The Garden Chronicles - Sept. 7, 2009

Two crates of fruit today from the apple and pear trees. The pears are near-perfect; the apples not even close. But we never expected apples at all since this Honeycrisp tree has not produced fruit in years. They are lumpy but juicy, and a pie is in our future.


This Savoy cabbage seems to be the one and only that produced a head in the garden. It is a lone achievement given that it was started from seed in the Biodome in March and survived the drought this summer. It made a tasty cole slaw.

We have been underwhelmed by the squash production until we noticed this 12+ inch long pair hiding under the leaves.

On Labor Day, all is well in the vegetable garden.