Garden produce is now beginning to take over the kitchen table and it looks like more is to come! Every day involves watering, picking what’s ready and processing when the pile gets big enough! I’ve added a fourth activity…giving away what I can’t use to any neighbor that walks by! (smile)
Now that I’ve tried out quite a few recipes with shredded zucchini, I think the rest will be shredded or cut into cubes and frozen or dehydrated. They will be great additions to soup and baked goods all winter! Very soon, the large tomatoes will be cooked and canned into something I can use all winter. I should not have to buy cans of diced/cooked tomatoes for many months!
Here’s what the garden looks like today!
The latest planting of radishes is popping up. The lettuce is ready to harvest.
We’ve been using onions and soon will dig them all up (or dump them out)!
More “Raindrop” tomatoes are ripening every day! They are tasty!
The pumpkins are turning orange!
The lavender is still attracting bees, but it is sure having trouble standing up!
The Bodacious tomatoes are ripening first, while the SuperSauce are finally starting to turn color.
Bodacious
SuperSauce
The carrots are hanging in there!
The green and yellow beans are DONE and gone! Looks like the zucchini plants will spread out into the space.
The zucchini is producing at least 3-4 a day!
And of course, the Echinacea is nuts! The bees love them!
So that’s what is happening in our back yard (and kitchen). Enjoy! For questions or comments, please email me directly at maryjkisner@gmail.com.