This Past Week
September 16, 2011
Nearby forest fires are making for some dramatic sunsets and moon risings.
The swallows are gathering for their last hurrah.
Tomatoes are ripening at a fast pace.j
What can I say about this picture…?
Water delivery. I swear I drive in reverse more than forward.
Charmant F1.
Kraut to be.
Veda’s beans. Growing these takes me back to my childhood.
Harvesting by the handful. Thanks Eliot!
Green Arrow seed.
Veronica F1.
Red Ruffled Pimiento.
Future pickles.
My least favorite job of canning – washing, drying, labeling and putting away the goods.
How was your week?
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Food Renegade
Simple, Green, Frugal Co-op
Gosh, that’s so productive-looking! All I did this week was move horse manure. It’s a really sh1tty job, lol!
beautiful! i would have to heartily agree with you on the washing of canned goods… blah.
but they are so pretty once they’re away… are there onions in with your cucs to pickle? that looks yummy…
mb, I like seeing them on the shelves,but getting them there is my least favorite job.
Yep those are bread and butter pickles, sometimes I think the pickled onion is better than the cuke! Here is a link to the recipe, if this is too big it’s easy to halve the recipe and make less.
That Red Ruffled Pimiento is gorgeous!
The Veronica and the Red Ruffled Pimientos are so pretty!
I’m slacking compared to you!
That first picture is awesome. Too bad those kinds of pictures come from not such good things!
When I grow up, I’m gonna garden like you do…..
Paula, you mean I have to grow up?
Great pictures, as usual. Sounds like our week: harvesting and canning. Your tomatoes look like they did much better than ours though.
What are you referencing with regard to the onions? Some idea by Eliot Coleman perhaps … but Google isn’t leading me to anything.
Lee, ha! The only reason I have enough ripe tomatoes to harvest is the because of the hoophouse, otherwise, I would just be stuck with lots of green ones.
I plant in multi-plant blocks, instead of having 4 onions spaced evenly in one foot of row, all 4 onions are planted in one place with 1 foot between groups. We always have planted our corn in “hills” like that, mostly for ease of cultivation/weeding, but never thought of planting onions that way until I read The New Organic Grower. Much easier to take care of all season, and especially harvesting, you can just grab a clump at a time.
Your veggies are always amazing. Your hard work really pays off…good eating at your house.
Mthistle, thank you!