I am heartbroken to show you the sad pictures of the tomatoes. I personally harvested two ripe tomatoes. That is horrible since I planted a row and a half. Mother got more tomatoes, but she planted her plants earlier than I so they had more time to produce. As I drive by other folks gardens to see the same, it just frustrates me. It would seem that a nice wet summer would be wonderful, but it goes to show that even though hot dry summers are sometimes miserable to endure, there are good things that come of it.
I was so proud of myself. This year I actually canned something. My husband and I had a great time doing this together, too. I felt like a true gardener. Sure it's fun to plant and harvest the fruit, but to preserve it and use it during non-summer months is exciting. I canned the False Alarm Hybrid Jalapenos. My husband says they aren't hot at all. I was hoping for a slight bit of heat, but non at all? So, I canned a hot jalapeno in each of the jars in hopes of adding some spice. We'll see. They should be just about ready to try.
So I as so excited about preserving my peppers, I wanted to get a start on my pumpkins. BAD idea. Although they looked like they were ready, they were not. I am eager to try and can some of the pumpkins for pies and muffins. Looks like I need to hold off until at least the end of August early September. We'll see.
Though my orange pumpkins weren't ready, my Baby Boos were ready. Lesson learned, DONT plant these until mid-to-late June. I now have all those adorable pumpkins sitting in a shoe box on my table. Hopefully they'll hold out until fall so I can decorate with them.
This is my volunteer gourd/pumpkin/squash mystery plant. It decided to grow right up onto our porch. It is thriving, hopefully the yard guy won't hit the plant with his weed-eater tomorrow. I don't know where this came from, but I am going with it. Who knows what we'll do with these oddities.
