Happy Harvest Monday! I’m up to my ears in tomatoes, yellow squash, and cucumbers. Here is what I picked this morning:
The apples are all windfall apples from an old tree that was here. They are not the prettiest, but they taste very crisp and sweet, with a bit of tartness. I’ve been peeling and drying them in the dehydrator. They make a great snack.
I also wanted to share with you some harvests from other days this past week:
Luke picked 25 jalapenos which he went on to pickle with carrot and onion.
This is one day’s worth of tomatoes from this past weekend. Luke separated them into varieties for this shot.
Green beans and yellow beans.
I made some cucumber relish, although I still have baskets full of cucumbers to be dealt with.
An exceptionally large daily harvest from last week:
My kitchen looks like a farmers market. We have baskets full of food on every surface and the fridge and cabinets are full of pickles, relish, jams, and gourds. It is a little overwhelming, but then I remind myself that this is the reason we work so hard in the garden all year. Today’s to do list involves making a huge batch of tomato sauce.
Please visit Daphne’s Dandelions for other gardener’s harvests.
