babs:

Do you ever can the pimentos?

Nope.  I have frozen them before, but don't want to use the freezer space for them.  I think they hold up better dehydrated than even frozen. They seem to rehydrate well in all the dishes I use them in, so drying them works for me.

The broccoli is ready!

The flowerbed gardens have been a success. The frosts have bit only the portions of the tomatoes hanging over the retaining wall.  The basil was nipped, barely. The peppers are still doing well, and I got enough banana peppers for a couple quarts of banana pepper rings.  I'm delighted to discover that fall bell peppers don't rot as fast when they're turning red, nor do the jalapenos.  I have about six or so pints worth of habanero bbq sauce on the stove at this moment. 

Followed your advice and put in brussels sprouts when I planted the broccoli. The plants are far smaller than the brocs or the collards.  

Found this in my reading last night--"The Garden of Life"

First, plant five rows of "P"s--presence, promptness, patience, perseverence, and purity.

Next, plant three rows of squash--Squash gossip, squash indifference, squash unjust criticism.

Then, plant five rows of lettuce.  Let us be faithful to duty, let us be unselfish and loyal, let us obey the rules and regulations, let us be true to our obligations, and let us love one another. 

No garden is complete without turnips:  Turn up for meetings, turn up with a smile, turn up with determination to make everything count for something good and worthwhile.   ---author unknown. 

 Deer ate the rest of my brocolli plants....I am so mad. I should have gotten side shoots for the rest of this month. Babs

waiting for dh to till the garden before snow comes.....but I still have brussel sprouts that need plucked off the stalk!

I got the horseradish dug and processed, but not the dandelion roots yet. Since I've been having trouble with my foot/toe, I haven't been able to dig easily. My daughter will dig them some time this week, then I'll get them roasted for dandelion coffee. I still have to cut down the rest of the tops of the Jerusalem artichokes and mulch them. That should have been done already, since we had some pretty cold weather overnight.

How do you keep root maggots out of your horseradish?  I planted some in a flowerbed at my old house, and ended up with root maggots in my iris and ginger.

littlepitcher:

How do you keep root maggots out of your horseradish?  I planted some in a flowerbed at my old house, and ended up with root maggots in my iris and ginger.

I've never had any trouble with them, so I don't know. Maybe if it's planted apart from other root crops it would help? Just guessing.

I was wrong about the Sugar Snaps--about half of the seeds came up, and most are blooming.  One little pea so far.  I'll stockpile seeds next year, and plant them a month earlier.

 We've still got some strawberries coming! We have two clawfooted tubs what were planted with Albion Strawberries in March. They are still (slowly) producing and taste great, though they have "white shoulders".

In this past week we've enjoyed the last of the zucchini, the last of the lemon cucumbers and the last of the cherry tomatoes. Still available before the freezes get them because they're in a protected area are nasturtiums and ornamental peppers. The leaves from the nasturtiums add a wonderful flavor to a potato soup recipe I got someplace online. The pepper leaves will be dried for soup greens.