You can just feel it in the air that the season is changing even if it's hot again. The early mornings are beautiful with a nice breeze to make it a pleasure to water and take care of the garden. Veggies that quit producing or slow-downed during the 100 degree days, have started producing again and look like they have a new lease on life.
I ended up with only small varieties of tomatoes this year (I think some were mismarked) but they have so much flavor. The kind of dark ones are a heirloom variety that Allison started from seed and they are just starting to ripen. The round white vegetable is a lemon cucumber and are so good. They taste nothing like lemon -- it's just the color & shape. Also, my arugula has come back. I cut them down & now they're big enough to eat again. It's my favorite salad green.
This is one of the little pie pumpkins I planted. I'm going to cook a couple and see how they do in pumpkin bread. I picked a little of my bittersweet but it isn't ready yet -- it hasn't popped open. I have so much grapevine growing around that I think I'll make some wreaths. The only thing I have to watch out for is sometimes poison ivy sneaks in the grapevine.
I also made peach and strawberry jelly. I used a new product for my 2nd batch of peach and it turned out a little darker then normal. It was an all-natural product so maybe it didn't have what ever it is that's in Surejel that keeps peaches from turning. Just hope the taste is good. Also, made some homemade bread that is so yummy with strawberry jelly.
I've got lots of projects I need to get done before Leola's fall open house so it will be a busy couple of weeks.
Have a great weekend.
