Garden Update - Sept 29, 2014

Most of the summer vegetables have run their course and the fall/winter garden is now in full swing. 

The rutabagas have completely taken over the front of this bed.  There is a row of parsnip in front of them, but they may not amount to much in this jungle.

The back of the bed has cabbage that is beginning to take shape.  There were actually three rows, but again, the dang rutabagas!

Corn is drying nicely, getting ready for it's fall location on the front porch.  In front, the zucchini is barely hanging on, but does have at least one fruit on vine. 

Ended up with two butternut squash.

And one Buen Gusto de Horno.

The big daddy of the Long Pie Pumpkins.

Baby Long Pie

That's Kassidy's pumpkin and possibly the smallest Hubbard squash ever grown.

I left some beans on vine to dry out for seed, but I probably won't use them.  They are heirloom open-pollinated variety and I had two types growing side by side in the three sisters bed.  They have likely cross pollinated and won't be true. 

Kaya's Jack O' Lantern.

The rarely shown Chard, Turnip and Beet beds...still going strong!

The Kale and Collards that won't give up.  Still tastes great too, never turned bitter.  Carrots in back.  In front are some spinach, beets, carrot and parsnip that are trying to survive this shady bed.

Collards, looking the best they have all year!

Russian Red Kale...Kaya can't get enough of this.

I picked the last of the unblemished fruit from the apple tree yesterday.  Got another 20 lbs or so that are chillin' in the basement for now.  May turn them into Apple butter or Apple preserves if I get a chance.

 The tomatoes are still producing, thankfully, because I need more spaghetti sauce than the 9 quarts I've canned so far.  Here's the scraggly looking back rows that are nonetheless still bearing decent fruit.

Just before a healthy pickin'

Yep, loaded.

The Arugula, Bok Choy, Spinach and Mixed Salad greens that I planted 3 weeks ago.

Broccoli and Brussels Sprouts.  The bugs are loving this stuff, but should be far enough along to pull through the onslaught.  For some reason, I always weed just after taking all the pics.

The tomato harvest...The smaller variety are Romas and the bigger are the Amish Paste. 

And there were some monsters in there for sure!

There were 35 lbs in that haul which netted me 3 quarts of Spaghetti sauce and 10 pints of tasty, tasty ketchup.