Our garden had a party

Hey look, it's a non-HKF post!

Our garden was quite happy this summer. We had more tomato plants than before and we also planted beans and artichokes. Because the artichoke seeds were planted late, we didn't expect much but we were pleasantly surprised. Without further ado, here'a a parade of photos that shows some of what our garden produced.

July

This is the plant that didn't do much last year. This year it's producing like gangbusters.

Jalapeño peppers


Santa Rosa Plums

We picked our first Sungold, Purple Brandywine, and Amish Paste tomatoes in the last week of July.

First tomatoes

The tomato plants and pole beans were easily over 6 feet tall.

Tomatoes and Beans

Surprise! There's an artichoke in the center of all of these leaves.

First artichoke

We weren't the only ones who enjoyed the Santa Rosa plums.

Bird treat

August

That didn't take long.

It's really an artichoke!

It was delicious.

So fresh

Here's a giant German Stripe heirloom that resembled a small pumpkin. When it was ripe, it weighed over 1-1/2 pounds.

German Stripe heirloom tomato


Beans and Tomatoes

We picked tomatoes every 3-4 days.

First sizeable harvest


A bounty of tomatoes


More artichokes


Tomatoes


Garlic


More tomatoes

We picked our one and only chocolate pepper in August. Maybe the plant will do better next year.

Fruit and vegetables


Tomatoes

With so many tomatoes, we made BLATs (bacon, lettuce, avocado, tomato) sandwiches, Tomato Bisque, salads, and more salsa.

Fresh salsa


Tomatoes

September

The garden really slowed down in September. We don't expect many more tomatoes after these--

The last of the tomatoes and beans

We bought a dehydrator to help preserve the harvest. We dried about 10 pounds of tomatoes, and these apples and figs. This unit will come in handy with next year's fruit.

Figs and Fuji Apples


Dried fruit snacks

That's it! Thanks for staying with me through all the HKF posts.