Hornworm

There was an unwanted guest in the garden the other night. I had no idea what this critter was, but my buddy Joe said it looked like a tobacco worm. I did some online research and found out it is a tomato worm, about 3 inch's long and fat as hell. This big fellow is the only one I have found so far, so I hope his relatives will stay away. I would hate to have to start spraying some kind of insecticide on my plants.

Green Beans

That's 8 pounds of green beans canned, 7 quarts. I'm sure they will be good for the upcoming cookouts or a winter dinner.

Here is 14 pounds of squash and zucchini. Sounds great, well I picked 12 lbs two days before and another 10 lbs tonight. I think 5 squash and 4 zucchini plants are to many. Im getting tired of pawning off the stuff on all the neighbors. Im taking 15 lbs to work tomorrow, see if anyone will take it.

Here are some updated pictures from the tomato patch. We have picked 4-5 of uncle Nick's tomatoes, the red ones. The Roma's are still coming in, maybe a week or two. The cherry tomatoes are starting to ripen, just picking 2-3 at a time for now. Here in a week or so, we will have more tomatoes than we know what to do with!!!!!!

Here is a little video walk thru of the tomatoe patch, starting with Uncle Nicks and ending with the romas.

Here is a dish I cooked tonight. Grilled some Salmon with lemon pepper and fresh parsley. Then I sauteed some zucchini, onions, garlic, parsley, basil and balsamic viniger. Then I covered it with some Swiss cheese. This was an awesome dinner, and healthy. I cant wait to cook this up for someone else!!!!

Here are a couple of updated pics from the garden. Uncle nicks tomatoes should be ready in a week or so, they look beautiful. The squash and zucchini are starting to produce well, picked about 18 squash tonight.

Had my first garden meal of the summer tonight. I cooked some teriyaki noodles for the base, store bought. Then I flash boiled some green beans, broccoli, squash and some frozen onions and peppers. Then I put the veggies in a hot wok of olive oil, garlic, fresh parsley, splash of cider vinegar and splash of lemon juice. Turned out very good, maybe a bit to much vinegar, but still good. I cant wait to try this with some fresh green peppers, carrots, onions and zucchini.

Everything in the garden is taking off, the plants are loving the sunshine and heat. Here is a pic of 3 happy sunflowers. I love having the color in the garden.

Here is the radish patch, soon to be followed by tasty carrots. The radishes help break the ground for the carrots to follow.