Walking in the mornings lately. One of my longer routes takes me down near the point where I can view the beach, bay, and distant mountains of Acadia. Today I was struck by the patterns in the wet seaweed.
Seaweed patterns
Author: Catherine
Hazelnuts
Hazelnuts are so fanciful with their ruffled husks. We let this small harvest dry inside on the floor for a few days after picking them to keep them away from the squirrels. The nuts easily popped out of the husks after drying.
Next steps are to crack the shell, extract the meat and roast them. That can wait while other harvesting is attended to.
Autumn joy
The color of this clump of Autumn Joy Sedum is just lovely. My friend said this image would make a nice image for rug hooking.
I like a messy garden and this bed has filled out beautifully. Sage, some type of artemisia and goldenrod, as well as a granite boulder, companion the sedum.
It’s not native and I don’t see pollinators on it so that’s a negative, sadly.
Apple
From our baby tree orchard, a pretty nice sized apple. It’s a little tough and not very sweet, but it doesn’t have bugs or other issues. Happy with it!
Storm Watch – Ida
The remnants of Hurricane Ida have reached Maine.
Forty
I have forty types of fruit and vegetables to harvest. More if you count hazelnuts and what’s growing at the community garden. And I didn’t count fall greens (escarole, radicchio, lettuce,…). No wonder I feel a little frazzled on this 1st of September.
I decided to take some pictures of the bounty.
Jacob’s Cattle bean harvest
I noticed some of these pods were starting to rot in places. So I harvested a lot of them. Left some on the vine that looked green and still relatively whole. There’s been more rain than usual and it’s not working to let bean pods dry on the plant.
I left the pods out to dry for a few days, and then shelled the beans. Their color is very attractive, a beige with a lovely maroon mottling around the center. The newly shelled beans feel a bit damp, so I’m leaving the beans in the tray to dry thoroughly. I once had a bowl of green beans shelled for seed saving develop a killing crop of mold and I had to compost them. Lesson learned.
I couldn’t help thinking that this was a lot of work for a quantity of dried beans I could just casually pick up for a few dollars in the store. This is going to be one special bean dish when I get around to cooking it.
Basil and peppers
These are the crops growing the raised beds in the hoophouse area, which has been uncovered this summer to benefit from the natural sunshine and rain.
Applesauce
I got a lot of apple drops from Jerry, so I made a large pot of applesauce. With skins on.
Camp – rug
Jerry secured this beautiful rug for camp. I think it will really work well with the pale green walls and the general ambience. We’re not ready for a rug yet, so it will be stored in the loft temporarily. I will pick up some of the colors for furnishings, especially the maroon and delft blue tones.
