Produce update

I just got finished picking some corn from the small garden before my 33 mile bike ride I've got planned for the day. There were also two cucumbers waiting to be plucked, therefore I did. While plerking(play working) in the garden, I noticed a few squash leaves with powdery mildew. I caught them very early, and cut them out. There are a few leaves in Mickey's raised squash bed that have the mildew as well. I need to tell him ASAP. Hopefully there won't be a spread of the squash/cucumber/melon killing disease that claimed all of our plants last year. Last year we didn't cut the leaves out. And last year we didn't use an organic fungicide. I think today, I'm going to be purchasing just that, and spraying it on the leaves tonight.

Powdery Mildew Strikes Again

My brother acquired some  all natural corn(these people didn't spray, we found some bugs to prove it) through trading of surplus tomatoes. We decided to can some of the corn. Jeremy, Deb, and I shucked about half a bushel of corn, and scraped it from the cob. Then we used the pressure canner to jar two quarts and 5 pints of corn.  We didn't add any salt, or sugar. Most if not all of the store bought cans of corn have added sugar or salt, so it will be a refreshing change when we get to pop open one of these jars in the winter.

Yesterday yielded the first batch of sun-dried(dehydrator) tomatoes. We cut them into 8ths or so, then laid them out on the dehydrator sheet. After they found a texture somewhere between leathery and crunchy, we placed them in a pint mason jar with some olive oil. I plan on adding basil leaves today to the mix. With a whole mess of green tomatoes still coming, I'm sure we are going to make a lot of these tasty morsels. 

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Total produce count for the year:

21 ears of corn

53 strawberries

17 raspberries(golden variety)

12 blackberries

10 blueberries

3/16 lb sweet banana peppers

1/4 lb sweet bell peppers

2.4 lb assorted (green)bean pods

5 lb cucumber

9 lb zucchini squash

2.25 lb yellow squash

4 lb butternut squash

1.8 lb tomatoes

1.4 lb cherry tomatoes

1.5 lb kohlrabi

3.1 lb red onion (bulb)

6.9 lbs carrot roots

1 1/8 lb beet roots

1/8 lb potatoes

12 heads of garlic

4 garlic scapes

7.6 lb sweet/snap peas

15.8 lb assorted dark greens

7/8 lb baby radishes/greens

1/4 lb mature radish roots

46.5 lb assorted lettuce

5.1 lb spinach

1/2 lb New Zealand spinach

4.8 lb turnip roots

2.63 lb miner's lettuce

3/16 lb mache/corn salad

5/8 lb baby greens

1/3 lb arugula

5 asparagus spears

3 trays of wheat grass(inside)

3 trays micro  greens(grown inside)

A countless amount of:

  parsley, basil, peppermint, spearmint, lemon balm, burnet, fennel, thyme, dill, green onions, chives, stevia