Readers, Welcome to my blog (formerly Birds, Blooms, Books, etc). I'm entering a new decade taking on the challenge of moving from Maryland after living there 46 years and learning about my new home here in New England in the Live Free or Die state - New Hampshire. Join me as a write this new chapter of my life.

Monday, August 31, 2015

Unpacking the Harvest


This is the basket of produce from my vegetable garden this morning.

Here's a closer look at what's in there.


Two heads of lettuce.  There's lots more to come there.


Zucchini and yellow squash, though 3 of these were harvested yesterday.


A very long cucumber which was a surprise since the plants are dying and I don't know why.
And a Jimmy Nardello pepper.


Almost the last tomatoes.  There will probably some Juliette yet but the others are basically dead.


Three butternut squash.  In cutting the largest one off the vine I cut the entire vine not realizing that at the other end were very small squash starting to develop.  Oh, well.  These are headed to cure in the sun.  I don't know why I do that other than my mother did it with her plentiful harvests of butternuts each fall.  Maybe a fellow gardener can enlighten me on this tradition.