Oh my gosh Annie, what a beautiful haul!

With yellowing hosta and fading roses and lots of weeds.
I depend on friends to share their largess of food crops and I give back some of the sauce, jam etc....
But my "provider" who had possibly 8 tomato plants had a bountous harvest...I got 5, 5 gallon buckets....and others got a lot too, and lots of peppers and egg plant and beans? Hoo boy!
Linda C

Annie, Wow! I didn't plant this year but I do have my herbs...rosemary, oregano, green onions, chives, lemongrass, peppers and baytree that is growing like crazy!

Your haul is amazing! Do you have enough tomatoes to can your salsa?
How are you going to handle keeping the potatoes?

I would love to help you pressure cook and eat all that canning...:-)

Annie, not a bad crop from my perspective. While I didn't have 65 toms, I did have 10 and it was a very small harvest. I did 4 qts of tomato zuccini sauce, about 8 of a seasoned tomato sauce, some tomato basil butter (to die for) and have some in the freezer and a few straglers on the window sill. The green beans were very good, I think I froze about 20 packs and the peppers were just so-so.

But my red cabbage! Oh my! I planted 9 heads and canned 20 qts of spiced cabbage. Yes, 20! Can you tell I was stunned?

My basil is still going, and I am on my second crop of lettuce in a large clay pot, so we will see.

I did plant fennel for the first time and it was a dud. I had no clue what to do and had a hard time finding info. I athink I was to blanch it(mound soil around the base, like leeks) but all I got were frond and seeds. Any advise?

Our spring was too cool for too long and my heart was not in it, so I could have planted more. Now I regret it, but too late now. Next year.

I almost forgot! I have 12 jars of your amazing salsa in storage too. I took some to work last week and your recipe has gone on to 5 more people. What a hit that was.

Well...I have 2 tomato plants trying to hold out a bit longer...I have 1 ear of corn growing! My popcorn seems to be a bust!!!!
I'm still eating fresh strawberries..for those wanting an everbearing look for Liberty...fabulous little plants!
I have Nappa, red cabbage and cauliflower growing from the second "planting" ooh and some beets (probably enough for one meal!) and two leaf lettuces. My peppers finally put on flowers..but I'll not see a pepper...tooo late...Oh and the plant I thought was a pumpkin is a butternut.....they've finally grown enough to see their shape..but again..they'll not make it...to young...Do you think I could use them like zucchini's?
And I got potatoes..but they had scab...still tasted good, but were pretty small.

Well, I have nothing to compare to either of your hauls, but tonight DH enjoyed caprese salad with homegrown basil, homegrown tomatoes (mostly red tiny teardrops that aren't very sweet) and last night's peach butter was made with lemons from my brand new Meyer lemon tree! So I'm feeling very proud. W/O the CF I don't think I would have ever been so inspired! I still have loads more little tomatoes on the vines and parsely, sage, and more basil growing nicely.

It's supposed to be sunny this weekend, so I'm hoping my tomatoes will ripen a bit more...Still many, many green ones and not too many ripe. After that I'll deal with the green or at least pick them and try to ripen them indoors. I'm afraid to leave them any longer and lose them to black spot or rot.

My jalapenos were very productive and we have some of the mystery peppers, too...The tag stuck in the small pots just said, "Hot Peppers," but they're the same small, grow-sticking-straight-up kind.

We have some giant zucchini (I'm never good at catching them at the small stage). But the kids love zucchini muffins, etc. and the bigger they are, the more they make. We are shredding and freezing.

I have just a few acorn squash that I still hope will mature and ripen, but I have doubts. There aren't enough to feed us all anyway. Note to self: Next year plant more acorn and less zucchini...

We still have strawberries coming on, too! The wild rabbits kept us from having a June crop by pruning the plants down, but after that they let them be...Probably helped them in the long run.

Looks like you got a great crop of tomatoes. Mine didn't do so well because of constant heat waves this summer. I watered everyday but they still got burned. I am getting cherry tomatoes from my second crop of tomato plants. Still have about a dozen tomatoes on the old vines which I will prune back, dig up and put in the greenhouse for winter. Also still getting peppers, lettuce, kohlrabi and tons of swiss chard. I think I picked the last of the beans this week. The Jerusalem artichokes are just getting ready to bloom. The second rotation of winter and summer squash are just producing. Hopefully get some in before the frost in Jan. And all the newly planted lettuce, green onions, carrots, swiss chard and beets are coming up.
Clare

Nice crop Annie!

I don't even know about my garden. Work has been a stress factory and I'm having trouble just watering the house plants. Gained 15lbs by eating out for the last couple months.

: )
lyra

Great haul, Annie, but I'm still in shock you lost your "oomph" LOL! I lost mine years ago, now I need naps :)

I had a nice little haul all summer with four containers of lettuces. Mesclun, Italian mix, two kinds romaine. Had lemon boy tomatoes, Italian golds and Green zebra, sun golds, juliets all did well. Got only two tomatoes from the german stripe, but worth it, nice tomato! Total of 3 red peppers, two yellow peppers. Lots of raspberries, some strawberries. The herbs did well, basil. and I had mutant carrots that tasted really sweet but the pot was too small. Everything was in containers. Took us two summers but we finally figured out, zucchini doesn't grow in containers.

Wow, look at all that cabbage, Peppi!

I yanked out my one and only tomato plant. It produced some of the worst tasting tomatoes I have ever had.

I think I have bumper crop of potatoes growing in my window box. I planted a sweet potato vine as a trailing plant. It is huge and full of flowers. We'll see what's in there when the geraniums behind it fade away.

Only tomatoes and peppers this year, but both are very good. My soon to be SIL and I made 34 jars of that very famous Salsa. We love it.

Karen, I canned salsa FIRST, then other tomatoes. Gotta have our priorities you know. (grin)

Peppi, I did get beans too. Lots and lots of beans. 52 quarts of beans and there are still beans on the vines that could be picked. I'm darned tired of beans! That's what I forgot this year, your sweet and sour cabbage. Ah well, there may be time yet, if I get just a couple of spare minutes.

Carol, I actually lost my oomph a couple of weeks ago, now I'm just pushing myself.

Lyra, there might be some tomatoes and peppers out there waiting for you, better check. You have to relax a bit, though, stressing like that takes most of the joy out of life and we gotta have a LITTLE fun.

Annie

Annie, looks like a super haul from your garden.

What beautiful dark red cabbages. I have never raised any.

In fact, I have almost given up on cole crops because of the blasted cabbage worms. Do you have any special hints to keep them under control. I got so tired of seeing them float to the top of the water when I blanched broccoli..........

I am still getting tomatoes, I picked a dishpan yesterday and will be making more of Annie's salsa. I have lost track of how many batches I have done. I have passed the wonderful recipe along to others too, but have given credit where credit is due! Thank you, annie, for sharing it.

I have lots of peppers left, bell, banana, anaheim and serrano. I still need to dig a row of potatoes....waiting for next week's promised cool down.

The cantaloupe is finally ripening and I have been sharing with my elderly neighbor. There is just so much cantaloupe you can eat!

I planted lettuce and garlic last week, but if I don't water, nothing will germinate. We are very hot and dry.

All in all, I was very pleased with my garden this year.