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Saturday Snapshot–Gathering Good Things from the Garden

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We have  several pumpkins growing courtesy of seeds in the compost, instead of the cucumber seeds I planted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Still some tomatoes ripening. You can see some leaves have started to turn brown.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Results of my preserving efforts: relish, peaches, jam and pickled beets. I think of  the peaches as “bottled sunshine” when I open them in the winter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We’ve picked more than a basket of tomatoes from our own plants. These and more went into the fruit relish. And we’ve enjoyed eating them as well. Yumm!

Saturday Snapshots hosted by At Home With Books. Go and see what other pictures are there and link up.

 

Photos by C. Wilker

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  1. You’ve been very industrious – that’s a lot of preserves! Your photo reminded of how much I love pumpkins, yet I haven’t had any in a long time.

  2. Aren’t gardens great this time of year? Ours is producing some lovely tomatoes, cukes, basil, and beans. No pumpkins this year though.

    • Hi Trish,

      Sounds like you had a good gardening season too. I grew basil as well and have dried most of it. Yes, it’s good to have a garden and to harvest what has grown. Thanks for stopping by.

    • If we had lettuce, I’m sure the chipmunks would have had even a greater feast. We have a tall fence around that keeps the bunnies out. Thanks for stopping by. Left a comment on your blog.

    • HI Susan,

      I’ve never made pizza sauce or salsa for canning, but I made dill pickles and pickled beets. Do you make those? Yes, it is a very busy time of year and we’ve had a wedding in the middle of it. So I just do what I cam. Peaches were done this week, after the wedding. Thanks for stopping by.

    • It’s a process one would best be organized for. A little help from a friend is a good thing. Maybe you can learn from your friend. Thanks for stopping by.

  7. Very nice, Carolyn. Something ate most of my tomatoes this year, ie the fruit. But I still have lots of flowers. I love your pics, especially the one of your preserves. It’s great to open them in the winter.

    • Thanks, Diana. Too bad about your tomatoes. Frustrating when that happens.
      Love the preserved fruit in winter. I grew up with that sort of thing and though I don’t have to do large batches for a family, it’s nice for us to have some.

    • We have three water barrels and only occasionally used city water through our drought. It was dry here too. Market gardeners often have to irrigate. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.

    • That’s for sure. At least three. Maybe one will be a painted jack-o-lantern before it’s made into pie. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.

  10. I had to laugh about the pumpkins! We planted one cucumber plant and harvested five cucumbers off of it (they were the kind for salads, not pickling). I liked them so much that I want to plant a bunch of them next year instead of zucchini, which I am less fond of. I think it’s spoiled me for store bought cucumbers though, which are always rubbery and soft.

    • Our vegetables are more for eating. When I can I still have to go to the farmer’s market to get the quantity I needed. Except for the fruit relish for which I used some of our tomatoes and some I bought. Fresh cucumbers are so much better, I agree. The best pickles are made the same day they are picked. Thanks, Alyce.

  11. our cucumber died before we had a chance at more than one (it was bitter) but our pumpkin got huge!

    sigh, now I’m hungry 🙂

    here’s mine

    • I think people are interested in knowing what’s in their food, at least I am. I learned to do it by helping my mom can. Thanks. The pumpkin is ripening.

    • Our garden is not so large so things are maybe a little closer together than usual for a country garden.

      We used the space to the best advantage and planted the tiny tomatoes in a flower bed. 😉

  15. Nice looking pumpkins! I got volunteer vines from the compost this year too, along with the cucumbers I planted. They turned out to be cantaloupe. I’ve never planted cantaloupe in the garden, so the seeds must have come from a store bought one. I didn’t even know they were a vine that resembled cucumber. And the mini cantaloupes looked like weird cucumbers until they got round and hard. Next year I’m definitely planting cantaloupe on purpose. For some reason I thought cantaloupe vines were larger, like the squash.

    • Cantaloupe is good. My parents have grown it, but I probably won’t, at least not on purpose. I’d have to give a bunch away to my neighbours since I can only eat so much of it.

    • That’s true about cantaloupe, but my husband doesn’t eat them so it takes longer to use one.

      When we were children, we often put a little scoop of ice cream on top of a section of cantaloupe to eat as dessert. I rarely eat ice cream anymore and the fruit tastes good without extra stuff on it.

      Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy the fruit.

    • You’re right, they do look like jewel colours. Thanks, I have been busy. And I couldn’t get everything on the same shelf. There are dill pickles too.

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