Rain!!

It has finally rained here. We have had an extremely dry summer. Our rain gauge (a pot sitting on the deck) was full this morning, so we have had at least 2.75 inches of rain. More predicted today. I will have to get out and pick tomatoes, watermelons and cantaloupes before they start splitting. I still have 35 pounds of tomatoes waiting to be made into salsa and I need to make another batch of butternut soup.

Reply to
The Cook
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I like to just eat butternut steamed and mashed. ;-d A little salt and butter, maybe some shredded jack cheese...

Reply to
Omelet

We must have gotten your share of rain. I have a fairly decent weather station and since June 1st this year we've had 374.4 mm of rain (that's 14-3/4 inches). We've also had one of the coolest summers in a long time. Much of our garden is a bust.

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rossr35253

"Omelet" wrote

on top of that I grind some pepper corns yum!

Reply to
Steve Young

Absolutely!

Reply to
Omelet

I prefer the soup, especially when I have several to do something with. I will freeze the soup.

Reply to
The Cook

I wish you could have shared with us. It looks like we have had about

22" so far this year. Total rainfall for the storm was 2.8" and the total for the month is 3.8" Those are the measurements from the Community College about 10 miles from here.
Reply to
The Cook

It's also good mashed with real butter, brown sugar, cinnamon and raisins. :-)~

Reply to
Marie Dodge

Yes, sweet instead of savory.

It can also be made into "pumpkin" bread and frozen, or pies for immediate consumption.

Granted, there is naught wrong with soup. We get burned out on soup pretty quickly.

Reply to
Omelet

I'm no soup eater myself. I don't find it filling or satisfying. I make it for my husband. He enjoys soup with crackers in the winter.

Reply to
Marie Dodge

You must have gotten all our rain also. We've had no more than 5" since June

1st. We had to irrigate but lost over 1/3 of the harvest to insect pests and disease.
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Marie Dodge

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