About May Day my several year old computer croaked on me. $600 later I now have a sparkling new computer and a lot of downloads from the elder one. In addition I got a 15 or more year old computer working again for use in Miz Anne's art studio.
I'm still trying to get everything arranged the way I want it and had bloody hell getting newsgroups back. I did find out that I despise Windows 10 and Microsoft completely.
What have we been preserving? Our sweet peppers are producing like crazy. Have put up four or five quart bags of chopped peppers this week alone.
The pear, fig, and kumquat are coming along. The kumquat is blooming but we harvest the fruit in October/November. The four feet tall fig is covered with green figs the size of my thumb. The pear tree has at least thirty green pears on the limbs and, hopefully, we will get our first pear harvest this fall.
We're still harvesting Swiss chard that was planted in early 2015 and also the kale planted then. My black crowder peas are blooming and running so I'm happy. Haven't had black crowders since my Dad passed in
1982 and Mom tossed out the heirloom seed.Our spring garden for 2016 is working well throughout. We're still getting some cool weather (not today, hit 85F) and, we're expecting some decent rain this coming weekend and next week.
George