How awful about the apples! Last year I got zero peaches and pears, but this year, my peach trees third, I got many dozen, and the neighbor's pear tree was so heavy with pears branches were snapping right off. I buy the chemtrails theory even if @jacobtothe does not, but I think it more likely that your wonky weather resulted in only three.
Will you be able to have greens through the winter? This is my goal for next year. Lettuce year round, and greens to cook for more of the year. Your stored food, of course, dwarfs mine, but I do have some onions, garlic, potatoes, winter squash and cabbage stored. A full chest freezer that I didn't have last year, and a some canned stuff, although I despise canning.
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I had greens all through last winter but it is a tad colder this year. We had snow yesterday which is quite rare. I was going to try canning myself but it looked a little beyond my capabilities. Hearing you say that you despise it, I'm glad I decided against it.
I'm so jealous! I buy most of my lettuce from a local farm, but I really want to not be so dependent on them. I haven't been able to grow lettuce well. Next year, I'm going in big!
I solved one big canning problem, that of my kitchen heating up during the hottest months of the year, by getting a presto electric canner. And after twenty times, it does get less stressful. But it's still a major pain in the ass. I'm a big fan, now, of freezing food.
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