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Another pic heavy post about my garden. I love tracking its progress. I’ve learned lots this year and hope to remember everything needed for next year. I feel like its almost nearing the end and its just the beginning of August but there’s been a plethora of zucchini, squash, pumpkins and tomatoes so far and I fear that once those are done, gone will be my garden.
And now, time for the pics 🙂
Budding butternut squash
Butternut squash
Cucumber
San Marzano tomatoes
Beefsteak tomatoes
Roma tomatoes
Beefsteaks again
More beefsteaks
Soon to be eaten beefsteaks 😉
Bell peppers
Jalapenos
(I swear these are more spicy then the kind you buy at the grocery store)
Know what these are?
Eggplants!!
Beautiful eggplants
Budding eggplant
Almost ready to be picked eggplants.
Oddly enough, I bought Chinese eggplant seedlings and these are starting to look like Italian eggplants. No worries though, our home is filled with equal opportunity eggplant enthusiasts. 😀
This is the former lettuce bed. There were 8 plants to start. I cut one to see if it would grow back on its own but the stump just died. The other 7 I left to see what would happen but the taller they get, they seem to ‘milk’ when you harvest the leaves. And they’re staring to flower. Definitely done for the season. Not bad for a 3 – 4 month run right?
The group shot – herbs, jalapenos, peppers & leaf lettuce area.
Psst, that’s purple basil down in front that’s trying to steal the show.
The slowly dying Italian oregano (which I have yet to figure out how to use!) and basil in the left planter and my flowering cilantro on the right. Cilantro doesn’t seem to be in my cards this year 😦
Lastly…after some googling, I have deemed this to be purple basil.
Its beautiful to look at but I guess I should taste it and perhaps start using it?
Its almost that time where the garden is about to overrun my life with a huge bounty. We’ve been swimming in zucchini’s for a short while now and I think the tomatoes are starting to get jealous, thus them trying get their fair share of attention.
Zucchini & summer squash along with a pumpkin & butternut squash. There’s plenty more not shown.
Mmm….shredded zucchini – imagine the baked treats to come!
Zucchini & summer squash – shredded, cubed & sliced ready to be frozen.
Look at these lil beauties!
This homemade saucy goodness brought to you by approx 4-6 large mixing bowls worth of organic, homegrown tomatoes. Mix of beefeaters, san marzano & plum tomatoes.
Homemade basil tomato sauce all ready for the freezer, to be enjoyed a cold snowy day yet to come.
Funny story, when I let dad have a taste….I warned him that it wouldn’t taste anything like his usual jar of Ragu. This was made from home grown, organic tomatoes only. No sugar, excess salt and preservatives. His comments after a few spoonfuls “Very light taste. Tastes like tomatoes.” To me, that was a compliment!
