Gardening Update Ate-Ate 2011

[robby]

The protective shading of the second avocado has helped, and new leaf clusters have sprouted. Most of the lavender cuttings have expired, but I still have a couple that are green, so I'm golden.

One little insight about gardening: With harvesting and preparing produce for storage, when it's time -you have to just do it. You can't get lazy or put if off, you're subject to nature's schedule, not your own.

I've picked ten eggplant so far, and there have to be forty more developing.
Ive decided to freeze eggplant, squash, and beans, can tomatoes, and freeze dry the hot peppers. Last year, I freeze-dried the squash, but I wasn't able to reconstitute them properly, and that limited how I used them.

Comments

[mallorys-camera.livejournal.com]

Didn't know you could freeze eggplant. Huh!

[robby.livejournal.com]

You peel, slice, and blanch them first, then pack them into those vacuum freezer bags for a long winter's nap. I have four plants of the long, skinny ichiban variety this year, and might be able to put away ten pounds or so.

[sammason.livejournal.com]

Don't you like the skins left on?

[robby.livejournal.com]

No, I always peel them.