Home and Garden Friday - Summer's Bounty!
This summer is heating up! Yep, temperatures are in the high 90's, low 100's now. Unfortunately, the humidity just about equals the temperature. However, I was a bit smarter this year and added soaker hoses to the garden. That is helping a lot. So far, since March of this year, I have harvested a little over 62 pounds of produce from the garden. It has been everything from asparagus and blackberries, to cucumbers, beans and tomatoes. Loving it! I have made several blackberry cobblers in the past month - mainly to take to work or a Seed Bank meeting. Canning - I have already canned 2 quarts and 1 pint of green beans. Tomatoes canned has been 1 quart and 1 pint. I have dehydrated some cherry tomatoes to make sun-dried tomatoes and some zucchini to save for soups. There has been about 7 pounds of potatoes harvested, 5 pounds of garlic and 4 pounds of onions. I have planted more seed potatoes for a fall crop. The cucumbers are mainly being picked really small a...
