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Cheryl Isaak · 10-08-2009, 12:38 PM posted to rec.gardens

On 8/10/09 3:35 AM, in article
, "Higgs
Boson" wrote:

On Aug 9, 6:43*pm, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
Sounds like you're having a great one. Tomatoes have been doing great,
something ate the cuke leaves and I'm wondering if I'll see any pumpkins
from the volunteer plants.

But the tomatoes make up for the rest of it...

Cheryl

Speaking of melons.... I had wrapped most of them in mesh, anti-
squirrel-wise,
but @#$$%^&*%@ if I didn't find that the &^%%$#s had been at one of
the "naked" melons. Chawed out a chunk. At risk of death, I took it
inside,
cut off the bad parts, and ate the rest - HEAVEN!!!
(even though the gardener had warned me not to eat anything
the squirrels have been at).

I'm still more or less alive, even after eating tomatoes that had been
"molested".

Incidentally he was wrong about waiting until melons turn yellow.
The one
I ate had not turned yellow, but was perfectly ripe.

I have now wrapped the remaining melons in plastic grocery bags tied
at the top.

Sigh! My son took his .22 when he moved out...Sure could use it now
g

Few years ago, another bumper tomato crop, I bought a little Italian
food mill on-line. It separates out the "meat", leaving seeds and
skin
behind. Will probably break it out next week, as the T's are piling
up,
even with what I give the neighbors. Been ages since I canned,
so may just freeze the pulp.

I've made salsa - the uncooked type - frozen it and it's really good when
you thaw it out. I drained the liquid off and used it to marinate chicken
and beef. Talk about tasty and tender. And it feels like summer in the
middle of winter.

Cheryl