Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Potager Post



More pictures of the potager! It is still not finished, but around here when something is 90% done, it's basically done. I must have inherited a gene that keeps you from completing projects. Anyway, it's still the best looking potager on our block. The fruits of our labor include strawberries, tons of herbs, Japanese eggplant, broccoli, cauliflower, pickling cucumbers and this mystery melon. I don't remember planting it, so if anyone can identify it I will give them 50 cents -- next time they visit me.





Also, I know nothing about pickling, so I have been searching for recipes to use up all these cucumbers!! I find the whole topic very confusing... salt versus vinegar, boiling brine versus cooled brine, hot water bath versus no bath. There are so many pickling permutations that I get confused. I finally emailed my good friend Lynne Rosetto Casper for her input, but I have yet to hear back from her. I'm sure she'll be in touch soon.



Finally, even though it is well into August I have had merely 3 ripe tomatoes so far. The rest seem to be in some sort of green tomato suspended reality. As we are still working on the canned green tomato chutney from last year, I sure hope whatever bizarre Nebraska Summer conditions are keeping them from ripening will settle the hell down.

Happy, healthy gardening, people.

14 comments:

keith said...

Those are some beautiful pictures. There are some more here.

Maybe your deadbeat husband can help you finish your potaget.

jgautrea said...

The pictures are great. That is impressive potagering!

Terry G. said...

Muskmelon!!!! Find a no cook pickle recipe for the easy way out. Tomatoes all over NE are still green. Great gardening; probably can't grow this well in wet and overheated NW!!!!

Jenn said...

Very lovely! Your garden will be the inspiration for when I have a sunny back yard :)

Terry G. said...

Roma's are ripening every day; if the table toms are yellow turnin g to orange, you are right on sked w/ the rest of NE. Donb't panic too soon; it's NE and you are above zone 5 by a little. It will all be Great!!! Slow ripen is good for sweetness!!

KatG said...

It's amaaaaaaaazing. (and I think Terry G snuck that melon in there. Can't prove it ... but I have my suspicions!)

m.t.s. m.d. said...

I love this!!!

Tiny said...

Pictures look great! BTW has science yet discovered that genetic make up can and does change! There is Hope in all things!

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