my tomatoes are really starting to go south, i didn’t get as many cucumbers as i’d hoped, and my green beans seem to have just stopped doing much of anything.
on the other hand, i have a mighty fine looking pumpkin.
here’s hoping my green tomatoes ripen up, i can get at least one more batch of pickles, and i get at least a couple more squash out of the equation here.
the veggies in my lunch tomorrow are 100% garden fresh!
i did my first pickling of the season! i don’t have enough cucumbers yet (soon to come), but i did have a couple handfuls of hot peppers that i decided to pickle. i had enough for two pints, and they’re just pickled, so will hang out in the fridge for the next couple months instead of the cupboard. theoretically, they should be crispier too.
i used a weird combination of recipes and put together the brine.
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last time i grew cucmbers, i wasn’t that impressed with the taste – the skin was bitter, so in order to have a decent tasting cuke, you had to peel it before eating. i picked one tonight from my garden and tasted it before cutting it up for my salad tomorrow. the skin is actually sweet! i was kind of hesitant to get these because they are specifically pickling cukes, but i am totally impressed with the taste!
now i’m just hoping i get a bucketload of them so i can make a crapton of pickles!
cukes are starting to come in!
also losing another tomato plant :((((
so black walnut trees – never again. i’m going to have to move my garden beds next spring and be ultra vigilant about keeping the green walnuts out of my beds.
so far i’ve had two tomato plants die on me. they were both cherry tomato plants, and my others seem to be doing well, so here’s hoping the rest of my plants are walnut hardy. (i’m really hoping i don’t jinx myself by saying this.) the tomato plants that ARE doing well have some big tomatoes on them, and my hot pepper plant is just going nutso. i’ve got to buy stock in avocados just so i can keep up with the hot peppers (and my cilantro).
another hot day tomorrow, but after that it should cool off. hot weather does my tomatoes and peppers great, my brussels sprouts not so much. cest la vie.
off to my book.
that’s a hot pepper looking pretty darn good.
my vegetable garden is going nuts despite being located under a lot of shade.
i planted some old seeds this spring, and i’m not sure teh cucumbers and squash are going to make it 🙁
just a little photo update of my garden!
