One weeks worth of Okra

I will freeze it all!  You can never have enough Okra.

OKRA

Two rows of Okra

Towering over my head

Regular

Spinless

Tomato Season

This is our second picking.  Our first picking is canned into 16 pints!

Prolific Patty Pan

Patty Pan still coming in.  We froze a bunch, and have been braising it for most suppers.  Tomatoes are coming in and okra will start coming in this next week. 

Squash Still and Pickles.

Squash and cucumbers slowed down a bit this week, we were very dry.  Raining cats and dogs right now, so we will see if they keep making.  I am making mint dill pickles.  Here is my recipe.

Gather ingrediants

grind mint in 1 C sugar

dissolve in 1 C vinegar

Clean, cap and slice pickles adding garlic,turmeric and dill

Pour vinegar and 2 c of water over cucumbers and place in refrigerator.

 

Cucumber Relish

This is my cucumber relish, marinating in the vinegar and spice overnight and will be processed in a hot water bath in the morning.  This is the recipe for cucumber relish in the Blue Book.  Except I added mint ground with some of the sugar, fresh turmeric and dill in the vinegar, along with 2 Tablespoons of the pickle spice from the food coop (which is essentially the spice asked for in the Blue Book recipe).  The vegetables include 8 medium cucumbers, 2 red peppers and 2 green peppers, 1 onion and about 4 cloves of garlic.

Green Beans

Green beans are coming on.  We grow Slenderettes, and this year added Maxibel which is also a long slender bean.  

and Cucumbers

 

 

Second picking of squash and first of cucumbers.

These little cucumbers are tasty with a real nutty flavor.  I made an oriental salad out of the big ones sliced, and occidental pickles out of the small ones cut length wise.