The gardening season here in New Hampshire is coming to an
end. No frost at my place yet, but nights have been into the low 40s, so it’s
coming soon.
Picked most everything left the other day, except for a few
green tomatoes and some lettuce.
It was a relatively good year for my little container garden
on the deck . . . Lots of tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, green beans and radishes
and some herbs. My summer squash and cucumbers didn’t do well . . . drowned
early in the season in self-watering pots, along with my green onions, so next
year I’ll make sure all the self-water reservoirs are taken off the pots in the
Spring and won’t plant the squash so packed together. I tried to push the space
of some plants, and squash is one I won’t next year. I had great squash and
zucchini last year.
But the tomatoes and peppers more or less made up for the
lack of squash and cucumbers. I planted too many varieties, but it was worth
seeing what did well. Cherry tomatoes were like candy and the larger tomatoes I
planted worked well in salads. I live alone, so ended up with a bunch of
extras, so I roasted and then froze them to be turned into sauce this winter .
. . or maybe added to chili.
I think some of the peppers will end up in my bread and
butter pickles as well as some relish, and the rest frozen for this winter.
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