First Hod of the Officially Full Fall!

We got back from the Common Ground Country Fair on Sunday so late that I never made it to the garden. I hustled down last night in face of the pending rain to grab all the tomatoes I could. There was so much I could have done out there but it started to rain in earnest.

















Its kind of sad knowing that the garden is on it's last legs. A frost could it at any time and frankly I am so luck it hasn't happened already. My husk cherries and basil are definitely showing that some colder temps took a nip at them over the weekend. We are planning on 5 solid says of rain through Sunday so I guess its time to button up the firewood project under some tarps until next weekend. 5 to 8 inches are expected!!!! Stay dry everyone!

Hods, Hodfuls, and more of both.

Our garden has achieved that point where it requires a daily trip to bring HOD-FULLS of produce back to the house. I can't even keep track of the pictures I take because, of course, I take one every time. Even while I was away in NYC, I pleaded with SP to commit to following my lead and getting down there regularly. It worked and he did. Most of my hod pictures have been posted on Instagram but since I haven't posted more than one or two to this blog, here goes almost a month of hod-fulls.

sorry... this one's crooked or is it sideways? That's SP picking beans.

this is definitely one of the first hod-fulls of the season.

This one was right after Greyfox.

Equinox Hodfull

Happy Autumn everyone!

Fullest hod of the year

Tomato Harvest

Got up and out of the house early this morning so we could beat the heat and tend to the tomato jungle. When we were done we carried a whole hod-full up to the house to be sorted. Below are all the ripe ones, freshly washed and draining in my very bright sink.


In our work, many green tomatoes fell off the vine. They are now ripening by the back porch.

I'm wondering - are the semi ripe tomatoes in the bag enough of a catalyst to hasten ripening, or should I go get a ripe banana to add to the bag?