r/Albertagardening

It's that time again. We've all seen the weather forecast for this weekend. --- cold with flurries! 😠 So, anything that needs to be harvested is being pulled. We have another half dozen zucchini and some kale. I'll wash and dry the kale and cut into pieces before freezing for winter soups. I'll freeze a handful of peppers for chilies over the winter as well. However, the bulk of those hot 🔥 peppers are going to be turned into a roasted pineapple 🍍 and habanero hot sauce 😋.

The last 10+ pounds of our potatoes 🥔 will be dug up next week. They'll be fine in the ground. And, I've got at least another half dozen small buttercup squash that need a few more weeks of growth before they're harvested. We are going to cover them up well and 🤞 we can harvest them near the end of October.

Edit: Oops, sorry for the double "h" in habanero! Lol

Not too bad of a harvest today. The tomatoes came off of 2 of our tomato plants and, the potatoes were volunteers. --- they suddenly appeared in June. We're very happy with two massive potatoes and a bunch of smaller ones. Basically, five pounds of potatoes 🥔 from one plant. And, a couple more zucchini to make relish. We still have a long way to go to clear out the gardens. Yesterday. I fernented some purple cabbage, green tomatoes, and sweet potatoes 🥔.

Sadie couldn't help but want to be in the picture. We're very happy she's still with us because a few weeks ago she was quite ill with severe pancreatitis and, she's 12 years old.