Putting up, fall's a comin'

Putting up, Fall's coming

It amazes me how slowly everything seems to grow in the spring and through the summer then slam here we are almost overwhelmed with all the bountiful produce to put up.

Yesterday's haul was, winter squashes, tomatoes, we're black-berried out and the freezers are full..

Butternuts are still coming in, good thing they are store well.

Roma, and Amish Paste Tomatoes, and several heirloom fine eating tomato varieties.

Acorn and summer squash are almost done producing

We need to dig through the tomato patch we had a Black Krim tomato planted but have yet to see one fruit, they are a darker not quite black tomato with a green shoulder and are wicked sweet.  It's difficult to find anything in the tomato patch as all the plants have grown so big they have completely filled in the aisles. It's a jungle out there.

I started cutting and coring the tomatoes we picked yesterday, I'm thinking a thick, and chunky spaghetti sauce, a couple of pounds of hamburger, summer squash, Italian sausage, peppers, mushrooms and some Italian seasonings should do it.  We bagged it all up and put 7 quarts in the freezer and had some for dinner.

We picked tomatoes and squash again today, squash and tomatoes with chicken strips for dinner.

Rose said a huge deer came in tonight just about dark, real dark in color, fall colors?

It truly is the end of summer, we took the Gazebo down removing the screens, lights, and then the canvas cover.  We usually get some pretty vicious winds during hurricane season even if we don't get the brunt of the storm.

Stay safe!