Green Bean Harvest. 9.23.22

 Now the green beans that replaced, garlic and potato beds, are starting to come into their own

Now I know I can double crop those beds.

Harvest. 9.23.22

 I've been out of commission in the garden.  Today I was able to get a nice harvest.

The squashes are Galeux d'Eysine and Burgess Buttercup.  

Trip to the Oregon Coast. 9.10.22

 One of my favorite places in the world.  This was the village of Oceanside.  Two days of absolute peace.

Tomato Pie. 9.4.22

With lots of heirloom-type dwarf tomatoes, I made a tomato pie.  Here is the recipe.

Here is a slice.

This was a lot of work.  It was also very good.

Flowers. 9.4.22

 Morning glories.

Brugmansia.  The first blossom.

That Thunbergia again.

Rose, "Tropical Lightening"

Dwarf Tomato Harvest. 9.4.22

 Most of the dwarf tomatoes are producing like crazy now.  They make similar amounts and they are all good, with heirloom tomato flavors.  The Romas made enough too, for another batch of tomato sauce.

The golden cherry tomatoes are Sungold, which I also trained as a bush type, even though it isnt.

Saving Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce Seeds. 8.29.22

 I cut some flower heads from the Black Seeded Simpson lettuce plants that I let bolt.

It's easy.  Just cut the scruffy looking flower heads.  Store them in an open paper bag until winter.  Then they will be fully dried out and ready to clean up.

Tomato Sauce. 8.29.22

 I used the Roma tomatoes to make seven packets of frozen tomato sauce.  I also made some pasta sauce for supper.

The Roma tomato plants have about three times as many green tomatoes.  Maybe more.  So there will be more sauce ahead.

Repotting The Brugmansia. 8.29.22

 The sad looking little Brugmansia has grown a lot.  It is pushing flower buds now.  I think it outgrew the container, so I repotted into one with twice the volume.

The black plastic container absorbs heat from the sun and heats the soil too much.  In the past I found that a shiny foil cover reduced the soil temp by 10 or 15 degrees F, so I did that today.

Canning Asian Pears. 8.27.22

 I canned the first batch of Asian pears.  Followed USDA canning book recipe, light syrup.  They came out very good.