Food
Let's start with Ronde de Nice zucchini that didn't come from my garden. Thanks Holly! I used the stuffed pepper recipe my family already likes. Housemates loved it.
Hollow out. The bottoms are already flat so you don't have to
worry about them tipping over. Sprinkled with S & P and Olive oil.
Stuffed with: Brown rice, mint, dill, feta, olives, sunflower seeds, garlic & onion.
On the bottom of the dish I put a little oil and some Bloody Mary mix, because it needed to be
used. Sealed with foil. Baked at 350 for about 45 min. Perfect.
The Bloody Mary mix had reduced and we just scooped a spoonful over each
zucchini. Delish.
Experiment updates
The pot potatoes were dying back so I took that as a sign to harvest. I know I put some pretty crappy little turds of potatoes in here, but I think I was expecting a little more than this. Oh well, it was fun to try. Probably wouldn't do it again.
I'm certain they will still taste good anyway.
Biochar update: The pepper on the left (control) continues to do a wee better than the one on the right.
Both have 1 pepper, many flowers/buds, but the pepper on the control plant is larger and the plant is taller.
Coming Soon to a Kitchen Near Me
From the new patch:
Hmong Red cuke Seminole Squash
Criolla de Cocina- I just love these crinkled peppers
They turn a gorgeous red when ripe.
Jimmy Nardellos- I think. The plant is just loaded down.
Yellow Stuffing Pepper- first year trying these.
These plants are also loaded down and can't stand upright.
I can't believe how productive these are.
Heirloom- from Baker's Creek.
Peppers in Pots:
These were overwintered in my basement and are doing awesome. I decided to do more peppers in pots. 1) because I ran out of garden space and 2) it makes them easy to take inside and overwinter at the end of the season. Aside from these two varieties I also have- Peach Habs and Shishitos.
Lemon Drop ^
Mustard Habaneros ^
Squashes
Tennessee Sweet Potato Not sure, but abundant and rambling
The TN Sweet potato is rampant & productive. It is running over my Sweet Potatoes, which I guess they would substitute for as a similar veg anyway so I'm going to let them do as they please.
Lots of eggplants coming in.
I've made a Thai eggplant dish and a pasta sauce w/maters
in the crock that turned out well. So far- not enough to freeze.
I have 11 plants. I'm hoping this turns out to be enough for fresh eating & freezing.
If not, I will forgo beans next year. The beans are a wild jungle now.
In Bloom
Beebalm being loved on by Bombus auricomus
Garden Phlox ^
The Prairie + Silver Spotted Skipper
Virgin's Bower
Joe Pye and Bombus bimaculatus
LOVE this Zinnia!
Cactus type + color
I didn't know that the Common Mullein flowers
smelled like roses in the morning! How exciting.
Driveway plant.
Cottage garden corner ^
^Comes back each year from the root.
Wait. What? How did Nya get here?
River Oats^
Tiger lily
Weatherwise
It has been a very nice summer so far. It has been relatively cool. We haven't had the AC on yet. The house is staying in the 70s and we've had lows of upper 50's a few nights. No 100's yet, although one day with a heat index of, although we may see that again this weekend. Rain has been steady enough that I haven't watered, but one tomato plant and I did that today. Finger's crossed things stay this nice.
Happy Gardening Folks.
