Plot #63, Roseville Community Garden, October 3, 2015.
It finally rained this past week, and it rained heavily! The first measurable precipitation since September 12, and it lasted for five days…so the garden is soaked! But I made a major harvest prior to the deluge, so I could send my visiting parents on their way back to Minnesota with bags of #JerseyFresh goodies. As you can see below, it was quite the harvest: tomatoes, carrots, Hungarian peppers, bell peppers, pablano peppers, habanero peppers, jalapeno peppers and both Nero Tondo & cherry bell radishes. The Olson Nissan headed west on Thursday, fully-loaded with an early Fall harvest!
The harvest before the deluge, from plot #63 at Roseville Community Garden on September 29, 2015.
Oh, and did I mention we ended up making massive quantities of #JerseyFresh applesauce, with apples from Windy Brow Farms in nearby Fredon, NJ? It was the perfect way to spend the first weekend of fall! A bushel of ‘imperfect’ apples, peeled, cored and cooked, became 16 pints of chunky, home-made applesauce in the course of one afternoon. Going to be tasty this winter!
Windy Brow Farm apples, slowly turning into tasty applesauce, ready for canning!
16 pints of tasty, freshly canned applesauce from Windy Brow Farm apples.