September 23, 2024
That would be an odd combination!
Finally, the September drought has broken with a lovely rainy day. The broccoli side shoots were getting ahead of us, so this morning I blanched and froze a good picking, two and a half pounds more are now stashed in the freezer. Seeing as the steamer was hot, in went a quartered pumpkin, and it cooked while I made a batch of pastry.
Voila! Pumpkin pie!
The new hot frame is doing very well...except for some vermin that was having a random dig in it, so Hubby made an hardware cloth frame to cover it, and today put an handle on it so it can be easily lifted and propped up while accessing the interior. We are enjoying some beautiful crispy greens.
On the trail cameras, apparently this young buck (see his spikes?) was getting a little too personal with this doe....who put him in his place.
Asters are giving us a lovely bit of colour in the gardens, but although there are flashes of yellow here and there, fall leaf colours are still to come.
Pumpkin pie is tolerable -- barely, and with whipped cream -- but I don't like the pumpkin taste in other forms, like lattes, the way that some people do.
ReplyDeleteThis one was very tolerable! Got the spicing just right.
DeleteHow great that you have a Handyman Hubby! My husband loved constructing things like this around the garden for me.
ReplyDeleteLove seeing the fungi. There are so many different kinds, all different. Welcome to Fall :)
He does keep all things, mechanical and otherwise, up and running around here!
DeleteWe are having a good few days of rain now, so I'll be on the lookout for lots more fungi.
My daughter and I went for coffee yesterday. I was able to resist the pumpkin spice latte, barely. I allow myself ONE each fall. The foliage is kind of weird this year. The big maple beside the shed has barely started turning and the leaves are dropping in this wind today. The maple behind it has no color yet.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on the foliage, Karen. It is the end of September, and there should be much more colour by now.
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