Ages 70+

Here the most common apples are Honeycrisp, Empire, Cortland, Gingergold, 20 ounce, Macintosh,Northern Spy., Jonathan. We are lucky that there are farm stands and stores close by.if we had our own trees the deer would eat everything.
I think New York State is second in apple production after Washington state.
Wanted to exercise today but after errands and chores there wasn’t much time.
Hope to get a bike ride in tomorrow.

Used my cucumbers to make refrigerator pickles today. Organized my new basement craft area a bit. Should have exercised but didn’t have it in me after yesterday’s 22.5 miles bike ride.
I live in zone 6. Amazed you can grow so much where you are!

dena789 Welcome to our little group. Well done on your weight loss....22# is amazing. My weight loss is very slow. Started at 188 lbs the last week of July and now down to 184. My ultimate goal is to get to 150 but I have a mini goal to get to 179 by the end of September. I try to stay within my calorie goal of 1200/day and have added walking outside for 30 minutes per day.

oceanmelody Wow..that is a long bike ride! Yes, living in zone 2 can bring it's challenges. We have very cold winters but warm summers. I can grow lots of different types of vegetables during the summer with no problem. The one thing that has come a long way since I started gardening (over 50 years ago) is corn. When I started, the only corn variety was normal sugar. Now they have a lot of sugar enhanced that are under 70 days and do well in our area. I have never tried the supersweet varieties as they tend to be over 70 days to maturity which I don't think will work for our shorter season.

Scale took another dip this morning so down to 183. Happy about that....slowly coming down.

Hubby finished swathing and of course it has now rained. Will probably be a good week before he can try combining. We didn't get very much rain but even just a bit can slow things down. Hopefully harvest will not be a long process.

Tomatoes are still green but I noticed that the Beefsteak ones are just starting to turn a bit. Read an article yesterday about the origin of tomatoes which was quite interesting. The author went on to say that the best tasting tomato in the world is the San Marzano which is an heirloom paste tomato. I have six of them growing in my garden for the first time and waiting for them to ripen. They appear to be greener than the Beefsteak ones so I may end up having to pick them green to ripen in the house. Depends when we get frost alerts.

Well done on the walking. My cucumbers are very slow. Have lots of blossoms but not many cucumbers at any given time. Have just been enjoying them fresh and not sure if I will have enough to make pickles.

Overcast today and hoping it won't rain. Hubby may start combining tomorrow.

Canoe ride sounds wonderful! Nice to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather.

Looks like a sunny, warm day here. Had just a bit of a shower yesterday so no combining yet. Hubby may try later tomorrow. Hopefully this harvest season isn't going to drag out.

Not much planned for the day. Will do a couple loads of laundry and then get outdoors to enjoy the weather. I noticed that our Ohio Buckeye tree has turned all red which is early but definitely a sign of fall fast approaching.

Going to be a hot couple of days with 28 C today and 31 C tomorrow. Hubby just went out to combine a sample of the wheat to see if it is dry enough to start taking off. If it gets to 31 tomorrow it will be too hot to combine....will see what happens.

Tried to sit outside this morning but the wasps are relentless. I think we must have a huge nest in the trees by the house as you can hear a lot of buzzing in the morning and then they are around the yard and in the apple trees. My fruit orchard is close to the house and at one end of our yard site. They are even annoying the dogs.

Checked my garden this morning and looks like something is eating my corn and knocking stalks over. I think it's a bear as I doubt a coyote would do that much damage. My carrots are still being left alone though so may just be a coyote.

I have many critters that want to devour my yard, but at least bears are not on that list! A minor panic in these parts at the news that coyotes have been sighted in a park.

That’s wonderful about your grandson!
My daughter’s boyfriend introduced her to hockey last year. Now she’s an avid fan and goes to many games.

Busy morning doing perogies. Did eleven dozen potato and bacon ones all tucked away in the freezer. Picked one of my San Marzano tomatoes yesterday that ripened on the vine. Was so good! Will definitely be looking for this variety next year.

I boil my perogies then freeze them. I like to fry them when I take them out to prepare for a meal. We don’t have them very often but enjoy them occasionally.

I know the scale can be frustrating. You are doing amazing with your exercising….keep up the good work. I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before you will see that darn scale dip!

Pulled out my kobo reader that I haven’t used in a couple of years. Decided to get a library card and download Libby. Have about 40+ books that I purchased on my reader and looking through Libby, there are a lot of books I’m sure I can enjoy for free. Have to go into town to our local library next week and get my card.

I do a lot of reading in the winter. Got my kobo all set up and was able to sign in with the temporary card I got online. Downloaded one book and put holds on a few new bestsellers that will be available in a few months. With a small library I know there will be a waiting period for the more popular ebooks but that’s ok. I have a few favourite authors that I haven’t read and will be looking through what is available.

Scale was better yesterday. Skipped it today. Went to a local garlic festival. Was much cooler and very windy after a rainy night!
Sad to hear of the wildfires and heat. It has been beastly in California where we have family.

Six pounds is impressive!
Tired today but managed a walk in a canal town east of here we had never explored. Within 5 minutes I ran into a former colleague who had moved to the town with her husband where they are starting a ministry and restoring a very old church. Such a small world.
Beautiful but windy day.
Trying to not start any new books because we will be traveling in a week and a half and I don’t want to pack anything large. Don’t have a reader and not crazy about reading on the phone.

Had an unexpected light frost last night. I am hoping my tomatoes are ok....time will tell. Forecast was for +5 C but at 7:30 this morning it was down to +3 C.