pickling season!

And by pickling season, I of course mean that I have pickled one jar of carrots. OPEN A WINDA, THIS KITCHEN IS BUSTIN.

cosmic purple pickled carrots. no biggie.

mini harvest

With the risk of winter barging in and with our move coming up, I figured now would be a good time to grab up what I can. The forecast calls for warm and sunny next week, and there is still lots left for harvestin', but in the event that a major ice storm or some other such freakish apocalyptic disaster happens between now and then, I wanted at least one photo to remind me of all of my 2010 garden efforts.

Here's what I got:
Bottom - leetle eggplant. There are many many more and the plants seem unaffected by the cold, so I'm hoping that, even after we move, I can pop over and reap my little purple beauties.
Clockwise from eggplant:
- summer squash. There are a few more, hopefully the plant pulls through and we can get some more off of it n the weeks to come.
- one sweet italian pepper. Again, I picked this one early (green) and there are many more. Same sich for the eggplants. Vera devoured it while my back was turned. I guess they weren't kidding about the sweet part.
- basil! Everything in front of the south-facing front window is doing fine, including the basil. I picked most of it though. Don't want to push my luck.
- sage. Lots of sage! Anyone want some sage?
- beets. Rather, beet greens. The beets didn't have a good enough spot for bulging, but these greens will be delish anyway.
- leetle onions and a garlic. When I first planted everything I jammed a bunch of garlic cloves in the dirt to ward off squirrels. The cloves cheerfully grew into more garlic. Neato! The little onions need more time overall, but I got a couple good ones.
- cosmic purple carrots! I'm actually impressed at how big these got despite being miserable in the shade. Sweet little snacks for Vera!
- tomatoooeeeeess! Lots of them and for the most part the plants look like they'll put through into the nicer weather. Some of these 'maters are frost damaged. Booo! I'll maybe make salsa verdé or something? I dunno.

So yeah. Oh and PS. I AM IN LOVE WITH GARDENING AND WILL DO A MORE AWESOME JOB NEXT YEAR. I can't WAIT!!