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| Mercury cukes and Borghese tomato |
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After a rainy, cold June... the hot, dry September produced some bountiful harvests. My tomatoes are slow to ripen because I had to restart seeds after losing 2 trays of seedlings to damping off. The outside tomato plants are struggling and probably won't produce much... but in the greenhouse some are starting to ripen and they are beauties! Also the Mercury cucumbers in the greenhouse are going to be hard to live without in the coming weeks of cooler weather.
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Sally's Outdoor Salsa 1lb. 13oz.
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Last week I picked the first and largest of my 'Sally's Outdoor Salsa' tomatoes, weighing in at 1 lb. 13oz. Not a record breaker compared to last years ginormous specimen that tipped the scale at my record of 2 lb. 5 3/4oz. I couldn't wait to slice into this beauty, the photo below, a single 'slice' dwarfs a Portofino Brioche Hamburger bun cut in half! For sure I saved seeds from this one! I had too many cabbages to use and left two of the early Taiwan Cabbage
out in the garden. When the rain started I didn't want them to split so I
picked them.
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A slice compared to open hamburger bun
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Of course the slugs and earwigs had a good time with them in the garden that long.
Also under each, about 4-6 little cabbages had started to grow at the
base. They looked like big Brussels Sprouts!
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Taiwan Cabbage
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This past week we had the first big wind and rain storms come through our area. There is still so much to get done with garden clean up. Next week we are predicted to have sun and more sun with temperatures up to 8 degrees C. above normal. What a crazy year in many ways!! |
September Seascape Strawberries
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The strawberries are still producing... this plate of berries were picked on September 19th, and today I ate a few while working. With the warm, sunny days next week, I expect to pick another small bowl of beauties!
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| 2 lb. Earlichamp melon |
Today in the greenhouse, the last 'Earlichamp' melon released from the vine... a beauty at 2 pounds! The sweet aroma is incredible. If you noticed, I'm struggling a bit with the new Blogger format. I will eventually figure it out but there are a few glitches in this post, sorry, this could be a steep learning curve for me!!
Until next time ... Bon Appétit and Happy Gardening!
Photos by Sally Rae
The breadth of what you grow is incredible. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThank you JP! I love growing a variety and as much of my own food as I can!
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