The first of our green beans.
Another harvest Monday is upon us and I am reporting the last of our major summer crops. We harvested the final batch of Asian pears and bell Peppers but we are still producing large batches of jalapenos. I don’t see the end coming any time soon. They just keep coming and coming. Good thing I love jalapenos. The first of our late planted green beans are coming in and we are enjoying beans nightly. Next year I will plant them in spring and late summer so we can have a longer season of beans. I love home cooked, fresh garden beans. Who doesn’t! 
Unfortunately we weren’t able to get any good fall plants from our local garden center but we are enjoying the lettuce that we planted a last month. I am the salad eater in our family so I am enjoying salads for lunch daily and occasionally Daniel will enjoy a dinner salad. Once again I planted far more plants then we needed but so far nothing has gone to waste.
Our potted fruit trees (lemons, limes, blood orange and Kumquat) are having to be moved into the house more often as the weather is getting colder. The last couple days have definitely felt like fall. Rainy and cold. I love fall but hate the dreary over cast days. Hopefully we will start to see the changing of the leaves soon and really get to enjoy all that fall has to offer.
Beans, gotta love em.
Chard, butter lettuce, city mix and arugula.
Jalapenos, bell peppers and the last of the banana peppers.
The final batch of Asian Pears.
I am sad that I will not have much to report going forward in regards to the garden. The season has ended and the canning supplies have all been put away. My shelves are stocked full with great food for the winter, so I really can’t complain. During the fall and winter I will try to post some of the canning recipes that I have been promising and hopefully you will find something good that you might want to can next Spring and Summer.
Harvest Totals:
Asian Pears: 7 lbs, 8 oz
Banana Peppers: 1 lbs
Green Beans: 4 lbs 3 oz
Green Peppers: 1 lbs
Jalapenos: 3 lbs
Salad Mix Lettuce: 1 lbs 11 oz
I can’t wait to check in and see how everyone else is doing.
Check out Daphne’s Dandelions blog to see all the other gardeners, from around the World, who are participating in Harvest Monday.
500 Dollar Tomato
Canning Homemade
City Girl Farming
The Urban Homestead
Oct 08, 2012 @ 17:26:13
Hi! I left a comment on my blog for you but didn’t know if you would check back there. It is wonderful all the Asian Pears that you harvested. I didn’t get any. Your Mom thought perhaps it was because you had planted larger trees? Mine were just sticks. Hoping for next year! Your right! There is nothing like fresh garden beans! Everything else looks good too! Love your shelves with the pretty canned produce on them. I just grated up a couple cups of carrots to try a new healthy muffin recipe. I am wanting to grate more and freeze up for this winter. Have never done that but thought it would be a good idea while carrots are cheaper to buy. I did not grow enough! Looking forward to reading a book that I have requested on inter-library loan this cooler weather, “Mini Farming Guide to Vegetable Gardening: Self-Sufficiency from Asparagus to Zuchini” by Brett L. Markham. Have you seen it?
Oct 09, 2012 @ 09:51:40
This is the second year that I have had my tree and yes, mom is correct, I bought a larger tree. I think it was a two year old tree when I bought it and last year I didn’t get anything. This year was better. If you bought a small new born tree, it could take a couple years to get any fruit. My apple trees have taken a log time. I am hoping next year is much better. I think you have to have a lot of patience with fruit trees. I am not good at patience but gardening has taught me a little bit.
You will have to let me know how your Muffins turn out. I looked up the Mini Farming Guide on Amazon. It looks interesting. Let me know what you think of it. Looks like I can get an eBook for my iPad. My eyes have gotten so bad that I do better reading the electronic versions. My all time favorite gardening book is The Vegetable Gardeners Bible by Edward C Smith. I have referred to that book every year multiple times. I would highly recommend it. This book really has become by gardening bible.
Next year I might have to make a special trip up your way to see your garden. I love the photos and loved the photo you took of mom and dad. That was a keeper and one I may have to frame and put on the wall.
Oct 09, 2012 @ 10:45:37
I do have that book, “The Vegetable Gardener’s Bible”! Great book! That would be great to have you come visit but my garden is not always beautiful as being a gardener you know! I too, love that one picture of your Mom and Dad!! We loved having them visit! Nancy
Oct 08, 2012 @ 18:55:12
I am SO glad to hear you’ve been successful with Asian Pears. I love them but the nurserys seem to think they do best at a higher elevation. I just might try them anyway. Where did you buy and what variety?
Oct 09, 2012 @ 09:42:04
I bought my from our local garden center. Not from Home Depot or Walmart but from a place called Mayo Garden Center. They are awesome and they have an awesome horticulturalist that works there and he is a huge help. I have racked his brain many times. I had to wait a couple years to get mine and last year I didn’t get any fruit but this year was better. I would recommend them. I don’t like normal pears but Asian pears are closer to apples and I love their crunch.
Oct 09, 2012 @ 09:29:18
Pantry looks lovely! Very organized. I’ll talk about mine, but I won’t show it – LOL! Just brought my citrus in as well. Gave them a good cleaning and pruning first. Hopefully that will help with the scale problem I’ve had in the past. My largest orange tree was given to me by my grandmother, it’s almost 30 years old and produces nicely.
Oct 09, 2012 @ 10:02:12
Thanks for your compliments. My house is more of a country decor and at first I was storing my jars in the food closet but I was running out of room. My mom recommended using the shelves my husband built around our window in the kitchen. I couldn’t believe how much room there was and because I have a country style it made it look like a country general market which I thought was fun. Plus it reminds me of what I have. Sometimes I get the food pantry so full that stuff gets lost.
Your comment about Scale caused me to do some googling. I had no idea that my lemon tree could get that. Now I know what to look for. How did you clean and prune your trees? I know that after a couple years I will have to prune all of mine to be able to bring them in the house. Wow a 30 year old orange tree. That is AWESOME! That is a tree that I would like to see. I can’t image a tree that old still living in a pot and being brought it. I guess it is all in the pruning. I could learn from you.
Oct 10, 2012 @ 22:07:22
What a wonderful harvest of pears! They look wonderful!
Oct 11, 2012 @ 16:24:05
Thank you so much!!