A couple of the zucchinis and some of the green beans got out of control (ie bigger than I would like), and the apples were windfall. I thought about picking apples just before we left, but it seemed to me at the time that they needed a few more days. I was right. They’re now ripe and dropping. 
I’m outta time today, but plan on harvesting more of those tomorrow. These are our earliest ripening apples.
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amazed by the continued blueberry harvest!!!
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Lol. This was the Grand Finale. We thought we were done for the year before we left – even took a massive bowl of them with us to gnosh on while on the road. I had assumed when we got back, what hadn’t dropped on the ground would be seedy and mealy, at best. Not so! We came back to find all six bushes loaded with sweet, sweet berries with good texture. We picked every darn last one. I thought of you at the U-Pick, thinking this is how it must be. Early in the season we’re very circumspect about picking – each berry is inspected to make sure they’re fully ripe before picking. It’s slow going. Today, everything was ripe! It was a real berry grab. Now our bushes are naked, and we have a whole ‘nother basket-full to figure out what to do with. My freezer is stuffed to the gills, so that’s not an option. I made blueberry liqueur last year, which is a terrific way to preserve berries. I found the liqueur too sweet for my taste, however (although the boozy berries as a by-product were awesome!). I’ve already made jam and shrub, and baked most things under the sun. Two batches of blueberry ice cream. Four pies. We’ll have a berry sauce with dinner tonight and berry smoothies for breakfast. I imagine we’ll figure a way to eat these before the week is out. 
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First batch of dragonfruit
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That’s beautiful- purple or white inside?
White.
We have the Vietnamese Jaina variety in our front yard, and a American Beauty (pink flesh) in our backyard.
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I want to grab a double handful and gobble them up
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They’re sweet!
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More than anything, we cook our zucchini grated in eggs and baked goods. Today was grating day – processing a batch for the freezer. The three biggest along with two other (even bigger but not shown) zucchinis ended up out on the sidewalk in a “FREE” box. They were gone in half an hour! Of what was left, I got six cups of grated and very well wrung zucchini for the freezer (put up in 1-cup packages).
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how’s it taste?
Some cobs were a little post mature / starchy, because I didn’t realize they were ripe! Last summer, I picked them too early.
I hope I’ll pick the next cobs before they get this mature. Some cobs were fairly sweet.
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More dragon fruit on the way.
Looks like we’re going to be harvesting these suckers all the way through Halloween.
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I just bought some frozen dragon fruit and it is delicious! Lucky you that you can grow it!
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Ta da!
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Even if that doesn’t fully develop, I have to say that is a dramatic looking budding fruit! Very cool looking and now makes sense when you see the soft scaly look of the dragon fruit.
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