Sept. 22-28, 2025

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• Monday, 9/22: Trimming Trails and Freezing Produce
  • I sharpened the steel blade for the Stihl trimmer, then whacked down tall grass and weeds on the trails to the killing cone and to the compost bins. Then I clipped down tall grass around the compost bins. I discovered a large branch that fell out of the pecan tree nearest to the house. The walnut tree next to our killing cone grew a branch that now nearly covers the cone. I'll have to cut it away.
  • I pulled out giant and yellow foxtail that grew inside the compost bins. One clump sunk its roots into about a quarter of the top of the compost. It took a lot of time beating the roots against the sides of the compost bin to get all of the compost to dislodge from the root mass.
  • I mowed the trails from the house to the compost bins and to the machine shed.
  • Mary picked more tomatoes, hot peppers, sweet peppers, and strawberries. She froze all but the strawberries. We now have five gallons of tomatoes in the freezer, which is enough for one batch of salsa. We also have three quarts of hot peppers, enough for three salsa batches. Twenty packages of green peppers went into the freezer today, with a total 49 green pepper packages in the freezer from this year.
  • A walking stick showed up on our screen door (see photo, below).
  • I picked and we ate the two Calville apples for dessert during our midday meal of venison on potatoes. Calville is by far the best tasting apple that we raise.
  • Our chicks, that are now fully grown, are 15 weeks old, today. 

A walking stick insect on our screen door.

Calville...ugly apples, but the best taste.