We have had an odd weather summer, starting out cooler and much wetter, then blazing hot, then cool again, then blazing hot. Now summer is fading and most of our harvest is slowing down. The tomato production was adversely affected by the variable weather. We did have a counterful a week ago. So of course we made tomato sauce and ate tomatoes at every meal. Our son, whose restaurant makes weird but delicious bratwurst sandwiches, came over and took tomatoes down to the restaurant to make BLT bratwurst sandwiches. Those sold out so quickly that he came and got more. Now we only have the rejects inside (still good for sauce and jam) and the weather has cooled off enough that the ripening is slow. There are still many green tomatoes and we are still picking green beans and lima beans daily but the season is nearly over.
The pumpkins are almost completely orange and the butternut squash is about to turn the appropriate color. We only have a tenth of an acre yard, including the footprint of the house and garage, but we don't plant grass so there are lots of places for food production.
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