I might suspect we solely have a number of extra weeks of summer season climate remaining. And I am pleased with that! How I lengthy to have crisp, cool nights and mornings and days when the home windows will be opened to air out the stuffiness that comes with a closed up dwelling.
Quickly sufficient we’ll be prepping the backyard for the upcoming winter and harvesting the final of it is choices. I promised myself that this 12 months I might work exhausting to consciously benefit from the summer season moments regardless of warmth and humidity and never want for my very favourite season to rapidly strategy. And for essentially the most half I’ve succeeded, however because it will get nearer, how will you not want for fall? How will you not get excited for mums and pumpkins and superbly altering leaves and sweaters and do-it-yourself scorching chai tea? To not point out including pancakes again to the breakfast rotation and stews and soups to the lunch and dinner ones. And do-it-yourself bread!
Oh how I like chilly climate consolation meals.
A couple of weeks in the past we had been swimming in zucchini and inexperienced beans. The inexperienced beans proceed to offer however the zucchini is coming to an early finish due to vine borers and my unlucky lack of consideration to catch them early on. I used to be so dissatisfied once I noticed the wilting start. I did, nonetheless, get some sliced and dehydrated earlier than they had been gone. A couple of of you recommended that is your alternative for preserving them and so we’re giving it a attempt. They may get rehydrated in stir fries, soups, and such this winter. The cukes proceed on robust fortunately and we’re having fun with the problem of consuming all of them.
Our freezers are filling up with each domestically raised meats and our produce. I have never canned an entire lot this 12 months. Principally as a result of we do not eat numerous canned meals, preferring extra veggies and fruit, for essentially the most half, to be frozen or dehydrated as an alternative. And partly as a result of I’ve obtained some left from the previous couple of years.
Is not that among the best emotions? Having sufficient to place up for years of fine consuming.
It has been a laborious season however one good factor the pandemic taught us was that we may scale back our work time a bit extra permitting us extra time to take pleasure in issues we love and get extra completed across the homestead. We have actually loved the tempo we set this summer season and have determined to proceed it.
Regardless of the by no means ending (it felt this fashion anyway) humidity, it has been an excellent summer season. We had been blessed with rain just about weekly permitting the backyard to supply prolifically. The rain actually has been relentless which, sadly, saved our humidity up. I am not a lot of a fan of humidity so I made a decision early on to concentrate on the advantages of the rain somewhat than the drawbacks. As a result of what we concentrate on grows and we won’t do a darned factor to vary the climate (or many different issues in our life) I attempt to bear in mind to have a look at, and due to this fact enlarge, the great. The free water for crops and wildlife, a wholesome nicely filled with water, the truth that the temps had been comparatively average, and a inexperienced garden all summer season lengthy!
This week we discover ourselves celebrating our wedding ceremony anniversary (how can or not it’s 24 years already???), beginning our fall prep for the enterprise, and itemizing out the homestead to-dos we hope to finish earlier than winter arrives. Our grill and air fryer might be used loads this week as our temps and humidity will each be excessive. We have been discussing the potential for making a small outside kitchen on our higher deck subsequent 12 months. I believe it could work out nicely.
We’ll proceed engaged on filling our freezer with extra produce and eggs (to get via the molting interval) and including extra lovely jars to our cabinets as nicely. And I’ve obtained to take the time to determine what I could make with an extra of Asian Pears. Our tree is LOADED this 12 months and we won’t probably eat all of them contemporary!
Hoping this finds you doing nicely and magnifying the great in lots of sides of your personal life.
