Farm Report For September 3
Sep. 3rd, 2013 03:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
robbyThe Serreno peppers are ripening en masse, so I'm picking and drying them every other day. I have six big bushes full of peppers, each bush about 4 feet tall. The peppers are plenty hot and flavorful; three or four are enough for any dish.
The canning had become less hectic, in a few days I'll can a combined batch of tomatoes and what probably is the last of the bush beans. When 11 medium yellow squash are ready, I'll also can them, to yield seven quarts.
The pole beans haven't begun to flower, but some have climbed six feet or more, to the top of the trellis. The one Brandywine tomato bush is full of green tomatoes, some quite large. With about 60 days until first frost, these late plants should still produce.
The earliest butternut squash are about mature, but I think I can leave them to pick right before the first freeze. The beauty of winter squash is that you just keep them cool and they last without any processing.
The canning had become less hectic, in a few days I'll can a combined batch of tomatoes and what probably is the last of the bush beans. When 11 medium yellow squash are ready, I'll also can them, to yield seven quarts.
The pole beans haven't begun to flower, but some have climbed six feet or more, to the top of the trellis. The one Brandywine tomato bush is full of green tomatoes, some quite large. With about 60 days until first frost, these late plants should still produce.
The earliest butternut squash are about mature, but I think I can leave them to pick right before the first freeze. The beauty of winter squash is that you just keep them cool and they last without any processing.
