Hey - first one in! Not a lot going on in the garden. Still have brussel sprouts we are waiting on, some peppers, swiss chard, squash and the Chinese long beans. Also letting some red and white romaine go to seed. Our wild garlic is blooming around our birdbath which always attracts a lot of honey bees. Too bad it’s so late in the season. I’ll take a pic.
My squash, melons, and cucumbers are ripening slowly this year. My flour corn is growing well, but a lot of the ears have poor husk coverage. That’s an ongoing problem with this variety. I’ve been selecting against that trait, but this year I need ever ear I can get, so I’ve ordered some weatherproof pollination bags to slip over the ears and protect them where the husks failed. No idea if this will work, but its worth a shot.
Its almost time to start harvesting the meat chickens. I figure I’ll harvest 2 a week, since we don’t have a lot of freezer space. I’m saving 3 for replacement laying hens, and cycling out 2 of my older hens. That makes 13 for the freezer.
I got a little fountain for half price at the big lot store! It has a circulating water pump so it doesn’t need to be hooked up to water.
I can hear it gurgling right now through the window...so peaceful!
Garden stuff is cheap right now, as they need room for CHRISTMAS STUFF. LOL.
Most of my garlic is dug and curing.
Some still in the ground needs to ripen a bit more before I can dig it out.
I’ve been canning tomato sauce and have 11 quarts so far and am looking at probably another half dozen this weekend.
Harvest time continues, with over a hundred tomatoes picked so so far, of which the SuperSweet 100’s
(cherry) are the best tasting. Thanks and glory be to God.
At Ornamental Gardens two weeks ago.I just found the craziest zucchini recipe I think I’ve ever seen: https://commonsensehome.com/zucchini-gummy-candy/
I’m not able to try it right now, maybe next year. But if anyone else wants to try it, please let me know how it is!
We’ve been enjoying unseasonably mild weather here in Central Missouri.
Mrs. Augie’s cucumbers are pretty much finished. The tomato plants are finally starting to come out of the funk they’ve been in all summer long and are producing nicely.
I still need to find the garlic that’s buried somewhere in a weed patch. I’ll get to it eventually.