I'VE BEEN FEELING LIKE A SQUIRREL GETTING READY FOR WINTER...THESE PAST FEW DAYS!  THE VEGETABLES IN OUR GARDENS ARE POPPING OUT VEGETABLES LIKE AN OVER-FILLED POPCORN POPPER!!!

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE TRIED GROWING BRUSSEL SPROUTS.  IT IS QUITE AN INTERESTING PLANT TO WATCH!  THE SPROUTS ARE HARD TO PICK AND REQUIRE USING A KNIFE.... 

OUR CELERY DOES REALLY WELL HERE...  IT DOESN'T FREEZE WELL..BUT I DO HARVEST THE CELERY LEAVES, WASH THEM, DRY THEM AND FREEZE THEM. I USE THEM IN WINTER SOUPS AND IN WINTER POT ROASTS AND OVEN ROASTED CHICKEN!  THIS YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME, I WASHED AND FROZE CARROT TOPS, TOO..WHICH I INTEND TO USE JUST LIKE CELERY TOPS.  I DID THE SAME WITH THE TOPS OF OUR LEEKS.

ALONG THE VEGETABLE GARDENS I HAVE ZIANNIA'S PLANTED...  THIS LARGE SWALLOWTAIL FLITTED AROUND ME AND KEPT ME COMPANY, AS I WAS PICKING.

WE USUALLY DON'T DO WELL WITH PUMPKINS... THEY GROW TO THIS SIZE AND A PESKY WOOD CHUCK FINDS THEM AND MAKES A BIG MEAL OUT OF THEM.  FINGERS CROSSED- LET'S HOPE THIS ONE MAKES IT TO HALLOWEEN!

MORE OF WHAT WAS PICKED.................

I WAS ABLE TO HARVEST AND FREEZE 10 BAGS OF SQUASH YESTERDAY!  AND, MORE POPPING SOON!

WE'RE OFF TO 4H BARN DUTY AGAIN THIS MORNING, THEN TO REGISTER FOR OUR HOMESCHOOL CLASSES...  THEN....BLUEBERRY PICKING!  HAPPY FRIDAY, FRIENDS!

Posted by Anonymous

ok so that brussel sprout plant is wild!!! I've never seen such a thing!
Holly

Posted by lisaquing

Wow, Michele! That's a lot of bounty from the garden!