Well, I'm still getting a good harvest despite the lack of time to care for the garden. Yesterday, I picked about a pound of green beans, 1 cucumber, 3 jalapenos, a bunch of tomatoes and a handful of lettuce.
Some of the tomatoes that I had picked weeks ago are now ripening (or at least it feels like weeks ago). So It's good timing to make some salsa and can it. If I was feeling well, I would get right on it, but alas, I caught another cold. I think I'll try my hand at pickles with the cucumber since it's a miserable looking thing.
Oh! AND I got 1 zucchini! I would have had 2 but some pest ate half the other one.
After further research, I found that I made a mistake by not planting the marigolds this year! They are a very good pest deterrent, which I didn't realize until all my plants started getting eaten! Live and Learn. This winter, I'm going to research other plants that deter bugs (like Japanese beetles and squash bugs). I found a few good links that I bookmarked in my delicious account. You can check them out too. I don't know how reliable the sources are, but I can do further research to check the facts.
Hopefully I will feel better tomorrow to take some pictures of the pumpkins and ripened tomatoes!
Cheers!
