Showing posts with label Harvest Monday 09/19/11. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Harvest Monday 09/19/11. Show all posts

Monday, September 19, 2011

Harvest Monday Sept. 19, 11

This week we were on vacation, so most of our harvest came at the end of the week. On Friday and Saturday we harvested one cantaloupe, a few jalapenos, just enough tomatillos for one more batch of Salsa Verde (viva la Mexican food!), a couple more butternut squashes, several spaghetti squashes, pumpkin squashes and a few green tomatoes. There they are ripening in the window in the picture below.

Our plan is to follow Robin's recipe at "The Gardener of Eden" for Pickled Green Tomatos. If "the Italian" likes them, then the recipe must be good! I'm sure about this because he liked our barbequed chicken, and that's enough for me. Truth be told he saved our barbequed chicken from burning, while I was showing Robin the garden! Did you read Robin's post a couple days ago at "The Gardener of Eden"?  She and "The Italian" came for lunch on Saturday. Good times! Belle made a special romaine salad with feta cheese, kalamata olives and tomatoes from the garden. We ate watermelon and had delicious wine. We didn't take any picks of the salad, or of dinner; we were having to much fun just being with them. It was a really great time with really great people. We're so glad they came!




We also accidentally harvested two spindly looking sweet potatoes. We'll try not to harvest the full crop until late October or November, weather permitting...



Be sure to drop by Daphne's Dandelions for Harvest Monday, and see what other gardeners all over the world have harvested this week.

Harvest totals:
 cantaloupe 2 lb 13 oz
jalapenos 8 oz
butternut squash 2 lb 11 oz
spaghetti squash 7 lb 9 oz
pumpkin squash 3 lb 12 oz
sweet potatoes 6 oz
tomatillos 4 lb
tomatoes 1 lb 4 oz
romaine 1 lb 8 oz               

Weekly Total 24 lb 4 oz