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All the work you put into a garden all summer long really pays off come August. All those slow-growing plants have finally reached full maturity, and there's something to bring in almost every day. We even got an early pumpkin (inappropriately early pumpkin pie anyone?)
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The purple tomatoes are beautiful, and they taste delicious (unfortunately the squirrels think so too).
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Our solution to that has been to snag them just a day or two early and ripen them on the windowsill, since apparently these are very pretentious squirrels who only go for the perfectly ripe ones.
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Just a couple of cucumber vines are providing us with quite a few cucumbers.
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I just quarter those and throw them into the fridge to quick pickle - a mixture of red wine vinegar and water (half and half), a little salt, mustard seeds, and some dried dill.
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Yellow pear tomatoes.
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Loads of of jalapenos (I think some fermented hot sauce is in our future).
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And basil, so of course we made pesto.
As for the rest of the garden, the corn seemed stunted and never really reached higher than about 3 feet and then the squirrels ate it (probably the same squirrels), and the beans gave us a few beans, but we didn't get great germination on those so we only had a few plants. We put in the kale and brussel sprouts for fall, and might try for some fall spinach too.
How's your garden growing?