Thanks! Honestly,I am about ready for the tomatoes to go out! I was very fortunate this year and have so many put up I do not really need any more. I agree on the salsa; lots of work goes into making it. Hubby tasted it and said, "That tastes just like salsa you buy in the jar." Guess that was a nice compliment. I just looked at him and said, "It is salsa in a jar!! "

Just came in from harvesting sugar baby watermelons from the empty chicken coop. We have already picked five, I harvested twelve today and there are probably a half dozen more on the vine, with blooms still making!! Not bad for three vines! Yall be careful out in the heat!!!!! I thought I was going to pass slap dab out before I finished picking, I was so darn hot.

Grundan that looks like a fine garden!!! Hope your crops are bountiful!!

I am going to put the three Arkansas Travlers in the ground in a day or two, finally arrived today, so I want to break them into the sun easy. My other tomatoes are toast...still have a few on the vine that I will probably pick off tomorrow. My okra has finally taken off; planted some dwarf okra a while back so hope it makes. Need to harvest carrots and parsnips soon too. Harvested my dill yesterday and have it drying. Want to plant some late green beans too. Need to get those in the ground.

About tired of canning though. So far, this year, I have canned: 10 pt. & 4 qt. Bread and Butter pickles; 4 qt. Garlic Dill Spears; 3 pt. sliced Dill pickles, 7 pt. Salsa; 2 pt & 35 qt. canned Tomatoes; 12 pt. peach jam; 21 qt. Hot Dilly Beans; 5 pt. & 5-8oz. jars strawberry jam; 1 pt. hot pepper sauce and 1 pt. jalapeno pepper.

I want to make some fig perserves when the figs come in and some muscadine jelly when they ripen but think I will take a break until then.

Been a minute since I posted. Harvested all the carrots and parsnips. Parsnips were not a raging success; never got big. So, that will not be done again but it was a good experiment. Carrots made very well and I love growing them.

Arkansas Travelers in the ground and are already blooming with two actual tomatoes on the vine already. Fed them good and put some dolomite in the ground by them. Planted some more green beans where I took out carrots and parsnips. They should make if I can keep the bugs off.

Have whipped my okra plants twice and have blooms about to open, so it looks really good.


I have more dang hot pepper, cayenne and jalapeño, than I can possibly use. Made a dozen jars of pepper jelly and that is enough. I pulled the bell pepper plants. I was fighting worms and ants and just got tired of it. Left the hot peppers but likely will pull those soon too. Think I will string some peppers to hang.

Cucumbers just won’t quit!! I have put up more bread & butter, garlic dill spears and sliced dill pickles since my last post. Probable have enough cucumbers to make several more jars of pickles but dang!! I love fresh cucumbers as a snack and in salads, so guess that will do for now.

About time to set some garlic pods and I think I am going to put in some cabbage.

Hope your gardens are bountiful and looking well!!

One of my recent harvests.


Jalapenos....out my ears.


Arkansas Travelers..


Whooped okra!


Hot pepper jelly.

Now about that coop full of sugar baby melons...um it has become jungle like!!! AND there is a big ole speckled king snake hanging out in there~~~~ There are melons all over the vines...hanging on the sides, on the ground and one even on the top!! Imma let um go for a bit and then take the weed wacker in with me, so I don't step on anything that might bite me. Don't care if it is not poisonous...they still bite.






Then, there is the beauty that is attracting all sorts of fluttery things...

I have been scarce around this joint lately...just lots going on. My fall tomato plants bit the dust from wilt. Made me sick, since they had tomatoes all over them but hey, it happens. Okra is making but this is the strangest okra I've grown. Late green beans are doing well, not blooming but close. Am fighting the worms on those. My cucumbers are finally playing out....thank goodness. Still have hot peppers growing like crazy. Plan to put out some cabbage the end of the month. May put in a small patch of greens too.

Hope you all have had a successful year in the garden!! I have canned so much, my pantry is about to burst open! My last additions were pear preserves and scuppernong jelly; now I am done! I will have lots of Christmas gifts with all the canning I did.