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Eight pounds of the green tomatoes were picked for Green Tomato Mincemeat, another butternut squash was brought in and the closet ripened tomatoes were weighed and added to the harvest total. That was the last of the indoor ripening tomatoes. I always kept them clear through November in past years, but these ripened way too fast. I'm sure it was because I had them hidden in that closet, so they didn't get checked daily. Once a single tomato begins to ripen, it should be removed. I had several ripening in the box at once, which prompted the others to do the same.
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I made another trip to the garden that same day and brought in the last butternut squash and a few strawberries. We'd been having some rain, and I lost a few berries due to the soggy condition of the bed.
Squash (butternut) - 63.9 ounces (4 pounds)
Strawberries - 6.8 ounces
Tomatoes - 216.3 ounces (13.5 pounds)
Total for the week: 18 pounds
Total year to date: 1026.46 pounds
Please visit our host for Harvest Monday at Daphne's Dandelions
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I LOVE your butternut faces at the top of your page! So cute! My harvest is small this week too :(
ReplyDeleteShawn Ann, my daughter was here the day I brought in the last two butternuts, so I handed her a Sharpie and said "make faces!" Yes, harvest amounts are certainly dwindling. I do still have a few things left in the garden though.
DeleteFrom no harvest to 18 lbs. I wonder if you can pull off 44 more pounds. I'm rooting for it.
ReplyDeleteI doubt it, Daphne. Maybe another 10 pounds or so of carrots, less than a pound of lettuce, only two small heads of cabbage that might be harvestable, a picking of peas if I'm lucky, and three plants of dime sized (so far) brussels sprouts. I would guess a max of another 20 pounds. Now I wish I hadn't pulled out the broccoli! Although I might have only picked another 5 pounds, it would have still been giving me a nice harvest. I could have had several more pounds of summer squash too, but I just couldn't stand to look at one more.
DeleteYou are the queen of butternut squash! My goodness! A farmer friend of mine gave me three giant ones to supplement my little babies, so I'm looking forward to enjoying some. Maybe even "pumpkin" pie! Nice No Harvest Monday you've had!
ReplyDeleteNutmeg, it's a good thing we love the butternuts, and that they are so versatile! I just saw a recipe for pumpkin cinnamon rolls that is supposed to be out of this world delicious, so I'm thinking one of those five slightly immature squash would be perfect for that. After I'm through decorating with them, LOL!
DeleteEighteen pounds of harvest is great! I love the decorated squash too! Very creative. Nancy
ReplyDeleteI need to bring in the last of my pumpkins - but I am putting it off as long as I can. They will need to finish ripening under the grow lights and warmth of the house in the back bedroom. I am putting it off as long as I can so they can ripen as much on the vine as possible. I have quite a lot of them out there though.
ReplyDeleteHave to join everyone in admiring your new banner pic - very fun!