It is September, and the monsoons are still going. This is the longest they’ve lasted while we’ve been here. Portal just broke a record for rain set in 1967. The mountains are green, and the grass is getting waist high. There are tadpoles in the puddles, frogs jumping around, and turtles all over. It is truly marvelous.
The garden is doing well. We have had the best tomato harvest in years, and I am canning and freezing sauce and salsa for the rest of the year, as well as enjoying fresh tomatoes with every meal.
The weeds are phenomenal as well. I’ve spent many hours this weekend trying to clear out beds to start on fall planting. And this is the year of the caterpillars. (Each year, there is something that seems to thrive to an unbelievable degree. This year it is caterpillars of every color and stripe, including hornworms.)
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- harvesting tomatoes every day
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- a volunteer melon plant
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- hornworms (picking these every day too)
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- yellow watermelons
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- eggplants and tomatoes
Sounds like as close to the “best” best time of the year…harvest is kind of a peak in history for bests.
It is too bad hornworms are not a successful crop in and of themselves. I don’t suppose canning them is worth it.
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