78\u00a0 bar rises 29.99\u00a0 4mph N dew-point 56\u00a0 sunrise 6:03 sunset 8:34\u00a0 Lughnasa<\/p>\n
Waxing Crescent of the Corn Moon<\/p>\n
“The rest of the beans will dry on the plants!” Kate said yesterday, her brow perspiring from work over a hot pressure canner.\u00a0 Yes, the beans produce and produce and produce.\u00a0 Canned green beans now stock our larder, companions to the tomatoes, pickles, jams and assorted other 19th century farm food self lay-bys she has made.\u00a0 The beans which dry on the plant will get picked after the plant itself dies and the pods begin to crack open a bit.<\/p>\n
Later, as the snow flies, we’ll take those pods and thresh them, pick out the dried beans and pop them in hermetic glass jars.\u00a0 Soups and other bean dishes to follow.<\/p>\n
With the first harvest festival already past the garden goes into overdrive, testing the patience of even Kate, a long time canner and freezer.\u00a0 Tomatoes and cucumbers have begun to pop out and ripen, the spaghetti squash has several fruits on the way, the peppers have begun the slow process of maturation and a second crop of beets has about six inches of greens up already.\u00a0 This is when the sweat and the soil preparation and the weeding and pruning all begin to yield results.\u00a0 A good time.<\/p>\n
The hemerocallis, likewise, are in their glory:\u00a0 many shades of purple in the front, orange and reds and yellows in the back and in the park.\u00a0 Of course, I wonder how the garden will look when the Woollies come in two weeks.\u00a0 I can’t recall that week from years past, but I imagine the daylilies will still be blooming and perhaps the clematis bushes will have begun to flower. I forget to mention here the begonias and geraniums, the sturdy plants that overwinter in the basement, moving happily outside after the last frost.\u00a0 They add color and texture to the garden.<\/p>\n
Up late today, so I’ve got to get to Heresy Moves West.\u00a0 Bye for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
78\u00a0 bar rises 29.99\u00a0 4mph N dew-point 56\u00a0 sunrise 6:03 sunset 8:34\u00a0 Lughnasa Waxing Crescent of the Corn Moon “The rest of the beans will dry on the plants!” Kate said yesterday, her brow perspiring from work over a hot pressure canner.\u00a0 Yes, the beans produce and produce and produce.\u00a0 Canned green beans now stock … Continue reading Laying Food By<\/span>