From the garden
Aug. 17th, 2014 03:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deborahjrossIt's been a strange season. For various Reasons, the garden we'd planned didn't get planted, then we had a spell of high heat when normally we'd have cool, overcast days. Add that to the drought. But I did go out this afternoon, basket and clippers in hand, and came back with:
One overgrown (a foot long) bicolor summer squash (this variety, a volunteer from last year, doesn't get woody when it gets too big)
A large pear (really need to strip the tree as they will not ripen except in the refrigerator)
A bowlful of very ripe tomatillos (yellow -- lemony tartness for salads)
A handful of green Emerite pole beans.
A double handful of dried Scarlet Runner bean pods (they're gorgeous, deep red shell beans -- these plants are perennial volunteers)
A double handful of tomatoes, various sizes and varieties.
A handful of ground cherries (our first year -- they grew like crazy)
The squash I'll cube, blanch, and freeze to use in winter soups. The Scarlet runner beans may become a winter holiday present. The pear needs to be cooked or dried, as this variety isn't all that good to eat. Everything else will get eaten in the next couple of days!
One overgrown (a foot long) bicolor summer squash (this variety, a volunteer from last year, doesn't get woody when it gets too big)
A large pear (really need to strip the tree as they will not ripen except in the refrigerator)
A bowlful of very ripe tomatillos (yellow -- lemony tartness for salads)
A handful of green Emerite pole beans.
A double handful of dried Scarlet Runner bean pods (they're gorgeous, deep red shell beans -- these plants are perennial volunteers)
A double handful of tomatoes, various sizes and varieties.
A handful of ground cherries (our first year -- they grew like crazy)
The squash I'll cube, blanch, and freeze to use in winter soups. The Scarlet runner beans may become a winter holiday present. The pear needs to be cooked or dried, as this variety isn't all that good to eat. Everything else will get eaten in the next couple of days!
