BUSY AND BLESSED
Has it really been almost 4 weeks since the last update....
Wow, It's been a busy 3 almost 4 weeks since the last garden update. I had intended to try to do these about once a week but as you can see that did not happen. The garden has been producing like crazy and without a massive post that would take 10 minutes to download I can’t show all of the pictures.
Cucumbers out the wahzoo...
The Squash has slowed down over the last couple of weeks, but the cucumbers kicked it in high gear for a while to more than make up for it. We had to start a new rule 2 cucumbers with every meal, luckily everyone in the house likes cucumbers. I also tried an experiment with a salt cucumber recipe that 
Looks like a lot of chili and salsa this winter....
The next rush to preserve looks like it is going to be tomatoes. We started prepping yesterday to can some diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, chili starter and my favorite, Salsa. For us, with the peppers still coming in strong, the chili starter and salsa are just a natural result. It is awesome in the winter when you can just brown some ground beef, pour a jar of starter in, add some beans, and have home-made chili in less than a half hour ready to eat.
The corn and okra are coming in nicely even if they are short....
Then we also have a lot of okra coming in, which we generally batter and fry. My wife is really the only one who like the typical okra and tomatoes that many people make. I always tell her, we are in the south, you are supposed to fry everything. The okra is also getting to the point where we are going to start freezing it and storing it up for winter.
We also planted several rows of corn which has started coming in. I was a bit worried about the corn, I think we may have a seed problem. 95% of the corn only grew to about 4 feet tall and the ears started making on the plants about a foot off the ground. I’ve been teasing my daughter-in-law that it was her fault. She’s only about 5’2” and she helped in the garden this year, so all the corn felt sorry for her and wanted her to be able to reach it.
Beautiful isn't it...
Blessed with abundance.
I also received a papa-pepper type blessing, in taking care of my parents garden while they are in Texas visiting family. Of course that means a lot more work and a lot more veggies to find something to do with. My kitchen looks like a cross between a war-zone and a fruit stand at the moment, along with both refrigerators being full. I think it is going to be a canning/freezing marathon for several days.
I guess that’s enough of an update, for now, my lunch break is pretty much over.
Now back to work.
Here's proof of....
A Corny Ending To An Overdue Post....
I know it was corny, but I just couldn't resist the puntastic ending.
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