As I have said before, gardening gives me peace. Although this time of year it is a bit hard for me to keep up with it. The weeds are growing in, and I only have so much time to get out there and pull them. But the vegetables are coming in beautifully.
Green Beans. Yum. I love them straight out of the garden.
Strawberries are on their second round. I don't know if this is normal, but I get a batch first thing in June and they start flowering again in July.
Brussel Sprouts are a bit of a disappointment. Not sure what I did wrong, but I just have these big huge leaves. On one of them I cut the leaves off to see if the sprouts would grow (I read that somewhere), that one has teeny tiny buds, so we will see what comes of that. (see all those horrid weeds?)
zucchini. Two c's, not two n's by the way.
Any good zucchini recipes out there. I have already made zucchini bread, give me more of a side dish recipe. Please.
Bell peppers. They are supposed to be red, not sure what happened here either.
My spaghetti squash is growing, the watermelon is flowering and so is the sweet pumpkin (a new addition to the garden)
Cucumbers!! Tons and tons of cucumbers. And I mean tons. So after eating a couple, I made pickles. Yummy, nummy, in my tummy pickles. So far I have 8 jars canned, 1 jar I did the "refrigeration" method with, and 1 jar was given away already. I still have 15 cucumbers on my counter that I need to do something with. My family will be eating pickles all winter...
*notice I used Instagram.
Green Beans. Yum. I love them straight out of the garden.
Strawberries are on their second round. I don't know if this is normal, but I get a batch first thing in June and they start flowering again in July.
Brussel Sprouts are a bit of a disappointment. Not sure what I did wrong, but I just have these big huge leaves. On one of them I cut the leaves off to see if the sprouts would grow (I read that somewhere), that one has teeny tiny buds, so we will see what comes of that. (see all those horrid weeds?)
zucchini. Two c's, not two n's by the way.
Any good zucchini recipes out there. I have already made zucchini bread, give me more of a side dish recipe. Please.
Bell peppers. They are supposed to be red, not sure what happened here either.
My spaghetti squash is growing, the watermelon is flowering and so is the sweet pumpkin (a new addition to the garden)
Cucumbers!! Tons and tons of cucumbers. And I mean tons. So after eating a couple, I made pickles. Yummy, nummy, in my tummy pickles. So far I have 8 jars canned, 1 jar I did the "refrigeration" method with, and 1 jar was given away already. I still have 15 cucumbers on my counter that I need to do something with. My family will be eating pickles all winter...
*notice I used Instagram.
Zucchini relish, it will hold up for 3-4 months depending on the recipe. Could do a chutney as well. Makes pickles too. You can freeze it but I don't like the texture after it's frozen.
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