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This year the peas were late, and the yield was small compared to 2024 when we had plenty of peas for the holidays….
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We have a few pepper trees outside that survived in amongst the peas. Thankfully they are starting to bear…These are seasoning peppers..
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This is the first surviving fruit from the trees we planted just 3 years ago. Birds claimed the actual fist Soursop. Regardless, it is good to see fruit in such a young tree….
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Although we have several varieties of banana, we have no plantain. Until now that is !! A local farmer gave me 2 suckers, which went straight into the ground given all of the rain…
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The good news is that this year the peppers are doing much better than they did last year. In particular, the bell peppers seem to be holding their own and growing well. The tomatoes, however, are not doing as well in terms of the volume produced, but we are getting some nice tasty smaller tomatoes and some cherry tomatoes as well. The experimentation continues…
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We have a few typical cabbages from the garden today along with a solitary tomato. Since we are 100% organic and use no chemicals or pesticides, we lose a fair amount of crops to natural pests, and even the successful crops, like these cabbages and tomato, do not look like what you see in the supermarket….However, they taste great !!
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After a fantastic crop of cucumbers, some bugs descended upon the plants and devastated them in short order. They attack the leaves, not the fruit, but they are voracious eaters and reproducers. We were away when they first arrived , so bad timing…. They look like a variation of Cantao ocellatus, but not positive. Sent a picture off to the Agriculture folks
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For some reason, we can never quite time the Okra correctly. In this case some travel caused us to Harvest a bit late, and the result is good looking but tough Okra. Oh well, better luck next cycle.
