Harvest from the garden - various tomatoes, patty pan squash, hot peppers, and cucumbers
Our patty pan squash is also doing pretty well, and is quite tasty. I have gotten patty pan at farmer’s markets before, and they were yellow and small. Ours is not turning yellow, and seems to want to be bigger (it does not come off the vine easily when small). I have been removing the seeds and adding it in stir-frys and ratatouille and the like. It is pretty mild, but tasty. We also have some winter squash growing, which is looking pretty nice. I am not sure how to tell when it is ready. The blossoms were very beautiful (and tasty). I took some pictures of them several weeks ago. Eating from the backyard is fun. And around this time every year, I think about how I will do things better next year:
- putting rows of small things (peppers, basil) in between the rows of tomatoes
- pruning the tomatoes more aggressively
- trying out weed block instead of black plastic, and covering the entire garden
- fencing the garden to keep out the chickens
- Not planting heirloom tomatoes so I can get enough to can
- Planting eggplant instead of summer squash, since Clare doesn’t like summer squash
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- squash blossoms
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- squash blossoms
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- squash blossom up close
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- squash is taking over
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- Bee inside squash blossom
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- bees inside squash blossom
