Prolific Gardens

The garden has really been prolific this year. I've planted some vegetables that I had never planted before, eggplant for one and I have at least 4 or 5 eggplants are are looking really good. Actually, I think they will be ready to pick in about a week. I've had a huge amount of broccoli, so much that even Elizabeth got tired of having it. I've let it go to seed. Perhaps next year I will freeze some. Of course we are constantly eating green beans which continue to produce at a frenzied rate. I had wonderful green cabbages, cauliflower, carrots, lettuce and as you can see, red cabbage, each one is spectacular. I'm preparing the one in the picture tomorrow- sweet and sour red cabbage with apples. We are having the neighbors over for an all vegetable dinner. Rob and I could never eat that many vegetables and I'm not into freezing this year. The beets are a golden variety and are super sweet. Too bad Jon isn't here, he loves beets. I planted garlic last fall and have about 40 cloves- I've given many away already. And if you can see, I grew black peppers. They are interesting, not as sweet as red though. The green peppers are small but tasty. I even tried my hand at growing potatoes. And they even grew despite my ignorance as to their need to be mounded. New raised beds in the back yard for potatoes next year. They were fun.

My tomatoes, which I did not photograph, are my pride and joy. I received as a birthday present, a gift certificate to Whites Flower catalog. I ordered 6 heirloom tomatoe plants. They are now over 6 feet tall in the raised beds at Litengard. My favorite so far are the Mortage Lifter variety. They are huge, pink and so sweet. Wonderful on a sandwich. I'm trying Paul Robeson tomorrow. They are large scarlet and green and look quite good. I think in about another 10 days I will have bushel baskets full. If anyone would like some and try to save some seeds let me know. The heirlooms are the only kind that will reproduce from their seeds. I have to read up on how to save the seeds till the spring.



My girl has left. Off to school again. This time in Pittsburgh. We had a small going away party with barbeque chicken, salt potatoes and corn on the cob. And then a farewell game of Mexican Train. Liz won, how appropriate. Then she and Dorie were off in the Volvo to meet the moving van. I think Dorie came back exhausted from unpacking, sorting, setting up, rearranging, shopping and walking up and down three flights of stairs. No elevators!