Pretty good week here on the half acre. Tomatoes and cucumbers were the big stars, each pulling in a boatload of harvest. Green Peppers weren't too bad either, but the tomatoes and cukes stole the show.
Yes, you saw that correctly. I input the information into my spreradsheet in ounces and it converts to pounds at the bottom and right side for the totals. We did two pickings this past week, the last being Sunday morning. That's 26 lbs of cucumbers and 76 lbs of tomatoes. Needless to say we have been a few away and I did a canning marathon Sunday. The garden can be picked again at any time! There's more out there and I didn't finish up everything Sunday! And on top of that I came to the realization that I haven't started any starts for fall garden. :/
Use a turkey fryer stand for our canning pot outside when we water bath. Definitely helps keep the kitchen cooler.
A few pints of pickles from earlier and the bottom picture is what I accomplished Sunday; pasta sauce, salsa (salsa- mad family), and dill pickles. Notice there's more cukes.
My tomato processor I bought a few years back. Simple design and does the job!
Oh, here's what the harvest Sunday looked like.
This is the first year I've had any luck with Mortgage Lifters and they have done us good. Really surprised as I haven't done anything different from years past. Saved some seeds this past weekend from a good ripe one.
Partial pepper weigh- in and eggplants.
After canning I cruised the garden, particularly the squash plants as my wife said she saw my nemesis, the squash bug. Spent a good half hour pulling and ripping leaves of eggs. Nasty things. Haven't had any squash yet but I was a little late on them this year.
Here's the rest and yes, the tomatoes don't look the best but I have been overwhelmed with everything.
Need to do some heavy weeding.
Wife's sunflowers. Theres more coming up somewhere.
Onions are getting close now.
My Morning Glory returned at the water station this year. Waiting on blooms.
More about ready for picking.
Awful I know
Welp that's about it for me this week. If you looked through the photos above you may be able to pick out one of my added projects this year. Visit Daphne's Dandelions for all Harvest Mondays.
Wow, you are really pulling in the harvests! That is a whopper load of cucumbers and tomatoes - I had a couple of hefty tomato weeks last year and by the end of it all, I was actually a bit relieved that the end of tomato season was near. Hard to believe right now when the first ripe tomato is still a couple of weeks away and we are all itching for a taste.
ReplyDeleteThat is some harvest. And what a canning marathon. I remember doing those when I could grow tomatoes. They were really hard work but satisfying when it was done.
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