It's been hot, and we've had a little rain. The garden is overflowing upon my return.
The okra is coming in steadily and must be picked daily. Rouse missed a day or two ... Here's what overgrown okra looks like! I'll leave a few of these on the stalk to mature and dry. The dried pods are lovely in autumn arrangements. The small, tender, green pods are lovely sauteing in a large skillet coated with olive oil!
There are lots of beans to pick ... bush beans, pole beans, long beans (pictured). I like to stir-fry the long beans in olive oil until they're crispy golden, then sprinkled generously with salt and served up hot. The bush beans and the pole beans cook up perfectly tender in just a few minutes in the pressure cooker. They're delicious coated with garlic infused butter. The purple-eyed peas are ripening nicely.
As expected, the cherry tomatoes are prolific producers. I love to snack on those juicy globes! The sun golds are very sweet ... perfectly delicious halfed and scattered throughout a big bowl of pesto pasta.
The tomato plants are suffering in the heat. Much of the bottom foliage has turned brown. I tied up drooping vines, picked ripe fruits, and tossed the rotting ones into the chicken yard.
We still have plenty of cucumbers. I was afraid the heat would cause them to turn bitter, but they're actually quite crispy and tasty. We've had enough rain that the fruits are developing in nice uniform shapes.
I picked all the peppers and stuffed them with ground beef and sharp cheddar cheese. What a treat!
Looking forward to the fall garden ... the butternut squash plants are up and growing! I spread mulch carefully around the tender young plants.
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