We planted a large garden this year. I'm sad that I never took a picture of it, but I've been hard at work putting it up.
I have bottled 75 quarts of green beans, frozen 20 pints of peas, and put up 28 quarts of vegetable soup that contains green beans and carrots from our garden (as well as potatoes, onions, and barley). We've probably eaten produce from the garden every day this summer (zucchini, yellow squash, carrots, lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, green onions, green beans and peas). Still in the ground, I have parsnips. My grandma Stewart says that if parsnips freeze in the ground they are sweeter. My dad was telling me that Grandma used to buy parsnips at the store, bring them home and dig a shallow hole in her flower bed where she'd let them sit for a few days to sweeten up. So, in a few weeks we'll dig up the sweet parsnips. Our corn was a failure, we hope it will be better next year. We also put raspberry plants in the ground this spring. It will take us a few years to get them producing, but I can't wait!
A hard freeze is in the immediate future (tonight) so we picked everything in the garden. I think there's at least 100 pounds of tomatoes downstairs. The sad news is that they are all green. I'm hoping they will turn so I can bottle them.
Clint estimates that we have about 250 pounds of squash sitting in our basement. We planted banana, spaghetti, and butternut squash.
Things that we didn't plant this year that we want to remember for next year: onions (yellow and purple), acorn squash, potatoes, eggplant, cucumbers, bell peppers, garlic, toilet paper, and better corn.
I have bottled 75 quarts of green beans, frozen 20 pints of peas, and put up 28 quarts of vegetable soup that contains green beans and carrots from our garden (as well as potatoes, onions, and barley). We've probably eaten produce from the garden every day this summer (zucchini, yellow squash, carrots, lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, green onions, green beans and peas). Still in the ground, I have parsnips. My grandma Stewart says that if parsnips freeze in the ground they are sweeter. My dad was telling me that Grandma used to buy parsnips at the store, bring them home and dig a shallow hole in her flower bed where she'd let them sit for a few days to sweeten up. So, in a few weeks we'll dig up the sweet parsnips. Our corn was a failure, we hope it will be better next year. We also put raspberry plants in the ground this spring. It will take us a few years to get them producing, but I can't wait!
A hard freeze is in the immediate future (tonight) so we picked everything in the garden. I think there's at least 100 pounds of tomatoes downstairs. The sad news is that they are all green. I'm hoping they will turn so I can bottle them.
Clint estimates that we have about 250 pounds of squash sitting in our basement. We planted banana, spaghetti, and butternut squash.
Things that we didn't plant this year that we want to remember for next year: onions (yellow and purple), acorn squash, potatoes, eggplant, cucumbers, bell peppers, garlic, toilet paper, and better corn.
2 comments:
I agree with the toilet paper!!!!
You guys never cease to amaze me! Oh, and I'm totally jealous!
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