‘Tis the season.
brush clearing
Tag: garden
future bounty
agave americana
I’ve been collecting the maguey fruits a couple of times a day as they fall to the driveway. I’ve read they are edible (boil first, then sauté in butter or bacon fat) but they are pretty bitter. I’ve tried roasting and slow braising, hoping that will sweeten them up, but the bitterness persists. A little further research reveals that it’s the unopened buds that are good to eat, not the fallen fruits. To take advantage of the bounty, we should have cut down the stalk before the flowers even opened. Oh well … I think I’ll just leave these for the squirrels.
squash blossoms
dragonfruit
I’ve had these dragonfruit cuttings jammed in a pot for years. They periodically flower, but never set fruit. I should get them in the ground; they might do better if they could spread out.
loppers
Sometimes you need the big guns.
zucchinis
Food from the garden, such a pleasure.
morning tipple
Have a little tipple, make a little ripple
measure twice cut once
Next stage in the Squirrel Battle is in progress. Bird netting does NOT deter them from the veggie seedlings — they bite right through it. It’s time for a full frame, chicken wire enclosure.
fuchsia buds
Fuchsia is such a weird word. Even though I am good at spelling, I keep thinking it should be ‘fuschia’. In fact, knowing that I find the word tricky, I looked it up before doing this lettering and STILL spelled it wrong. I had to move the letters around in Photoshop to correct it. Doh!
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