What did you do in the garden today?

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Fingers crossed . I switched the Red Delicious for a Semi Dwarf Gala. I prefer that for cooking.

 

[Sally PB]

We're talking about putting in a few apple trees to go with all the wild ones we have. I don't care for Red Delicious at all. I'm thinking Gala and Empire and maybe Yellow Delicious.

I'd like a couple more cherry trees, and maybe even a couple of peaches. We'll see if it happens.

 

[Acre4Me]

Yup, we turned the pellet stove on. Wasn’t really needed but does provide a cozy atmosphere. We sealed more gaps in this great room addition (added 2 owners ago) over the summer, so should keep the heat in better.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Yup, we turned the pellet stove on. Wasn’t really needed but does provide a cozy atmosphere. We sealed more gaps in this great room addition (added 2 owners ago) over the summer, so should keep the heat in better.

It looks lovely, but as I expected after taking the AC units out of the windows we get hot and humid temps.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hey all baked some yeast rolls to go with beef stew tonight .. BF is not feeling to well.

 

[Elyrian1]

Fingers crossed . I switched the Red Delicious for a Semi Dwarf Gala. I prefer that for cooking.

Could you update when they arrive how they look? I'm thinking of ordering some trees from Stark Bros and would appreciate it.

 

[WthrLady]

Spent the day canning (amazing tomato soup!) and working on the chicken run.
I should NOT have worn flip flops all day, no support means a swollen ankle. Bleh.

Ditto the red delicious apples. I find them flavorless and mealy.
I also don't care for Honeycrisp.

 

[Sally PB]

Ditto the red delicious apples. I find them flavorless and mealy.
I also don't care for Honeycrisp.

And Red Delicious have tough skins, IMHO.

But I do love Honeycrisp... Sweet, crisp, juicy. That's my kind of apple.

 

[WthrLady]

And Red Delicious have tough skins, IMHO.

But I do love Honeycrisp... Sweet, crisp, juicy. That's my kind of apple.

If you can find rosalee, half fuji half honeycrips. Juicier and cripsier!

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Good morning all. Nothing happening in the garden today. Rain off and on all day. Have I mentioned how happy I am that all the peaches have been sliced and frozen? I'm heading out to my favorite local orchard to get apples today. Nothing much else to do. I buy Gala apples from there. I like the flavor and they make tasty, not too sweet applesauce. I think my favorite flavor for apples is Mutsu (sp?). These are so tasty and keep well in the crisper section of the refrigerator. The down side is they are huge. One apple is two to three servings. I do like red delicious, but I don't eat a lot of raw apples so I prefer to get the ones to make sauce.