Today I harvested more of my herbs and veggies (a carrot and about 6 snow peas/sugar snap peas). I cleaned and prepped the herbs and have them dehydrating now. With some of the herbs I previously harvested and a few store bought, I put together a couple seasoning mixes and canned a small batch of Blueberry Lemonade Concentrate. I’d love to grow more of my own herbs, and plan to expand them next year. Currently I just have basil, oregano, chives, rosemary, parsley, sage, and thyme. I also have in my pantry dehydrated jalepeno and bell peppers to make into ground or “crushed red pepper”. I absolutely love having my dehydrator and hope to eventually learn how to preserve the strawberries and other fruits. I think I over dehydrated them last year. They definitely were not soft and chewy like store bought. lol. Scroll through photos, I added recipes there which I used to make my mixes and concentrate.

I have good news: Onions are one of the easiest plants in the garden to read. Unlike other plants (I see you, watermelon 🍉), where it can be a lot harder to tell, onions basically 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 you when they're ready. 𝟯 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿: - Your first big clue is when the neck (that's the part where the leaves meet the top of the bulb) flops over onto the ground. - Your second sign is when the outer skin starts turning dry and papery instead of smooth and green. - The third indication is when about half the leaves start yellowing and drying out. BUT WAIT (there's more 🤣), don't rush to pull them just yet. 𝗪𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁 Once the tops flop and start browning, give it another one to two weeks before you pull anything. This does two things: - It lets the onion finish sealing its neck shut, which is what keeps moisture and bacteria out during storage - And it lets the bulb pull the last bit of energy out of the dying stalk. Skip this wait, and you could end up with onions that don't seal properly and rot faster in storage. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 - Stop watering three to five days before you plan to harvest. This gives the outer layers and the soil around the bulb time to dry out, which matters a lot for both pulling them easily and preventing them from trapping excess moisture. - Wait for a dry day if you can. Onions have shallow roots, so on dry soil you can just grab the bulb and gently pull straight up. Wet soil makes them harder to pull, and extra soil can stick to the bulb, which traps moisture you don't want. A couple things to keep in mind: - Pull from the bulb, not the stem. Yanking on the stem can snap it. - Once it's out, gently brush off the dirt with your hand. - Don't peel off any of the outer papery layers yet. Those are doing a job (protecting the bulb), and you'll want them for curing. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 If you're planning to store your onions rather than eat them right away, they need to cure first. Lay them out in a single layer somewhere shaded with good airflow, out of direct sun. A covered patio, garage, or shop all work fine.

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What're all these? 1. Little white bugs. They look more white than the picture shows. 2. Red eggs in perfect formation mostly under the leaves but some are on top. 3. Tons of these guys mating. 4. My plant went through the fence when I was on vacation so I could not redirect it. I will put a platform under that pumpkin growing so it won't break the plant. 5. Soooo many male flowers. Only 1 female flower. Finally. Lots of bees doing their job. 6. I also went out there with a q-tip.

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