Dehydrating Zucchini

STUPID OLD GROUNDHOG!!!

I have a stowaway . He is sort of cute and furry and one of many creatures that seem to think my garden was put here just for their pleasure.

   He must be very big because he has been taking single bites out of the bottoms of my tomatoes and throwing them aside when he is displeased with their ripeness, or lack of ripeness in most cases.

   However now that we are getting some color in our beautiful babies he is no longer casting them aside. 

   Now he is knocking over the plants and their stakes!

   I had them all staked up like good little soldiers and he has knocked the majority of the plants over. 

Now that is enough to make any gardener grouchy!

My Bounty.

I have been extremely lucky this year in spite of the colder temps and abundant rain.

I have already harvested many items from my garden.

My peppers are large and numerous.

I have filled many buckets already with many things. 

I have kohlrabi bigger than softballs and cucumbers longer than my arms!

I have tomato and cucumber plants standing taller than I am! My cucumber plants are trying to escape to my neighbor's yard, thank goodness they are patient and accepting cucumbers as bribes.

 

I have started harvesting some tomatoes but most of them still need time because of the colder temperatures we have had this year. 

I am so excited to be this close to harvesting the majority of them it's difficult to wait!

Squash!

I have been so lucky with squash this year! It's been very rainy and cold and tomatoes just have not been very happy so far. I have lots of squash and cucumbers though. It has been difficult weather for Powdery Mildew and I have sprayed a fungi side  this year to help with all this damp weather.

My cucumbers and squash have just about pulled over my trellises!