Prayers for healing for you, Johnny, and that you tolerate the chemo well.
Here I am absolutely spoiled by the historic community garden, no deer or other critters, soil I can push a stake 18 inches deep, and timed irrigation - went to water the melon seedlings to save them from the 92 degree heatwave and the soil was nice and damp already.
Growing heirloom beans, peas, melons, greens, eggplants, peppers and herbs - limited to two tomatoes as a “curiosity,” so I’ve got a dozen more at home in a big cage made from scavenged library shelves.
Blueberries and raspberries on the way, some sour cherries ripe. Have to stand in the sun and beat the birds to them. I’ve decided never to plant sour cherries again - too small and fiddly and time-consuming to pit.
My sour cherry pie cheat: use sweet cherries, add the juice of a good-sized lime and a teaspoon of almond extract. You will not tell the difference.
No Cooper’s hawks nesting this year - when we had them the birds left the berries and cherries alone.
We had one dew berry, that hubby gave me. It was great. They mature before the blackberries and raspberries. Hope we get a good crop this year.
Haven’t had a good one since 2012 heat wave savaged all the berry plants.
I read that tart cherry juice will help a person sleep at night, but I have never seen any in the stores. When I did a search, there was a few articles regarding the government restrictions/political nature of this shortage.
I didn’t realize that the size was any different from the sweet cherries. Very interesting to know. Don’t think I’ll mess with them either then.