November 3, 2007

lots of green tomatoes

Yesterday I picked all of my tomatoes, since I thought it might frost. It got down to about 38F – no frost yet. I’ll put this box in the basement and try to remember to check it regularly. Last year pretty nearly all of my green tomatoes ripened within a month of picking. Solanum lycopersicum

November 1, 2007

November tomatoes

The plants are a little cold nipped on the top, but still lots of tomatoes. The day before we get a frost I’ll pick all the tomatoes and take down the plants. Solanum lycopersicum

October 31, 2007

the last few cucumbers

It looks like the end of cucumber growing season. Our nights have finally cooled off into the 40s. The basil and squash vines are brown now. Tomatoes leaves are turning yellow. I suppose we’ll have a frost soon.

October 27, 2007

harvest day

The photos here are all from last Sunday, October 21. My tomatoes continue to produce more fruit than I can eat, but its fun trying. Especially with basil and local handmade mozzarella cheese! Today I should cook a batch of sauce. Nice eggplants too (although those yellow ones underneath were past ripe and went to the compost bin). harvests from my vegetable gardens

October 20, 2007

chile harvest

It was a beautiful weekend in the garden. A good day for picking peppers. I picked all of the red cayenne and round chiles, and all of the green and red jalapeños. It made a nice sized bowl full. I noticed that there aren’t any more Hungarian wax – these seem to be an early season chile. Also only 1 little Anaheim (which maybe is a green Hungarian). There sure weren’t many Anaheim’s in my seed mix. Capsicumharvests from my vegetable gardens

October 17, 2007

fall tomatoes

I’m picking my tomatoes when they show a little red and letting them ripen inside. This seems to work better in the fall than vine ripening. The squirrels occasionally try a few bites and the slugs sometimes find them. I’d rather grab them ASAP and keep them in a big bowl inside to ripen. Its already late October! The tomato leaves are starting to yellow and some are drying up and turning brown. Our temperatures have cooled off here in the Boston area (zone 6b), but my guess is maybe…

October 10, 2007

prolific green beans

I have two varieties of green beans that have done great this year. Haricots Verts “Maxibel” and Provider, both of which I planted in the middle of May and never replanted. They keep on producing more. Once a week or so I pick all the beans and they always have another crop when I look again. They are saving me many trips to the supermarket. Fabaceae

September 29, 2007

fall broccoli

This is my fall crop of broccoli. Since we haven’t really seen much fall weather yet, with summer-like record-setting warm temperatures still, I think it is on track to make heads before it freezes. Brassicaceae

September 14, 2007

chile peppers

Even my jalapeños and Hungarian wax peppers are turning red this year. The thinner skinned Hungarian wax and cayennes are drying nicely on a plate in my kitchen. The others I will clean and freeze soon for winter chili. Capsicum

September 2, 2007

beet greens

I thinned some beets and cooked them up. Delicious. There were even a few 1-2 inch roots. Its a mix of three colors of beets, yellow, red and purple. To cook, I wrapped the larger beets in foil and baked them at about 375 about 20 min. I sauteed some onions and yellow peppers (delicious ones from the Belmont CSA farm) in olive oil and butter, then sliced and added the cooked beets. Last I added the beet greens and cooked everything until the greens wilted. The best beet green…

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