Garden Harvest & Interesting Times

Hello, friends.  I made no notes this week, so I'll see what I can remember.  Cucumbers, blueberries, two cabbages, a few blackberries, and basil were harvested.  A cabbage, onions and garlic were shared with my massage therapist.  The other cabbage was made into two slaws for J & I.  Onions were shared with a neighbor.  Cucumber salad was made.  Some blueberries were frozen, and some were eaten in a fruit salad.  Basil trimmings were made into pesto, and frozen.  Hummingbird food was made.  A double batch of cashew parmesan was made, in anticipation of making pesto.  Books and movies were picked up from the library.  

 

J & I finally got cages on almost all the tomatoes.  I mulched them, after he & I weeded them.  J also hoed some other parts of the garden for weed control.  The Japanese beetles remain minimal.  They and the tomato hornworms were fed to the chickens.  The deer found our kiwi vines.  At last look, it appeared that they ate all but one of the kiwi fruits.  It's been so dry, I can't blame beings for trying to find moisture wherever they can.  We've had a real challenge with wasps and yellow jackets at the hummingbird feeders, as well as wasps taking up residence inside the bottom of our storm door.  Both McNibs and I were stung, on different days, before J took care of them.  This is the waspiest place either of us has known.  We've been noticing deer in view of our house in the afternoons, something we've not seen before.  They've been munching grass near one of our asparagus beds.  Thankfully, they're no longer tender, so they're leaving them alone.

Though we had a weekend of rain in the forecast, as I started typing this Sunday evening, it hadn't panned out.  We received one shower Saturday evening, but not enough to register in the rain gauge.  We've had to go back on well water in the house.  However, I'm thankful I had to update this, as by the time we went to bed, we had gotten at least 1/2". Hallelujah!   A challenge this week was realizing on Friday that my debit card had been compromised, and there were six fraudulent charges on my account.  I'd stopped at Dollar Tree and two grocery stores on the way home from an appointment on the 4th, so expect someone "read" my card, at one of those places.  As soon as I get my new card Monday, I'll be ordering one of the RFID blocking wallets, to keep it safe in the future.  It's sad that so much of that goes on these days.  Despite the challenges, I believe these are interesting times to be alive, and I'm thankful to be here.  May your week be a good one.