This has been the busiest summer ever, and I must say that we didn't spend a lot of time in our garden. We had visitors for two weeks and then we were travelling for another two. Luckily, our neighbours kept watering our greenhouses during those two weeks, and it looks like we created a good base as we are blessed with a wonderful harvest.
We only came back home a couple of days ago, and we went to the garden as soon as we could. I've been busy with processing our tomatoes ever since. I have dried quite a few in the dehydrator, then I placed them in a jar, and submerged them in olive oil. I keep the jar in the fridge, so we can use them as pasta topping for several months. I have also made 20 jars of tomato/pepper sauce for winter, and today I will make some passata too. There are still plenty of tomatoes left in the greenhouse, so I'm thinking of making some ketchup or relish. We'll see...
It took me ages to harvest those tomatoes, and I was so happy with the result. Look how colourful!
And yes, there is a tomato spam coming, so I hope that you're ready for it.
I've been waiting for ages for these heirlooms. They grew so big.
This is the biggest one, and we used it for a bruschetta yesterday. Honestly, I would have kept it if I could as it was way too pretty to eat 😊
I don't remember the name of this variety, but I will keep the seeds for next year as they are delicious, and the plants are producing like crazy.
Some of them have interesting shapes. What do you see here?
We had some twins too...
I love that each of them is so different...
This one is called green zebra, and we were not sure if we would get any tomatoes as these plants were destroyed with early blight. It turns out we were wrong, and there are quire a few of them.
We couldn't wait and ate this one in the garden. It's a meaty variety, so it's perfect to grill.
We have tomatoes of all sizes...
There are some traditional ones too...
This one is the result of cross-pollination. It's a red tomato plant, but the fruit is showing signs of our heirloom variety. Next year, we will do it differently as it turns out we have many cases of cross-pollination, so we will have to plant the varieties separately.
These yellow ones are gigantic too!
And yes, we are not the only ones who want to enjoy them 😊 Somebody was munching on this one before us.
Now let's move to the pepper spam!
Our peppers are so much better than last year. The fruit is big and nicely shaped, they almost look like we bought them in a store. Planting them in the greenhouse was a great idea.
I harvested these when my family was visiting us as my brother loves this variety. I didn't harvest many though as he would eat as many as I would bring 😊
This is how it looks like when I forget to bring a basket...
Our red Hungarian peppers are turning red! They are so big!
This is what I took for my tomato/pepper sauce because there are so many of them that we would never manage to eat them fresh before they would start to rot.
Beans are doing well too and they turned into a bean jungle.
We have some nice pods, and I'm waiting for them to dry before I will harvest them. Soon I will plant another badge for October harvest.
Our basil is producing too. I have our freezer full of pesto already.
This was a surprise cucumber, one of the few that we had.
I can't wait for our carrots, but they are still just babies...
Kohlrabies don't only come round shaped 😊
I was forced to take some baby kale too because out of my three plants one was already eaten by 'somebody' else, so I had to hurry if I wanted my share too.
There are so many chilli peppers, and I hope that they will have enough time to turn red. We had cold and rainy summer, so they are way too late.
This is our ninja beetroot as it looked so small, but...
And patty pan - I love those so much.
Yes, we still have zucchinis...
Big ones too...
Eggplants don't grow as big as I expected, but there are many, so it compensates for the size.
We have harvested some corn too. We don't have many, but it's enough for the two of us because we don't want to preserve it for later.
I always find it a bit scary to clean corn cobs as you have no idea what's hidden inside. A few times, I found a worm and automatically threw the cob on the ground. And honestly, I screamed too.
This one had no visitors and was perfect. It tasted great too!
This year was great for plums. I've dried a couple of kilos, we harvested 200 kilos which we gave to a distillery, and there are still many more left for pies 😊
And when I say many more, I do mean many more...
We also have some visitors which we protect. I have searched for this caterpillar, and I believe it will become a pinkish moth.
This one I have no idea...
And we had to transport our harvest with a wheelbarrow - we are so grateful for everything that we got 😊
We are back at home, and don't plan any travel other than HiveFest, so I will be posting my regular garden updates again.
See you next time!
Měsíc žádný update, ale vyplatilo se počkat, tenhle stál opravdu za to :) Vy jste hotová rajčatovo-papriková velmoc! :D Některé ty kultivary vidím poprvé v životě :) Celkově máte opět úžasnou sklizeň, tleskám a závidím :) Nám se na balkoně urodilo 1 (slovy jedno! :D) rajče :D Ale od rodiny jsme zásobeni víc než dostatečně, takže nám to nevadilo :)
Poznámka o loupání kukuřice pobavila, taky jsem dřív odhazoval ty, ze kterých lezli škvoři :D
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Ani nevieš ako často som chcela niečo napísať, len na to fakt nebol čas. Naši tu boli po prvý krát, tak sme im chceli pripraviť nezabudnuteľný program, potom tu bol švagor s rodinou a potom sme boli na Slovensku. Ešte stále upratujem a snažím sa to dať doma dokopy 😂
No úroda je super, len spracovať to všetko mi trvá neskutočne dlho. Už teraz môžem ale povedať, že v zime hladom trpieť nebudeme 😁
Tak dúfam, že tá jedna paradajka aspoň chutila super 😊 Moja úroda na balkóne tiež nie je nič moc, ale nemala som čas sa o nich starať, tak občas aj dosť preschli a chýbala im aj výživa, tak sa teším, že máme aspoň niečo.
No s kukuricou je to strašné a aj keď viem, čo mám očakávať, tak sa furt zľaknem 😂 všetci záhradkári vedia, keď ju čistím 😁
Pořád jsi na tom líp než já - můj poslední post je starý dva měsíce a minimálně v dohledné době určitě nic nového nepřidám, sotva stíhám rozdávat upvoty a Tipáky... To jsem nevěděl, že vaši u vás ještě nebyli. Je mi jasné, že jste si proto dali hodně záležet, aby se jim tam líbilo a měli hezké zážitky ;) No, máte to léto taky dost hektické :D A to se ještě za chvíli chystáte do Chorvatska na HiveFest, že?
Gorgeous-looking tomatoes, looks so yummy!
Great harvest!
Fresh fruits are very good for health
Thank you! 😊
Yeah!! You're going to Hivefest!!! We shall meet again! I assume Stefan is coming as well? @zirochka and I are both bringing our other half, the guys can all get bored together!
Back to your garden. 200k of plums? That's just crazy! I hope they will offer you some some wine in return
I can't wait! 😍 Stefan will be coming too, but he can't take the week off, so I don't think that he will be bored. I'll be lucky if he'll manage to be with us from time to time...
Yeah, it took us one week as you have to do it bit by bit, so that it starts fermenting. I have never picked so many plums before 😁 Oh yes, we'll get some liquor 😉
Have a great afternoon and see you in less than two weeks!
OMG This is a garden to be proud of. Sometimes I think leaving it for a bit results in a better harvest as you're not worrying about it so much! THe tomato varieties are inspiring. We're about to plant so I'm going to make sure I pick up some good varieites this year!
Thanks a lot! I think sometimes it helps to give it some time, so that the nature can do its thing. I find myself worrying about every single insect that I find, and I noticed that if I just leave them be they never get overpopulated and I still have enough produce to enjoy after sharing it with them.
I wish you good luck with your tomatoes, and I hope to see many colourful varieties from you 😊
What a bountiful garden, everything looks great. Some of your heirloom tomatoes a huge, one slice would be all you need on a sandwich.
It's said that the worms will find the sweetest corn of the bunch. After throwing it on the ground and screaming, I hope you cleaned it up and enjoyed eating it.
A wonderful variety of veggies, love the eggplant, something I've never had much luck growing.
That's true, sometimes one slice is even too much 😂
Oh, this is what I leave my husband to do and I move to the next one
I'm happy that you like what we managed to produce 😊 It's my first time growing the eggplant, and I must say that next year I'll do it again 😊 Just a tip - I planted them outside as well as inside of the greenhouse, and it didn't work outside at all, so if you have a chance to plant them inside I think you will be successful too 😉
what a unique shape of tomatoes 😆