Dehydrated Tomatoes

Today I tried dehydrating some of the Debarao tomatoes.  They came out really well.

I also cut back the berries in the back.  I left just four trimmed canes on each of the Beckyberries and six trimmed canes on the Boysenberry.  I'll be anxious to see how they produce next year.  In the past I've left lots of side branches on the canes and left six canes per plant. 

Potato Harvest

A couple of months ago I transplanted three or four potato volunteers from last year's bed into a big pot on the deck.  I wasn't going to grow any more potatoes after last year's problem.  But I learned it was a calcium deficiency, so I added some bone meal and decided to give it a try.  There was a small sprinkler in the pot, which was hooked into the deck watering system, so it got plenty of regular water.

I was pleased with how many potatoes we got.  None were huge, but that's o.k.  And it sure was easy to harvest them.  We just dumped the pot on a tarp and sifted through the soil with our hands.  And no damaged potatoes from the spading fork.  This is definitely the way I'll grow potatoes next year.

Ratatouille Tonight!

The finished product.  Yum!!

Debarao Tomatoes

Today I picked the first Debarao paste tomatoes.  So far they look good.

Fall Veggies

Today I planted fifteen of the starts of broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage into the bed they were all holding in.  Because it's been in the 90s, I put a temporary shade cloth over the butterfly netting.

The remaining thirty are now holding in the bed with the carrots and beets, covered, of course.  They're waiting for a bed to open up.

Lettuce & Kale

I pulled the first planting of bush beans and planted a couple of short rows of lettuce and a row of Tuscan kale in the space.

The second planting of beans is producing nicely.

Apples & Figs

The Golden Sentinel apples have started to fall.  Almost enough for a pie!


And I picked our first (of two) fig.  We split it.