Another Great Picking Today

Sounds great Bob - I took it easy today after putting up 13 quarts of tomato sauce yesterday. I froze 7 heads of cabbage and made a big bowl of cole slaw. I also just went out to take a picture of something else and picked a big pile of cherry tomatoes to 'munch on' while doing some computer work :)

Great job Grandpa Bob! Again I am envious. I know it is a matter of time till I can post my great harvests too. I am sitting down today planning my raised beds and the other parts of my garden. I will be building one bed at a time due to finances but I can't wait to get all 4 built in the backyard. It will be so great to go out there and just putter away and grow and pick and grow some more. I wish it would stop the raining here so I can get my garden (container garden) out of the garage again. We had to move them there while Fay was here Fay is moving out so hopefully tomorrow I can move things back out of the garage. I have baby plants in need of sunlight.

This reminds me of the story of the grasshopper and the ants. The ants worked hard all summer and had plenty of food stored up for winter, the grasshopper laid in the sun and played, and starved when winter was here. You are going to be enjoying the fruits of your labors all winter long. Just think of those crunchy green pickles, all to accompany vegetable soups that you make from what you do not eat. Yum!!!Makes me ready for winter.

Hi Grandpa B,[i]wow! that is cool! YOu have plenty there huh! LOL! I have also some today and I will attached a picture and as usual my favorite okra is there with the fruits! LOL! I hope I will make the picture this time![/i]

I am beginning to think you need to change your signature from Grandpa Bob to Farmer Bob or Farmer Grandpa Bob or Grandpa Farmer Bob. Hey how about Grandpa Green thumb Bob? I like that one too. It does sound like you will be busy for awhile with all the cleaning, freezing and pickling you have to do.

I guess you are keeping yourself very busy up there in Minnesota. I have to work some compost or something into my soil here so I can plant my fall crop but we ahve had so little rain here the ground is as hard as a rock. I'm going to need to water it thoroughly before I can even attempt to do anything like that. oh well.

Dang it, now!! STOP making me hungry!! lol You are very lucky to have so many great veggies!!

hello grand pa Bob!! just want to say LUCKY YOU!! you have a very bountiful harvest!! you reap what you sow that's what the saying says. and you deserve it for being really hard working, for taking care of your garden and giving your time and attention. gardening is not easy, i have a few plants, and guess they are dying now.. i just am too lazy for that hobby, am just not a plant [erson. not my passion at all. i like flowers, but i dont plant them, i paint them on the canvas! hahaha

Hello dear Grandpa Bob. It is really harvesting to some extent, I should say. I am sure that you enjoy those harvested. This summer vacation, we have had a lot of tomato soups. I love to eat tomatoes very much, especially when it is prepared in the form of soup. I love the flavor. Happy planting, Grandpa Bob.

You are going to turn into a pickle yourself if this doesn't stop soon! You'll be glad of it, though, when winter comes and you have all that yummy stuff put away!

nothing tastes better than veggies you have nutured and worried about and grown from a seed. what a pleasure i feel whenever i read any of your postings about your garden. my mouth waters for some of your veggies ! someone gave me 3 zuccini from their garden yesterday. still warm from the sun ! i took the zuccini and shredded it, added lemon zest, some plain bread crumbs and gently fried little cakes. like the salmon or potato cakes you make. that's all i had for dinner. nothing could compare with it.