The hail storm wreaked havoc on my garden/veggie eating this summer. It seems amazing looking at these pictures that I actually harvested anything this year.
Hail storm end of June:
3 Weeks Later:
End of August:
No matter how good it looks it still took a while to get anything to ripen. Notice there are no red tomatoes in the above picture. I got my first one August 22. It was tiny and I had to split it three ways! I'm glad I have a veggie loving son but I sure wasn't that day!
The crop was slow to come in but I was still able to have some of my favorite delicacies.
Roasted peppers w/ cream cheese and bacon:
Roasted carrots:
Beets and swiss chard with feta and balsamic vinegar:
I told the kids that these carrots were married:
The replanted cucumbers spread like crazy and were dangling all over my trellis and arborvitaes.
Finally, some variety (cucumber, carrots, purple potatoes, and garlic):
After my first tomato (remember how small he was) I didn't get anymore until the end of September. I finally had two good size ones so I had my first BLT September 26th. It was good but the tomatoes aren't as flavorful and some are a bit mushy (due to some cold weather).
My last bountiful fall harvest:
My lone cantaloupe (pretty flavorful):
My lone watermelon still needed some more time to ripen and grow (he was only about the size of a softball.)
I still have 20-25 largish tomatoes out there that I hope ripen before they freeze!
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