Garden Bounty ~ King

More beets were picked, and washed outside.  They get brought in for me to scrub, and remove greens to blanch and freeze. 

The beets are boiled with skins on, then peeled, sliced and frozen.  I am thrilled to get more in the freezer.  The greens were all bug eaten this time around.  There are more out there, so the next rain should plump them up.

Carrots are looking very good.

Flower beds were tackled.  Or should I say "attempted." And quickly abandoned.  Very quickly.  Things have overgrown and it will just have to wait.

The herb garden looks like a jungle, but the swiss chard is doing nicely. This bunch was blanched for pizzas.  More on that later....

Tomatoes were picked, although not many.  

 I weighed our first picking.  A little over 15 lbs.  I need a lot more than that to make sauce.  We'll see what this rain brings.

This is one strange tomato.  It has about 4 growing out of one.  Very neat to find.

We are getting more pear heirloom and more grape as well.

My New England Pie Pumpkins are doing well. The other heirloom variety is doing the same it did last year - blossoms, and no pumpkins.  No wonder Baker Creek quit selling them.  I was looking forward to trying them too.  There is still a chance.

Popcorn is not even drying up yet (thankful for that).  It's still very green.

Another picking of grape tomatoes.

Green peppers are on but not ready.  Zucchini is the size of baseball bats, which I choose to ignore for a few days.  Cucumbers are overgrown and worthless (sadly).  I guess I am planting cucumbers next year again.

Don't worry Mama Pea and Susan.  I'm taking breaks often, and the girls are helping with the picking, carrying and what not.  Even if they don't like it, they are doing it because it needs done.

I also took time to crochet on the front porch.  I was tempted to sit on the back porch, but the recent rain made my cushions wet.  There was a nice breeze and it was very relaxing.

More rain is on the way.  Thankful to get another day to recuperate before more garden harvest work.  Or housework.  The girls are learning a lot these days. 

 King getting some love from Grad Daughter.  She kept teasing him and asking him if he was hungry.  He was barking up a storm and when she didn't get up, he gave up.  Poor thing.  I made her stop and get him fed.  Look at those pathetic eyes.  They say, "why won't you feed me?"

King is my best watch dog so far.  He told me when someone was shooting off a gun last night.  It didn't occur to me until this morning, we could have poachers out there.  I'll have to be on tip-top watch now.   Corn crops are still up, and the deer are on the move.  Hubby had to work midnight, so he'll be home sometime this morning.  He didn't like leaving with gun shots going off either, but I ensured him we'd be okay.  We were.  The rain put a halt to whoever was out in the woods.