We're still picking tomotoes, though they're not turning red as fast anymore... and we got two more zucchinis last week. We also planted another crop of green beans two weeks ago and they're just coming up. I know it's very late in the season, but we are in So Cal, and thought it would be fun to see if we can get some "late fall" green beans...

 Yesterday I picked all the tomatoes that had any color at all on them, plus a large metal serving pan full of green tomatoes. Picked all the onions, dug another bowlful of potatoes, & picked a 5 gallon bucket full of green pimentos.  As soon as the rain stops, I plan to pick all of the green tomatoes, since it is supposed to freeze by tonight.

 I have just one more cucumber that's almost ready. I picked the last (I think!)green pepper. Cherry tomatoes and yellow squash are still going strong, I picked 5 squash and a double handful of cherry tomatoes (from one plant) this morning. I still have lettuce which should last through the first few frosts since it's in a protected area. We're supposed to get close to a frost tomorrow night, but next week looks like the real one. 

 Picked about two quarts of green beans.I was surprised to see so many. I planted a new to me heriloo, bean. I think that it likes the cooler fall weather. I shouldnt have been surprised because it came from the  mountains in NC...it is cool there in summer. I have lots more little beans and still blooms. We are suppose to get snow showers tomorrow night. Grrr........ I will cover them again, see if they survive.PIcked a few fall reaspberrys, ate them all before I got in the house. Still have cabbage and carrots waiting to bring in the house. Got to pick the apples too.Babs

 Pole beans, a few remaining zucchini (growing smaller as the season ends), pounds and pounds of Brussels sprouts, a few cauliflower and broccoli. Soybeans, too. And catnip + dry it in winter for my cats. I'm putting down winter rye and oats (some annual rye, too) to grow in winter for the cats and to replenish the soil.

 Picked more green beans, they are on the stove cooking, found a giant zuchinni that had gotten lost under the weeds. DIL can make breaqd from it. Babs

Drove back from the Uintah Basin this morning with a car full of produce. Oldest DD's garden produced more pimentos that she can process, so I brought back grocery bag full, plus three 8-quart buckets full of them. Half of those are sliced & in the dehydrator.  One of DD's former neighbors from Vernal phoned her a couple of days ago.  All 3 of the neighbor's trees were loaded with apples (Red Delicious, Golden Delicious & Gala) & none of the neighbors children wanted to come pick them, because they were not sprayed. DD went & stripped the trees - - she must have around 6-7 bushel or so in various boxes & clothes baskets. She phoned all her present neighbors to see if anyone could use some of them.  No one was interested, so we did a bushel into some cider & two big apple crisps last night, & I brought home about 3 bushel to process for her.  My 2nd dehydrator is full of slices, 10 trays worth, drying. 

Tomorrow I plan to bottle apple slices from the better apples, then do applesauce from those that have useable parts, but not in nicely cut slices - .  I brought back 3 dozen of her jars to fill, but if I need more, I can get them here.

Has anyone else noticed that there doesn't seem to be the shortage of jars this year like there was last year? 

DD is making more applesauce, & making cider from the smaller of all 3 kinds of the apples. 

Just because my garden is dead doesn't necessarily mean I am done processing, I guess.

Supposed to get down to 30 tomorrow night and I have so much to do - still have some zucchini, eggplant, bunches of peppers that I haven't gotten around to picking.  Maybe some tomatoes left but I doubt it.  Pumpkins, beans, basil, swiss chard.  All of that still in the garden while I'm sitting here at work wondering how I am going to get it all done in time.  Normally I would just cover them up, but we are supposed to get several nights below freezing and I don't want to risk it.  Also have two buckets of applesauce sitting in my fridge, needing to be canned.  wanted to make more since I don't have enough to last the year, so may have to make a run to MIL's trees to pick some more.  Sounds like a really busy weekend...

we have pumpkins  and winter squash .. we picked the remainder of the greens today .. we having horrible storms tonight .. here hoping the pumpkins make it ok

not like I had a big garden or crop lol  but I gave a bunch of green tomatoes to my neighbour and mil. 

have few ones that were turning red on the window sill.   most are very green on the plants because I planted late. I put a sheet over the rest today.

have apples from our neighbours too to do something with.