It is November 24th in the Northern Hemisphere and I have strawberry blossoms and…….. A few berries forming. If I was in New Zealand about now I wouldn’t find it so interesting. Side note; did anyone watch the All Blacks dismantle the U.S. Eagles by a score of 74-6. Honestly, the play of the All Blacks was a thing of beauty!

Back to the garden – strawberries! If this is a harbinger of things to come – a bumper crop in very early spring.
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Blossoms and;

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A berry in the making! Hopefully many more!

My dwarf Meyer Lemon tree is loaded! Maybe I should have thinned it a little more. My plans, Limoncello and Lemon Curd. Better alternatives for when life gives you lemons. Making lemonade is a bit too tame for my likes!

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The rest of the garden is working away. Carrots are up and seeds for a second planting scattered a couple of days ago- I like scattering as opposed to neat little rows. It fits nicely with my nonlinear way of thinking! Beets are showing but I was late getting the seeds in the ground! Dang it! Sugar snap peas are still creeping and climbing.

The asparagus ferns are starting to die back and I can get that bed ready for spring harvest. I have a lead on some very well aged horse manure that will grace the top of the beds.

The bee hive has regained strength and every warm day they are out gathering. I am feeding sugar water but their appetite has slowed. A quart now lasts a couple of days vs. less than a day at the end of summer.

TTFN
Bishop