[CH] End of the season

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We hit 31 F and scattered snow is predicted for next day.  12,000
wall-o-waters is a bit pricey, as is 3 miles of extension cord and 2,000
heat lamps, so I'm done harvesting for the season.  

Not that many are probably interested, but this years crop (despite
reports from the open fields) was pretty much a disaster.  Everything
was SLOW to ripen (lack of water?) despite good temps and lots of
sunshine.  We'd been dry for so long that when we finally did get rain
these last couple of weeks, everything swelled and broke.  Despite
doubling the number of Habs from last year, harvest was down 50%.  I've
canned 3,000 lbs of habs (600 gallons) with about that much more of all
other varieties frozen.  Not very much....

Everything is relative isn't it?  :-)

-Jim C
MWPH

Time to make bread again :-)

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