Second Picking of Tomatoes and other goodies

Woke up to 48°F.  

Break out the carhartts. Brrr!  This is not normal for August.

Hubby worked late last night.  When he got home he advised me about Hurricane Harvey.  I had no idea.   I don't get the news on my TV.   Praying for Texas and any surrounding areas.

My recent garden goodie harvest. 

This is only two rows of the back tomato patch.  I later enlisted the help of a daughter and got all the tomatoes picked (aside from rotten ones and ones the chickens got into).  The grand tally later was 51 lbs.  That didn't include the grape and heirloom pear tomatoes either.  Despite cooler weather and no rain.

 I brought in over 2 lbs. of hot banana peppers - 28 pretty large peppers.  I only need 8 more peppers (or 2 1/2 lbs.) to can hot banana pepper mustard sauce.

I also brought in a little over 2 lbs. of jalapeno peppers.

I just need one more pound to can cowboy candy.  I'm super happy about this. Hubby and I LOVE this stuff.

I brought in 2 habanero peppers also. It all depends on the next picking what I will make with them.  Lots of ideas for this.

I totally forgot to double check the cucumbers and zucchini. That's on today's agenda.

I spent the day canning yesterday, then digging out crochet patterns and canning recipes.  I lost a pattern, then found it.  Lost a recipe, then found it again online.  No surprise there.  Ordered a pattern book again from the library. Some day I'll have it all snip-snap organized.

No sign of Mr. Fox yesterday.  Although I heard gunshots go off up the road.  Again.