It was another hot week here in Central Missouri. Several days with real temps >100°F. Still watering trees. Getting some rain this morning. Looks promising on the radar but I’m not going to put my hoses away.
In spite of the crazy heat our cucumber plants are still producing well. Mrs. Augie put up another half a dozen quarts of fermented pickles last week, and I made 14 quarts of spicy dills. Pole beans have kicked into high gear - I’m picking every other day now. I pressure canned seven quarts yesterday.
Tomatoes are just about ready to run me crazy. We’ve been able to eat enough BLTs to keep up with production so far, but I think that’s about to end. Yellow squash is done. The plants were still in good shape, but you can only eat so much of the stuff and we’ve had enough for now, so I yanked em. Zukes aren’t producing due to the crazy heat, but I’m going to see if they’ll snap out of their funk when the weather cools a bit.
For the most part, my pepper plants look great, but they’ve been a bit late to bloom this time. That’s starting, so I’m hoping they kick it up a notch real soon now because I’ll be wanting them when I start making salsa.
Okra looks like it’s about to start blooming. It’s been a few years since I pickled any okra, and we’ve been out for awhile, so I’m hoping for a good crop this time.
Winter squash has been mostly harvested. Wheelbarrow is half full. There are maybe half a dozen each of spaghetti and butternut that weren’t quite ready to pick over the weekend, but they won’t take much longer.
Liquid on top of the sauerkraut is staying nice and clear, so it looks like I’m well on the way to having a nice batch of that stuff.
Everything sounds great!
Since we’re having a cooler day, I’m going to make Bread & Butter Pickles and some Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins, today.
I promised both to the neighbor boys who are taking care of hauling my trash the two miles to the ‘curb’ with Beau up at Bear Training Camp this week. ;)