What are You Eating from the Garden?

[flowerbug]

i had some squash for dinner with cheese and hot sauce added. very tasty. of course i had to snack before dinner as life is short so eat dessert first... cracker crunch (saltines coated with brown sugar and butter cooked at a high enough temperature that it partially is caramel, then chocolate melted on top), then some green chocolate (what we call spinach dip ) on crackers before the main course.

 

[digitS']

Squash? Cha Cha Kabocha, Buttercup and Sweet Meat:


DW wanted to cook one for lunch but, ya know, they would be better if they had a little time to "cure." But, they're pretty darn good already!

What is especially good right now are the mustard greens from the greenhouse:


They are there beyond the bok choy. Now, I gotta say that I'm not much of a fan of mustard greens but, by comparison to their outdoor performance ---- they are so tender. This has been my experience with every green that has grown under plastic film. I guess, it's the absence of UV light. So, even mustard greens are tender. These few greens grew in here in HIGH heat (they should be cooked! ). Eggplant is included in the meal and we have Sunday supper.

Steve

 

[ducks4you]

Tomatoes, steamed green beans (picked today), and beets (picked today), along with nice yukon gold potatoes and an old and not so great small chuck roast. DH and I had our fill of the meat, and the dogs ate the rest.

 

[baymule]

Pork chops from last pig I raised, home canned green beans and store bought potatoes.

 

[Phaedra]

Before next rain arrives, I harvested all autumn raspberries. Most of them are so sweeeeet~

 

[ducks4you]

I forgot to say that I harvested TWO cantaloupe from the surprise vine in the south pasture. This one has sat in the fridge for nearly two weeks. It spoke to me this morning, "I intend to rot here. Do something about it."
Pretty sassy for a melon.
Cut and ate the whole thing. I had a sugar crave.
What?!?!?

 

[digitS']

Green Beans.

And, there are 10 quart bags from this week's pickings to be taken out to the freezer.

I want to emphasize something: Each bush bean plant may not be productive through the season but sowing a second crop may work just fine for you.

They grow during the heat of the Summer but there is something that is really surprising about them. They can survive near-freezing Fall temperatures And They Just Keep Growing! The same story can be told every year. Miserably cold weather and More Beans! Frost and they are dead.

@ducks4you shared the Farmers' Almanac list of veggie choices to save money. I've also seen them on lists for "Easiest to Grow." They are a snap!!

Steve

 

[ducks4you]

Was 62 quarts of tomatoes, until we used them to stuff 4 of my last colored sweet peppers last night for dinner.
Back to 61, until I can more red ones today.
We have two meals laced with tomatoes that I have canned--stuffed peppers and chili.

 

[Phaedra]

This year, we harvested a lot of chilies. More are coming. I chopped them with the processor and froze them into chili cubes like these - very handy for future use.

 

[flowerbug]

This year, we harvested a lot of chilies. More are coming. I chopped them with the processor and froze them into chili cubes like these - very handy for future use.
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is that beans in there too?