{"id":23,"date":"2008-09-18T19:32:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-19T02:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sasquatchobservatory.com\/homestead\/2008\/09\/18\/today-at-the-homestead-september-18-08\/"},"modified":"2011-12-12T20:04:45","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T04:04:45","slug":"today-at-the-homestead-september-18-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sasquatchobservatory.com\/homestead\/2008\/09\/18\/today-at-the-homestead-september-18-08\/","title":{"rendered":"Today at the Homestead, September 18, 08"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This afternoon the sky was grey but it was still warm. Carl, who is at Dhamma<\/span> Makaranda<\/span> in Mexico, has been after me to take a picture of his first grapes, so he could see how big they are. So here’s a picture for him. This is the first year he has gotten any grapes, and this is the largest of 5 bunches.<\/p>\n

The garden is way overdue to be harvested, \"\"<\/a>but I am way behind in all my projects. I did cook up some tomatoes this afternoon, and added frozen basil (from Tam & Michael’s garden last year) and frozen garlic from our garden last year. I blended it with a wee shake of salt and half water. I drank it in a cup that John Muir left with me once when he and Eve visited us at Fatt’s<\/span> Landing, in the Snohomish<\/span> River Delta. Excellent soup!!!<\/p>\n

I froze a couple pints to make more soup or a sauce later.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I had thought that the snow peas were long gone. They were planted back in February. And then today I see more snow peas coming on.<\/p>\n

At last, the blackberries are finally getting ripe. Several years ago, we got quite a few blackberries out of a small clump down by the pond. As we made garden beds and paths, I left a row of the evergreen blackberries above the lower path.\"\"<\/a> Since then they have grown vigorously<\/span>, but this is the first year that there have been more that a handful of blackberries<\/p>\n

Then with the wet summer, it looked like they would never ripen. But these last few weeks of sunshine have produced ripe blackberries. I can’t believe that I’m excited about another crop to harvest, but having blackberries is extra special.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I ate a few blackberries today and they were sweet, but I think tomorrow is going to be the day to start picking. There will probably be a scone shortcake in my future, with yogurt and Maple syrup….. And probably several more scones and berries when Carl gets home.<\/p>\n

The seedlings are just coming up in the winter garden.<\/p>\n

The sunflowers have been quite prolific this year. This orange one is from seeds that Tamerly<\/span> gave me.<\/p>\n

For lots more garden and flower pictures, visit Picasa: Today at the Homestead<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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