The lettuce made it through these last three weeks of frosts & has grown enough to be an option in the basket this week. Yumm!
--carrots
--potatoes
--beets with greens
--lettuce
--chard
--zucchini
--thyme
--summer savory
--onions
--peppers - turning colors
As the gardens wind down in production with the turning of the season the baskets are getting leaner. That's what happens in Fall. It is precisely that reason that causes us to top up the baskets, even to overflowing, during the peak production season in mid-late summer.
Much of what you are getting in these last weeks is produce that will keep longer, especially if you can refrigerate some of it. Hopefully you're finding ways to use it or share it. Peppers, for instance, can be diced & frozen for use later in soups, stews, sauces & omelets. While the pumpkins & squashes should keep a month or two or three in a cool, dark place somewhere. I've even used up the last of my larger zucchini's in December once or twice in years past.
All that to say. Enjoy! Gardening 2010 is coming to an end.
Looking forward to 2011 ... notes are taken from 2010 experiences. We'll toss out some ideas & plant some new stuff -- one thing for sure? Butternut squash.
And that kohl rabi stuff too! It was awesome!
ReplyDeleteVW: orningsh, as it that stuff was so orningsh good!