From: pintiha@jhmi.edu   
      
   On Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 7:55:53 AM UTC-4, songbird wrote:   
   > tomatoes starting to get red enough to pick some.  for   
   > the first pick we had a five gallon bucket and i turned   
   > most of them into tomato juice.  we did eat a half dozen   
   > tomatoes.  cherry tomatoes we've picked a few quarts and   
   > those we didn't eat right away went into the juice jars.   
   >   
   >   cucumbers still coming in more than we can really use   
   > but we give them away.  the really big ones that cannot   
   > be used we put under the lilac tree for the worms to   
   > recycle.   
   >   
   >   onions can be picked when needed for the next few weeks   
   > and then after that i'll have to get them cured for   
   > storage if we don't plan on eating them soon enough.  in   
   > normal years we can eat them up fairly quickly as we do   
   > eat a lot of onions.   
   >   
   >   i can pick fresh beans every day but it has been a   
   > crazy few weeks so i'm not getting out each day to pick.   
   > it isn't a major problem either way as we do like the   
   > dry beans too.   
   >   
   >   squash and melons doing ok.  pictures would be nice   
   > if i can get out there to do it.   
   >   
   >   i've had to do more mowing here the past few months and   
   > it reminds me of how much i'd rather be gardening instead.   
   >   
   >   as we get things harvested and processed i'm going to be   
   > able to gradually reclaim a garden that has been taken over   
   > by weeds the past few years (due to me getting behind   
   > because of injuries and also trying to get big projects   
   > done).  the other day i was able to finally get a half hour   
   > project done in that area which makes it look a bit neater.   
   > sometimes you just have to keep chipping away...  :)   
   >   
   >   what are you up to?  how is the harvest going?   
   >   
   >   
   >   songbird   
      
   My wife has been picking tomatoes and freezing spaghetti sauce. She plants   
   small plots of corn every other week so we have a regular supply of fresh   
   corn-on-the-cob for dinner. We picked the cabbage and made this year's batch   
   of sauerkraut last month.   
      
   The recent rains really perked up the pumpkin patch and there are several   
   large melons ripening as well.   
      
   We just started splitting firewood from the big pile of logs out back. We have   
   enough for the coming year but are stocking up for the winter after that. I'm   
   looking forward to an end to all this heat and humidity.   
      
   Paul   
      
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