Today's harvest. This is all I could manage to carry from the garden this evening. I was soaked from being there for about an hour. I'm sure that I lost a pound or two there. My hair was dripping by the time I reached the back door. I literally fall in. I tried to pull a few weeds, add water to the compost bins and harvest these veggies. I felt like I had gone a few rounds at the gym. The humidity is incredible in these parts in August.
There's more jalapenos, banana peppers, green peppers, and onions to be picked. I'll head out early in the morning to collect those. I'm quite pleased with my tomato harvest. I have a combination of Celebrity, Better Boy, Big Beef, Roma and Amish Paste. I'll be more adventurous with my tomatoes next year. The little green fellow was accidentally plucked, lol. I didn't weigh my harvest, but I can hardly lift the bowl. I'll be canning these along with peaches and Salsa this week-end. I plan to blanch and freeze fresh corn and green beans as well. My daughter loves pickled cauliflower, banana peppers and carrots. I'll make up a few jars for her to take home during her Labor Day visit.
My Sweet 100 is loaded. Oh what to do with those? Do you see my Chili Pepper? It's my first of the season. I am pleased with my red onions. I didn't plant many, but those that I did plant look great. I'll be adding most to the Salsa and saving a few for burgers this week-end.
It's going to be a busy week-end for me. I need to plant my peas and carrots. I'll be making baby food with those. I'm a little behind on that endeavor. What have you harvested this week? Leave me a comment and I'll visit.
Had a good day in the garden. The tomatoes are finally starting to ripen. Looks like more Zucchini Bread on the horizon. I don't like my zucchini to get as large as the one in the picture. I obviously missed it in the garden and it grow larger than I like. I have tons of peppers that I need to get to this evening. My pole beans are progressing, but they're a little behind. I had to plant them 4 times because the groundhogs ate them down to the ground. Hopefully they will take off and produce a few beans for canning.
I'll make a squash and zucchini casserole for dinner this evening and Blanche and freeze the remainder for baby food for new grand baby who's on the way. We'll slice the tomatoes for lunch or dinner this week. Need to get my canner ready, lol. They're coming faster than we can eat them.
What did you harvest this week? Leave me a comment and I'll come over and check it out.
Whipped up a few loaves of Zucchini Bread last night. My first batch for the season, but surely won't be my last. I'll be lucky if it lasts through the remainder of the day, lol.
Today's harvest. The cukes and zucchini are producing like crazy. I plucked my first Roma tomatoes of the season. I have lots of fruit on the vine, looking forward to making spaghetti sauce for the winter. I'm sorry I didn't put in 2 plants additional plants. I won't be giving away Roma tomatoes this season that's for sure. The Sweet 100 is loaded with tomatoes and has reached at least 8 feet. I can't manage to make it out of the garden to take pictures of what I harvest. They're so good, I just toss them in my mouth as soon as I pick them off the vine.
I actually harvested 3 zucchini, 2 were used for the Zucchini Bread. I'll be frying the eggplant, squash and the other zucchini for tomorrow's lunch. Yum!
