I finally got a Starlink satellite dish...
starlink_dish

It's not the greatest internet connection, but the download/upload speeds are WAY better than the cell phone we were using the last two years. Updates should be a little more often, now.

How about a tour of the gardens? Top of my list this month are the apple trees...
apple_tree_1

I have apples on the three older trees, though the middle one only seems to have done one half...
apple_tree_2

Last spring, after they had flowered, I went through and clipped off baby apples to leave one of each bunch. The apples are nice and large because of that...
apples

I picked a bucket-full today...
apples_in_bucket

That's more than half a bushel. I prob'ly have as many still on the trees. I wrapped most of them in newspaper and put them in the root cellar for storage...
apples_in_crate

Last year, I was still eating my apples well into the end of winter. Of course, I had to test them out for breakfast. Normally, it's pancakes, but today it was frozen waffles...
appled_waffles

The asparagus was great this year. It's gone to seed now...
asparagus_berries

It was a hot summer here, so the tomatoes did much better than last year...
tomatoes_in_garden.jpg

We have even more rippening on the deck...
tomatoes_on_deck

The peppers did just as well. They've been able to rippen and turn colors, too...
peppers_in_buckets

There are squashes all over the place...
squash_butternut

squash_spaghetti

The beans and peas were OK. The carrots are doing well...
carrots

There were also radishes and beets in that patch.