Unfortunately, I did a little digging online on the mysore raspberries and even though they do well in our heat (regular raspberries do not.) they’re supposed to be watery and not very flavorful. They are going crazy out here, though. So, they may be watery, but: I’ll have a lot of them.
These strawberry bags have been a good investment. If you want enough to share: buy multiple bags, as these put out just a few a day. If you are in the south, heat makes small strawberries. We’re supposed to grow them over the winter. Maybe I’ll think to buy some when my local nursery has some this fall.
The fig is taking over this side of the yard and is hanging over into the neighbors yard. Figs do not have a top size. They just keep growing. I have it where it is, so that there’s some privacy. But, I think I may cut it down this fall and replace it with a better variety. I have a Celeste and a black mission fig in other parts of my yard.
Meet you out in the garden to meander through the produce and stuff our faces with homegrown fruit.
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Corn must want quite a bit of water there. I do not grow it because it wants such regular watering, and also because it takes quite a bit of space.
Yes, corn is a greedy crop. It loves water, nitrogen and space. However, home grown corn is delicious. I stopped growing things I had to process and then try and figure out how to use so my family would eat it. Corn is always welcome at the table, so I grow it. I would grow okra, it loves the heat. But I’m the only one who likes it.
Wow, it is rare to read approval of okara. I happen to like it, but I know of no one else here who does. I remember it growing in a few gardens in the Los Angeles region, so more than someone there likes it.
It’s hard to find a vegetable I don’t like. Water chestnuts, cooked kale and boiled Brussels sprouts are about all I can think of.
I deteste only carrots. I mean, I SERIOUSLY deteste them!
Anything boiled: yuck! My kids like edamame and microwaved lima beans. One year we were at my mother in law’s and she fixed them the old fashioned way of taking canned lima beans and boiling them until they were unrecognizable. Those didn’t go over well. Everyone used to overcook vegetables. No wonder nobody liked them! My kids love broccoli. When I was a kid we ate them with velveeta on them and called them “cheese trees”. I think brassicas have changed a lot through breeding. They used to all be very bitter. I hate buttered carrots. I can eat them fresh, but if you cook them I want nothing to do with them!
Canned beans are already overcooked by the canning process. We canned a variety of green beans one autumn that was not supposed to be canned. It might have been ‘Blue Lake’ because that is such a reliable variety. Although good fresh or cooked fresh, they were ‘not so good’ canned. Ick! Then, we grew ‘Kentucky Wonder’, I think, specifically for canning. It was a bit firmer with a different texture and flavor. The difference of variety made a major difference with the finished product, although fresh is best.
I would welcome that fig tree… too bad we live so far apart.
I’m not impressed with the fruit fresh, so I think I’ll build a solar dehydrator and try them dried. Hopefully it isn’t a Celeste because I have another one of those in a different part of the yard. Always happy to see you!