It's been cold and rainy for a few days now; not good weather for watermelon but so far my one gorgeous melon is holding in there, still growing, and the heat is supposed to return here shortly.
The three bean plants are filling up with beans now. These beans have yet to make their way to a dinner plate as I keep picking and eating them fresh. I LOVE them! The sunflower was planted directly next to them and was decimated by bugs and squirrels but nothing has even so much as touched the beans. Hooray!
On the tomato front we're up to 208 red ripe romas picked from my four plants. One of our dogs picks about 4 to 6 fruit a day with his snappy little jaws. It could just be coincidence but I'm pretty certain the tomatoes help with the joint pain in his hips so I can't bring myself to stop him. In other words I've lost a great deal of tomatoes to the dog which I have not kept track of. I also didn't tally the ones I used for the green tomato chutney (due to the other dog) or the ones that I gave to my neighbor.
We made pizza again today. For the record peeling the tomatoes is worth all the work just to get to see the little guy squishing them all with his hands; again the instructions for the pizza sauce specifically say to crush the tomatoes with your hands. Just being honest, crushing tomatoes in ones hands is the neatest feeling ever. He was skeptical at first but he LOVED helping make the pizza sauce/ squishing the tomatoes with his little hands.
That is today's garden update. Fall is certainly in the air. I leave you with one of little Abe's very favorite songs. He only knows it from the YellaWood commercials. I'm not entirely sure why but he just loves this song:
The sun comes up and the sun goes down
work away, work away
Well clear that acre, stake the claim
Gather up the timber, tie that chain
Cut that line, sand the plain
Sing a little song and do it all again
The sun comes up and the sun goes down
work away work away
Well haul the lumber, lift that frame
Get a little shut eye and do it all again
The sun comes up and the sun goes down
Work away work away
That is a LOT of tomatoes!!!! I am so jealous - although I did see a couple of blooms on mine today, so maybe there is still hope for a couple.....certainly not a couple of HUNDRED :)
ReplyDeleteAre you doing any planting for winter in your tubs? Now we CERTAINLY don't get the weather you do so I have a lot more options - I am doing onions, broccoli, cabbage, spinach, carrots, & peas.
Oh yeah, you've got tomatoes coming!!! And your temps stay warm a lot longer then ours so you'll be at 208 tomatoes sooner than you know. Haha, that's a crazy lot of tomatoes right?!?! I can hardly believe it. I'm super proud of myself for actually using them all as we've gone along. I know I should be "preserving them" but maybe next year. I just love fresh food. (I say that while I've got around 30 tomatoes sitting on the counter)
DeleteI don't think I'll do any winter planting. It does get REALLY cold, like Siberia cold and our winters last for so long. I'm not sure I'm ready to tackle winter planting. Sounds like your garden next year is going to be awesome! (just don't leave your kiddo in charge of watering it; hehe)
I'm envious of your tomatoes. You really do have a green thumb. Keep enjoying with Abe-he has to be just tickled each day.
ReplyDeleteAt this point he's accustomed to there just being food growing in the backyard. I guess that's normal for a kid who has had a garden in his backyard every summer that he can remember but he seems to really like turning our food into meals. I told him he gets his own garden next year and he is very excited about that.
DeleteIn awe of your 200plus tomatoes, and the watermelon, in MI! Who knew!! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm really excited about the watermelon! The over 200 tomatoes... I can hardly believe it and they're still coming.
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