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Month: July 2007
July 25, 2007 – Turkeys Arrive
Ten turkeys arrived this week. We started getting them mid-summer after the first year we grew turkeys we got them in April and had 28-34 lb turkeys!
These gobblers should be 14-20 lbs by Thanksgiving.
July 24, 2007 – First Hazelnut!
We also planted a half-dozen hazelnuts years ago to see how they’d like living at out place. They have been very slow to produce – this year the first nuts have appeared.
I’m not sure if this is normal for first fruiting but 4-5 years seems a bit long – we have peach trees that have produced fruit faster than that. We may have a place for them as the shrubs below the understory in the developing shade strip down the center of the back pasture.
July 23, 2007 – Hops Progress
The hops we planted this year are making a tentative start.
The experimental hops we planted this spring are making their way up the trellis. I’ve been rather surprised that we are having a bit of a pest problem with these – as there are not many hops around to breed pests. There are tent caterpillar-like worms that we’ve been picking off the leaves.
July 22, 2007 – Dilly Beans
Finally, the finished product – 18 jars of dilly beans.
We’ve decided not to be as stingy with these as we usually are, so we are making more than usual this year. This batch is without hot peppers, the next ones will contain hot peppers. We started making these as in the past (decades now!) we didn’t have good luck growing enough cucumbers or canning pickles and keeping them crunchy. These are a nice alternative – dilled beans with plenty of garlic!