Harvest Time

When you walk into our kitchen the air is rich with pawpaw. The harvest seems to have started early; small fruit on the margins are dropping and you can see evidence of deer. Now working on improvements in processing the pulp.

A very windy day brought down a few of the pears and we'll try to ripen these up in the fridge.

Looking forward to a grape harvest possibly Saturday. The white, mostly Chardonel, is at 22.2 Brix, pH 2.78. The red, mostly Frontenac, is 25 Brix, TA 13.2, and pH 3.05. Some are starting to raisin on the top where exposed to sun all day. The forecast is for rain and clouds for the next several days so hopefully we won't lose too many more during the work week. Jake comes home for the weekend, so it will be a family affair.