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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Greens for my Smoothie...

Swiss Chard
It's barely dawn here in northern Wyoming.  I'm just back in from Power Walk #1... my ears are thawing out... it's a balmy 43 degrees this early morning!

I just walked around my garden gathering up some greens to go in my morning smoothie... a little swiss chard, arugula, cilantro, and spinach.  I will mix these greens with frozen berries, apple, plum, peaches, and some ESP.
Arugula

Arugula

Cilantro

Beet Greens

view of garden from the 1st floor of the house (thru a screen... sorry!)

 I haven't really posted that much about my pumpkin patch!  We planted Giant pumpkins this summer and have 1 pretty big pumpkin growing!  It must be about 50 pounds.  I'll measure it next time for you!
The giant pumpkin experiment!  
Sue from Garden Notes 2010 suggested that I try some Cold Frames to extend the growing season....  I'm excited to do that!  Now... to hunt down some old windows!

Saturday, October 9, 2010

The End... almost...

I've been cleaning out my boxes.  Just a few tomato plants left to pull up!

I have lots of ripening tomatoes on my counter and in buckets.  It doesn't take them too long to ripen up!  Made a sauce yesterday... I'm thinking of using some of it to make a lasagna today!  The rest will be canned or frozen.

I've got a bunch of cherry tomatoes that I'm going to dry using my dehydrator.

It's looking so like fall not only in my garden... but all around!  Leaves are changing here in northern Wyoming and beginning to fall.  Our great Cottonwood trees with their rough bark and huge trunks are turning flaming yellow.  Very pretty!

I'm grateful for the greens that are still alive in my garden!  I've got spinach, swiss chard, arugula, and beet greens that I can harvest a little each day.  I like to add these wonderfully nutritious greens to my morning fruit smoothie!

Next year I want to plant more greens.   Maybe even try something new!

I just got in some more (Shaklee Basic-H2) Veggie Wash samples.  Would you like one?
See the details in the right column  over there ----->.

I use this organic "green" cleaner to wash up my produce from the garden, grocery store and bountiful basket co-op.   Also, I use it to wash my floor, my appliances, walls, truck... even my dog Missy!  I love this stuff!  Been using it for 13 years now!

Sigh... and now to dream of my 2011 garden!

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Fall stuff...

Cleaned out one of my 4x8 tomato beds.  Picked all the tomatoes... will put them on he counter to ripen.

I'm slowly cleaning out the garden.... sigh...

Today I finished canning my Granny Smith apples.  I had bought 2-40# boxes!  So 80#s of apples (approx. 200 apples) gave me 41 quarts.  I saved about 8 apples for eating.

Our weather has been absolutely beautiful the past 2 weeks with lows in the 40s and highs in the 80s.  Wish that I could can some of this weather for the winter!

Friday, October 1, 2010

Canning...

Well, I took a look at the red ripe tomatoes on my counter and decided that  TODAY is the day!

this photo is from a previous tomato sauce batch...
As I write this, I have a batch of the most delicious smelling tomato sauce simmering.

Yesterday, Mom & I canned 40 pounds of Granny Smith apples that I got from my Bountiful Basket co-op.   I'm thrilled to have 21 quarts of yummy apples down the basement on my shelves!

Got another 40 pound box of Grannies yet to process!  Anyone want to stop over tomorrow and run the apple peeler/corer thingy?

Friday, September 24, 2010

How does a grasshopper eat a watermelon?

Question...

So, how does a grasshopper eat a watermelon?


One bite at a time...

Luckily they ate the smallest one and I have 3 more!
I'm going to harvest the seeds from what's left!

Friday, September 17, 2010

Tomato Sauce... the canning has begun!

Just finished up my first batch of sauce for canning!
After processing... I had one jar break on me during processing... darn!


Just picked about 2 pounds of tomatoes.  These need to ripen up a bit more...

And sitting on my counter... 


Well 9/16, our average first frost day has come and gone.  Our night temperatures have been in the 40s.   But... that could change fast... so I'm beginning to pick my tomatoes as soon as they start to ripen.  Soon I may have to pick the green ones too!

I'm afraid that my gardening season here in northern Wyoming will be coming to a close for the season... within a few short weeks!

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

I am so upset!

I was just out to water our giant pumpkin when I noticed that my precious escarole... yes... the escarole that I've been drooling over... the escarole that I was going to make into our favorite Italian Wedding Soup.... 

HAS BEEN MUNCHED UPON BY....

YES...

GRASSHOPPERS!!!

I'm so upset....   : (