These are the apples we’re throwing away. Sadly, the worms found our little organic corner of the earth. Need to find out what to do about them without poisoning us or the fruit.
These are the small apples Hydra is going to attempt to eat without getting a stomach ache. Pacing is probably very important here.
Yeah, I counted them. We pulled more than 80 off the tree so that they wouldn’t break the branches as the continue their march toward ripeness.
They should arrive around October, I think.
Basil growing tip: I finally figured out last year that in spite of the little directions that come with the basil, it’s really happiest out of the kind of direct sunlight we get here in the high desert. It likes the relative safety of the shaded front porch, but it wants more moisture in the soil that is easy to maintain due to the high temperatures and almost constant breezes.
My mom told me about her trick of putting a strip of rag from a pan of water into a potted plant when she goes away for a few days. I thought I’d try this with my basil plant. Seems to be working!