What a beautiful day it was here in New Hampshire! The sun shone brightly and it was right around 80 degrees with a slight breeze. Perfect! While I cooked, and tended to Anneliese, Hubby worked on the fruit trees. They are amazing. Of course his constant companion during his trips around the yard is Fritz.
The fruit is growing so quickly now and ripening too. Hubby called me out to look at the pears, which have come on so strongly this year. I love pears and hope we will be able to can some for enjoyment during the winter.
As you can see the pears really are getting big! That is so exciting. In years past we have had some pears, but they were not very big or very good. This year, I am hoping that we will strike gold with them!
We also have plums coming along too. Several different varieties. Castleton Plums have already been picked, The Stanley Plums will be ready soon and the Mount Royal Plums, pictured here, will also be ready soon.
We’ve actually found a couple of them that were fully ripe and boy, were they tasty! When the Stanley Plums are ready I will make some jam. I simply love Plum Jam and the Stanley Plum seems to be a nice plum for that.
Yes, August in New Hampshire is a wonderful month. The garden is still growing vegetables, the fruit trees are producing and I’m busy in my kitchen!
That fruit looks great!!! Ron is wondering what kind of grapes we should plant here and when is the best time to get them going! He thought spring. He will build a thing for them to grow on too. Love YOU, Mel
Looks like the garden Eden to me! You are very lucky to have such a treasure at your doorstep!
I’m so sorry to hear about Anneliese’s baby, I finally had a few minutes to check in today and got quite a shock. Give her a gentle snuggle from me, and a big hug for you too.
xox
Fritz is such a handsome boy:-) I love him!
Have a good week, the weather is nice in Berlin too!
Love,
Sybille