Beautiful! The tip about using a board when germinating carrots really works - I’ve done it myself. Good timing on the tomatoes - long production time frame, even with the heat! :)
Mom & her BFF came over today and raided the garden. They went home with an equivalent of three 5 gallon buckets of tomatoes* (we put them in flat cardboard boxes for easier transport), flower bouquets (they’re dropping one off for my sister on their way back home) and Kale, peppers, Haralson apples and sweet corn. Beau had a good crop of sweet corn this season. He planted it, I watered it twice but otherwise ignored it, LOL!
Popcorn still has many weeks to go until it’s dry enough to pick.
We grilled brats and chicken and had homemade SALSA and chips, potato and pasta salad, baked beans and strawberry shortcake. Played many rounds of cards and watched our renters bale hay all day. It’s like watching a Ballet! They are so efficient and good at it! It hit 93 today, but it wasn’t very humid and there was a nice breeze all day. It was a perfect Labor Day. :)
*Tomatoes - There are still PLENTY for what I still need to do. I am dealing with all the Roma-types tomorrow. Oven-roasting with onions, garlic & herbs, then milling them down to use as the base for canning my homemade Tomato Soup. :) Also planning on one more double-batch of Bloody Mary Mix, Tomato Jam and then whatever is left gets canned for using in soups and stews and chili all winter. After a little break this week, I am ready to HIT IT again. :)
My brother is the nearest and lives in Arkansas. My parents are gone.
Oldest daughter is in a Group Home and we brought her home for her birthday this week end. Had steak...which I doubt they give her very often... and had Cheesecake.
I cleaned up the garden some more today.
I brought a boule of sourdough and we had bruschetta for lunch! Fancy restaurant appetizer food, but really cheap since I grew all the tomatoes and basil. Bread, a little olive oil and some capers and a bit of goat cheese. Inexpensive but makes you feel rich!
Dinner...brat burgers and vegetables. (A bratwurst patty that was flattened rather than being put in a tube. They probably ran out of casings. ) Topped it with shishito cream, drank 2 beers, and enjoyed myself.