It started off as a sublime weekend, the net on the cherry tree held up and we had tons of ripe sweet cherries ready for picking. We gave some to friends and still managed 20 cups of pitted cherries.
We froze most but made some divine balsamic cherry preserves with four cups of them from this site. So many more recipes to try out!
The garlic was also ready for harvesting, some of the cloves were beyond big.
And even three onions that had started as seeds snuck in the bed were ready for plucking.
But the gophers also realized it was prime harvesting time. Last week I had noticed that one tomato plant had just up and gone. This week, three more! After doing a little internet research, I realized they're the culprit. Who would want to eat an entire tomato plant, bleh.
A gardener told me to pour fish emulsion around the plants, they'll hate it. It was like a vinagrette for the tomatoes. They went after those first the next morning. One of the highlights of the garden was going to be harvesting loads of heirloom tomatoes. Not to be had likely. I'm on the hunt to get rid of them but have resigned myself that it's probably too late for the tomatoes, sigh.
Wish I could offer some advice for those dang gophers...what a pain!
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Oh man, those cherries look so delicious! I'm happy to hear you made and loved my balsamic cherry preserves. It's definitely my favorite preserving project each year.
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