Costco Shortages/ Prepping Deals!
We're still in the 100s/upper 90's and the heat dome will be moving on soon. It's been a cooker! I am very grateful that we have air conditioning and well air-conditioned workplaces. I feel sorry for some of my co-workers who don't have central air. I grew up in Southern California, never had air conditioning though and we survived. Just keeping everything well-watered has been a daily project. We have mulched even more this summer. The chickens are doing well but are not laying as much as usual. They just get over heated, nature's response. We're making sure they have plenty of water, cool treats, they have already lots of shade, and keep wetting things down. Was 55 this week which was a nice change and days getting shorter! I made a nice summer dinner this weekend, spicy fried chicken (great cold!), potato salad, fresh homegrown organic tomatoes and green onions. Yum!
We went to Costco recently and they were out of their famous apple pies. NO APPLE PIES! Staff told us they were out of apples. Dave mentioned that this last spring a huge apple storage facility in Washington state was hit with ants. They lost their entire facility. Good reminder to not assume anything nowadays with perfect storm of supply issues. The good news is they had bags of unbleached bread flour $9 for 25 lbs. Since I've started making homemade bread regularly, I bought one bag and then went back and bought two more. It's Turkey Brand from Lehi Mills in Utah-
25 Lbs for $8.99!
I also bought more local honey, a bottle of vanilla, raisins, not only for winter baking but just food in general. Our summer garden has finally kicked in!
The "before" picture-
After-
Cukes, kale and collard green
Tomatoes
Peppers and tomatoes
Strawberries still alive!
A pot of color on the deck
As far as harvesting we're getting a regular supply of blackberries, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, Kale and Collard greens. We also harvested all of our peaches! I canned about 12 quarts, froze about five and we have more in the kitchen that are ripening. Most of those I will probably bake with soon or eat fresh. If that's too many I will freeze the rest. I love the Red Haven variety, amazing color and flavor-
Liquid sunshine!
Ready for winter
Rack ready for canned pears soon!
Ripening in the kitchen, or squirrels will eat!
Nice pears soon and lots of them!
From Farmersalmanac.com
2023 Winter Forecast?
Interesting forecast! Any signs of Autumn in your next of the woods???
Yum on your supper looks delicious. My chickens are barely laying as well in fact they have started molting. Wow lots of peaches they look fabulous and you have been hard at work. We're still getting tomatoes and cucumbers out of our garden. I love your chicken coop so cute.
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