Corn and potatoes were a total bust. The corn wasn’t fit for cattle feed and the potatoes were peanut sized - the ground was just too hard and dry and I couldn’t afford to water it thoughout the drought. I grew Roma tomatoes and canned and dried a bunch - in fact, I still have a few in the dehydrator I picked today although it was in the 30s for a while the last few nights. Peppers have been plentiful and I’ve canned and dried a lot and made yummy chilli powder. Pinto Beans did okay, red beans, not so much and other than a few early onions they didn’t do much more than bloom. Starwberries had a short season in early spring but were plentiful. Blueberries and grape vines were dammaged when my trellis blew down in the Spring storm that left us without power for a week, so no jelly this year - but the pear tress produced more than I’ve seen in 7 years. I’ve canned pears and gallons of pear butter, made cinnimon pear chips and there’s still fruit on the trees I’ll harvest this week if I find time. The peppers and pears made up for the losses this year so I’m content. Chilli powder, cayannes and habinaros are in demand and I have a waiting list for pear butter, so I’m tickled. No one lines up for potatos and corn anyway, but I’ve got loads of fodder shocks (corn stalks) for decorations at church.
My corn didn’t do well either. I want to try potatoes but I’ll have to do it in a raised bed...Soil is too rocky.
My roma’s were prolific too. Glad yours did well.
My green beans weren’t worth squat the first 2 times that I planted.. 3rd time was the charm.
Rabbits got most of my strawberries.. I need a better system to keep them out.
Squash bugs must die. They wiped out my zukes and yellow squash twice.
Sorry about the storm damage.
Your pear butter sounds like the bomb.
I want to put fruit trees out but just haven’t gotten there yet.