The August Garden

If anyone has been paying attention, posts have been a bit non-existent for the last couple months... actually I haven't even checked so it could be longer! Yikes! Well, this post is to show how very existent and happening the garden was and that the only reason that I haven't been blogging has been due to being extremely busy! Your about to see why...

... Lets take a look into the past... to August. Ahhh summer- do you remember that?

Its October now by the way. So if your just tucking away the last produce from your garden and/or generally getting ready for the end of the season and onset of winter, I hope all these photos will be a colorful reminder of what was and will be again.

The garden in August was booming and blooming. Harvesting suddenly went into full swing and I was freezing, drying, canning and cooking things (for dinner) left and right. I think I was eating almost a cucumber a day! My tomatoes were AWESOME this year, this was also the first year I grew my own tomato seedlings successfully from seed- which also happened to be organic heirloom tomato seeds to begin with (coincidence- I think not!). Of the major preserving projects I canned several batches of: zesty salsa, dilly beans, red root relish and salsa verde; froze: beans, shredded zucchini, pesto and LOTS of blueberries (from a local U-pick farm).



Red Cabbage

Drying beans- pinto?

View of the garden from the south side.

Cole crops on the left (kale, broccoli, cabbage), cucumber on the right.

Beets!

One of the rows of Roma tomatoes.

Swiss Chard

French Pumpkin

View entering the garden from the main gate.

Roma tomatoes

A row of Basil and Zinnia (the basil lived in perpetual shade of the zinnias and did very well -I'd like to note.)

Pie pumpkins and Tomatillos.

Parsley and Kohlrabi (about to be consumed for dinner)

Some big marigolds (from saved seeds) some of the blooms were 2-3" in diameter!