So What Did You Pick from Your Garden Today? (worm, weeds, fruits)
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We got a cabbage bigger than my head from our neighbor's garden, and baking taters the size of footballs! We may not be able to grow everything we want easily in the Interior, but some things really are bigger in Alaska! Normally something as big as these would be flavorless and pithy, but these are absolutely scrumptious. They still had a few broccoli side shoots left and a cauliflower or two, so we cut those for them since we're getting heavy frosts already and they're out of town.
I garden with a few friends. This week we picked enough tomatoes, peppers, and onion to make 40 jars of Salsa. We finished making sweet relish and dill relish that will last all year. We canned 14 jars of dilly beans. I have a ton of onions, corn, and tomatoes that need to be processed this week too.
We got a cabbage bigger than my head from our neighbor's garden, and baking taters the size of footballs! We may not be able to grow everything we want easily in the Interior, but some things really are bigger in Alaska! Normally something as big as these would be flavorless and pithy, but these are absolutely scrumptious. They still had a few broccoli side shoots left and a cauliflower or two, so we cut those for them since we're getting heavy frosts already and they're out of town.
Picked enough jalapenos for 4 quarts of sliced peppers, pulled up the tomatoes.
Harvested enough basil to make almost a quart of pesto, ate some, froze some. Going to let the basil bolt now, to get the seed for fall crop.
Impatiently waiting for the weather to level off into the 80s, so I can plant arugula, various lettuces, spinach, beets, and whatever else I can think of.
Hehehe - of course we asked, we're veggie-sitting for them while they're out of town When we told them how huge the cabbage and taters were they practically begged us to take some LOL I didn't greed on the broc or cauli though, those were normal sized and they didn't have a bumper crop this year so I just harvested them and put them in the fridge for them... if they don't get home in the next couple days, I'll run over and blanch them for freezing.
I'm not sure whether their acorn squash and pumpkins are going to ripen in time, but I went ahead and covered them just in case it frosts.
I picked a lemon from my tree this morning so I could use the juice and zest for preparing our lunch to take to work.
And picked a lime up off the ground at the same time. I rarely pick limes as my tree just drops them when they are ready. I like them better when they're "freshly laid" by my tree, versus picking one, as the limes seem to be at the perfect ripeness. And so juicy! You cut them and you're lucky not to get squirted in the eye they're so packed with juice! My lemon tree doesn't drop its fruit and they're a lot tougher to pick.
The leftover olives on our trees are now bird food. The crows, ravens and hawks love them. They pick them perfectly clean, leaving the pits behind. Except the birds sometimes leave me something extra behind - black poop!
Picked enough jalapenos for 4 quarts of sliced peppers, pulled up the tomatoes.
Harvested enough basil to make almost a quart of pesto, ate some, froze some. Going to let the basil bolt now, to get the seed for fall crop.
Impatiently waiting for the weather to level off into the 80s, so I can plant arugula, various lettuces, spinach, beets, and whatever else I can think of.
we are about at the same stage, but I can't do the fall to winter stuff, it just gets a little too cold here..We can't stop the jalpenos either but we will pull up the tomatoes next week I think. EXcept for a few cukes, everything else is gone.
Picked some paprika peppers today. Need to get back out there and cut the parsley, its going like crazy.
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When we told them how huge the cabbage and taters were they practically begged us to take some LOL I didn't greed on the broc or cauli though, those were normal sized and they didn't have a bumper crop this year so I just harvested them and put them in the fridge for them... if they don't get home in the next couple days, I'll run over and blanch them for freezing.
