Made 10 qts sauce and 10 pkgs halved cherry tomatoes.
They're still growing like crazy.
Planted some Buttercrunch and Spinach yesterday since I only use the outside leaves. Zone 6.
I was going to brag about my pumpkin patch until I read about a guy in Alaska who grew a 2505 pound monster. I will be back later...
We just picked the last Myer Lemon from our minature tree until after about Thanksgiving.
The tasty and big lemons, bigger than a hard ball and just smaller than a soft ball has been producing lemons as fast as we could harvest and give away so many.
We now have at least a hundred a little bigger than a golf ball.. If we have a mild fall, it will spring into action with grown lemons about ThanksGiving.
Our minature Fig tree is figging out with anywhere from 6 newly ripe figs to a dozen per day. This will continue to about Halloween or the earliest heavy frost. Our yard man had to stake and tie up most brances a few weeks ago. They are so sweet, we don’t want any dessert during this time.
There is a family owned fruit and veggie stand with in a 5 minute drive. Their sweet corn, strawberries and peaches are in full production. They have many other great veggies and fruits in full bore until they close after Thanksgiving.
We have friends and our yard man, who raise the great big fuji persimmons. They drop off about a dozen per week at our back door when that season begins. They replace the tomatoes and go big from medum fall until the hard freezes come in early Dec. My wife uses them as dining table color until Thanksgiving. She takes them from decorating the dining table to the kitchen to become part of dinner.
Root veggies should be hitting the market next month into October.
Late summer and the fall in N. California is incredible with God’s bounty.
I have started cleaning up the raised beds. One is totally empty & last Sunday, I planted some zinnia seeds (a relative gave me some semi-dry heads she’d cut off of this year’s flowers). After letting the seed heads dry out a bit, they seemed to be ok (not mildewed, etc.). With warm soil & plenty of water (mostly rain showers this past week), I was pleasantly surprised to see little zinnias yesterday already! Now comes the race for blooms before the frost hits.
It’s always sort of sad to see the garden dying out .... I think that’s why I planted the late zinnias. I also planted some dinosaur kale in another bed so we’ll see how that does - seeds are a bit old so they may not come up.
The jalapenos did great this year. I’ve canned 3 batches of Jalapeno Pepper Jelly & have about 4 lbs more of beautiful red peppers to use up. I think I’m going to make some jalapeno poppers this weekend with some of the green ones.
We’ve got lots of goldfinches right now, feasting on a couple of sunflowers. I think I’m going to get a Nyger seed feeder for them because the sunflower seed heads will soon be bare. The goldfinches are a real joy to behold - like living sunshine with those gorgeous yellow feathers.
Adding insult to injury, Re: your Sweet Corn crop this season. Man accidentally grows corn stalk with 28 ears!
Fall Garden Planting | How to Grow Cool Season Vegetables
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I pulled up the spent tomato plants. Have decided to sow lettuce, arugula and mustard seeds.Need to start raking leaves already!
French Almond Cake with Berries and Cream
ING •4 oz almond paste•½ cup ea sugar, butter •3 large eggs
Cream Cheese Topping: •4 oz cream cheese •¼ cup powdered sugar•½ cup h/cream•¼ tsp. almond extract
•For the berries: •½ pound strawberries (hulled and sliced), cup ea raspberries, blueberries or blackberries, 2 Tb conf.
PREP Grease/flour 9" round tart pan w/ loose bottom (foil outside), or 9" round cake pan. CAKE Crumble 4 oz almond paste into processor. Pulse in 1/4 c sugar til fine-ground. Add 1/2 c softened butter; process smooth. Add 3 lg eggs; process/combine. Add •½ cup flour•½ tsp. baking powder •¼ tsp. salt flour, baking soda, salt; proc/ blend. Spoon evenly into prepared pan. Bake 375 deg 20 min (browns/springs back pressed lightly in center). Cool completely in pan on rack. If using a cake pan, cool in pan 10 min, then invert on rack to cool completely.
TOPPING elec/mixer four oz cr/ cheese smooth. Add quarter cup conf; beat well. Add 1/2 c h/cream, droplets almond extract, increase to high; beat light/fluffy. Fridge/Covered til needed.
BERRIES Steep 10 min 1/2 c strawberries, cup ea raspberries, blueberries or blackberries, 2 tb conf.
FINAL Remove pan sides. W/ knife or metal spatula, loosen cake; place on server. Spread on top to ½" from edge ¼ cup seedless raspberry jam (stirred up well, so it's spreadable). Spoon on cream, spread/cover all but edges. Spoon berry mixture over cream.
SERVE immediately.