Forest of the Plains

It’s still growing! This afternoon I went out and picked about 20 pear and cherry tomatoes and 4 Anaheim chilies. The cantaloupe has tons of blooms and one tennis ball sized melon. And the regular tomatoes are filled with green tomatoes.

More Anaheims have ripened in the past month than the rest of the summer combined. I’ve been freezing those. I also froze 10 whole tomatoes to throw into soups this winter.

I’m starting to think about what to do with all the green tomatoes since they surely won’t ripen before a hard frost gets them. On the other hand, it’s October 7 and is a balmy 64 degrees outside, so who knows?

Overall, I’d call my first ever garden a success! Then there’s the inevitable question: “What will you plant next year?” I don’t know - I plan to take all winter to think about it!