Lots and Lots of Work to Be Done

written by Yvonne

We are woefully behind in writing about our garden adventures so this post will be brief so we can get current.

I was in Asheville for a Yoga weekend workshop several weekends ago and Tom was left to get LOTS of work done in the garden. The biggest job was to pull up the lettuce in bed #1....

and the garlic...

and to lay out a layer of hay. And that's just what he did.

The beans started coming in. They are hard to see because they are long and green, just like the vines. But they're there.

Volunteer squash has been producing (of course).

The zucchini hasn't been producing a ton, but certainly enough to give us a few meals here and there. The one pictured on the left was FAR too big to eat so I decided to make zucchini bread with it. I shredded it in the food processor and that one zucchini yielded SIX CUPS!! The bread recipe only called for one cup so I kept digging through recipes to see if I could find something that would use more.

A dozen zucchini muffins used three cups so I opted for two batches of muffins. We each ate one and sent the rest to Tom's work to share with his co-workers.

Finally enough blackberries ripened to make two small mixed fruits salads for dessert. Yum!

After harvesting the garlic, Tom several together in bunches and hung them all around the porch to dry.