Finland News
First up garlic, I finally have successfully grown my own garlic beds folks! It has been a long time coming. Although roasting or otherwise cooking garlic is delicious and valuable, garlic is most effective when consumed raw. Garlic harvests are just about ready either you are just picking, or they are still drying. I will be making candied garlics and goot paste shortly. I also have dandelions soaking in calendula oil yet, hmmm…. better get on the salve train. Before I jump on that obsession, I must remind those of you that pick wild berries to be on the look out for Highbush Cranberries. I personally make jelly; I know others use the berry in bread or some even use the juice as natural coloring of other concoctions. I did manage to get some chokecherries too for jelly. I froze them and will make jelly a bit later in the fall. Apple trees, anyone else’s trees just loaded. Our oldest tree froze out last year but is so heavy that some branches are on the ground this year. This tree has been here my whole life and I never remember it so loaded with apples. It really is something to look at, and another thing for me to obsess over, because as we have noted I don’t have enough going on. Anyways, it would be a shame if a bear came and mangled the tree.
