Muddy Boots – The fall gardens

It’s funny, it’s been warm still so the garden in some respects is still giving. I picked 2 zucchini squashes today I still have some basil in the herb beds and I picked a whole bunch of other stuff although not all completely. I even noticed that my strawberry plants have flowers and small fruits on them😳😲😯.lol

I made a batch of garden huckleberry jam earlier in the week and it tastes amazing and has some incredible antioxidants that we need. So that means that I need to go back out and pick the last half of the garden huckleberries I left behind.

I cleaned up the swisschard bed and the chickens had a good feed. It is getting a bit cooler but the swisschard and kale beds will give for a while yet. I picked some really beautiful red chard which I think we will have tomorrow. I picked some cute looking carrots, more winter squashes, one last spaghetti squash and a couple of pumpkins.

I also harvested some absolutely beautiful leeks. Some of those leeks will get dehydrated, some will become leeks and potato soup base and another bunch will get frozen. Looking forward to a hot bowl of potato leek soup and homemade bread or crackers.

The back beds where I planted the late season onion sets got picked today and even though they are not big they will make excellent pickle onions on their own, and added with the mini peppers and baby carrots to cauliflower for our hot pickle veggies….yum! I think some of those will also get dehydrated for soups and stews… etc

I found some green peppers that I will use to make a big batch of Chilli to eat and can. I think we will also make a batch of stew with carrots, turnips, potatoes and onions…. canned “convenience” food. It’s awesome how I’m outside looking at what still needs to get harvested and I can come up ideas of what to cook.

One thing that is new to harvesting this year is crosnes or chinese artichokes… they look like little Michelin men…. crunchie, juicy, nutty tasting. I will have to come up with some recipes for them…. they are prolific this year.

I got a batch of fire cider started tonight and that’s is gonna need to sit for about 4 weeks. By that time it gets strained and stored for many uses. The first main reason would be for fighting sickness and then you can use it as a marinade and salad dressing. Gonna be a really good healthy addition to the farmhouse. I have a batch of fermented garlic in raw honey going as well for flu and cold prevention. All the tasty, yummy good for us goodness. I hope to get a batch of fermented honey fermented cranberries too.

It seems like it’s not slowing down yet. But that is farmhouse living. A life I would not trade.

Looking forward to updating you again soon as I continue down this fall road. I guess soon it will be Christmas cookie baking season….and decorating time.

I almost forgot…… I picked the biggest haul of mint leaves ever today and I left a big patch untouched. The aroma is incredible. Looking forward to sending some of the dried leaves to my mom♡♡♡ I think she will love them and I picked a couple of brussel stems…. can’t wait to try them.

Well I better go my eyes are heavy….it was a cool windy day and I am exhausted. Have a great weekend, everyone♡♡