Sunday, August 28, 2011

༺ Garden Treats ༻

Besides having cantaloupe everyday, we are eating, freezing and canning bounty from our garden. One favorite is salsa, which I make from garden tomatoes, onions, and hot peppers. Here are the tomatoes that will go into the next batch !

garden tomato salsaMy 15 plants are just starting to produce. At the same time the tomatoes were turning orange, I had a few days of struggle with hornworms.
hornworm tomatoe
Each morning, as I was watering, I had to search the tomato stems for worms. These fellows can strip the leaves off the plants really fast. Luckily, they seem to be fewer in number now, so my tomato plants should thrive for the rest of the season.

tomato
The nights are getting cooler, the plants are getting crunchier, and the horn worms are moving on! Yeah for Summer Bounty!


2 comments:

Doris Sturm said...

There's just nothing better than home grown ;-)

How are you Cathryn?

Welcome said...

Hi Doris,

Doing well. etsy shop is pretty slow, but I'm having fun otherwise. Hope all is well with you.