?”
Downtown Ann Arbor
We spent Sunday morning, before the thunderstorm in downtown Ann Arbor. We met a friend at Jagged Fork for breakfast, then we walked around town. A favorite mural near the downtown library. When you line it up perfectly he’s holding the lamp post. I think it is quite clever. Nichols Arcade. Always fun visiting toContinue reading “Downtown Ann Arbor”
