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At 6:15 am, we hit the garden with a vengeance. We stopped for a cup of coffee, but then we got back to work. I went around each raised bed and cleaned out the undergrowth, including pulling veggies that were ready to go. We have enough red onions for two large Mason jars of pickled onions, yeah!
Mary worked inside for about two hours, doing the washing and folding clothes, and planned a fantastic dinner. I was kind of glad she went inside because outside, she was “helping” me.
Penny for my thoughts?
Onions everywhere! It’s okay, we already have another large area planted with onions.
Red pickled onions, wow!
Easy Peasy!
The day was magnificent with just a slight breeze to cool us off as we worked.
The creepy-crawley was doing his job!
Did I mention watermelon? We have about ten of these puppies going. This was in a box along our center wall. The others are in the larger raised bed. Tomorrow, I will inspect the watermelon garden thoroughly because if the melon vines are trimmed correctly, we will either lose the fruit or it will be too small to eat.
We are keeping our eye on him!
Yesterday, I trimmed back the leaves on the grapevines so the grapes would receive more sun. We have an enormous number of grapes coming to fruition! We will have table grapes for weeks to come!
Grapes galore.
During my cleanup of the undergrowth, I straightened the bell peppers and placed them on stakes, carefully tying them in a manner that made the fruit visible and accessible.
These two beauties will become dinner this week! Mary makes an excellent filling for stuffed peppers.
Peppers were everywhere once I cleaned out the undergrowth. These are shashiot peppers which Bob D. will be grilling up for us on the upcoming “Perogie Day”/
They look too good to eat!
The Anaheim chilies are coming along nicely, and they will be cleaned and stuffed in about two weeks.
We can hardly wait!
The tomatoes now require us to get a small stepladder to retrieve them. They are reaching for the sky!
We can play hide and seek in the garden!
We gave up around 3:00 pm as it was getting too hot. We cleaned up our work and ended up filling two 90-gallon trash cans with cuttings and throwaways.
Inside, Mary began her magic, which required my participation. I had to cut the rather large zucchini in half lengthwise. Oh my, bring on the skill saw, a hydraulic jack, and a large share knife. Mary had 911 on speed dial in case I miscalculated.
While I was opening the zook, Mary created an amazing filling. It was made even more amazing by the fact that she accidentally added hot chili flakes to the mix. This filing had a kick!
Stuffed zucchini, often made into “boats” or stuffed round zucchinis, typically involves hollowing out the zucchini and filling it with a mixture of ingredients, such as meat, vegetables, rice, cheese, and breadcrumbs. The stuffed zucchinis are then baked until tender and golden. Below is a YouTube video that shows the basics. Mary has secret ingredients that we cannot reveal, but they do involve Halloween and witches.
After dinner, we brought some over to Jeff. We eat dinner early, so we hit Jeff just before we were going to make dinner. Perfect timing.
After our visit, we headed to the pool to float around and kibitz for an hour. We sat by the fire and then decided it was time to head to bed. We were both exhausted, but a “good” tired. We could see the results of our work!
