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September 2025 Grape Jelly and Chili Sauce

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  This is the best tomato harvest we have had in years!  The Romas are all grown from seed, most of the others were Celebrity or Moscow plants purchased from the local Garden Center.  These were the ripest ones on the vines and made three batches of chili sauce.  I did purchase peppers and onions at the grocery store and saved these smaller peppers for eating fresh.  This is the best pepper harvest I have probably ever had, even as small as they are.  Twelve Pints of Chili Sauce and 26 Half Pints of Grape Jelly I think I canned some Apricot Jam last summer, but we didn't have any apricots this year on our tree. Not too bad for this past week . . . a very busy couple of  Saturdays picking and juicing grapes, making the grape jelly and then picking and making the chili sauce.   We've had a pretty steady supply of cucumbers and summer squash and tomatoes.  The beans haven't done quite so well.  I'm not sure if it's been the heat or the...
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Grandma's Garden August 2024

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  Spring tulips and daffodils with birdbath April 2024 Snow shower in the back yard May 2024 Grandma's flower and cherry tomato garden August 8, 2024 Not too many garden photos this year!
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October 22, 2023

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Potatoes, Onions, and Squash harvest yesterday  Back porch geraniums still going strong Happy Marigold and Mums starting to bloom Squash and Nasturtiums Nasturtiums and Squash New Raspberries by the new fence New Raspberries by the old fence Zinnias looking better than ever  
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October 1, 2023 Harvest

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 Tomatoes, green beans squash, a bit of corn. One pot of petunias gave up the ghost while we were gone for two weeks, but the geraniums are still doing well.  I think the back porch agrees with them.  Perhaps one of the dear daughters took some compassion on them and watered them once or twice?   I think the corn was not well pollinated, and plants that were producing somewhat good ears didn't get enough water.  Sadness for the corn.   The Nasturtiums are looking pretty good now and the summer squash is still producing.  I need to remember to try more nasturtiums next year!
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August 26, 2023

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The garlic harvest for the year  1.6 lbs after curing and trimming.  I think we harvested too late for some of the plants since the bulbs are falling apart.  (the first week of August?) We only had a handful of green beans this week, a few more squash and more tomatoes.    
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August 19, 2023

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  Flowers to take to Kamas for Grandma Wagstaff's birthday and fresh produce.  I didn't get a photo of the largest picking of green beans this weekend. The Zinnias are finally starting to look good in Grandma's Garden
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August 12, 2023

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A lot of grapes!  We need to get them out of the tree branches that are hanging over the fence that needs to come down at the end of the month.  We bottled 10 quarts, and still had another bowl left over.  We can't eat that many grapes. More tomatoes, green beans and squash.  Some chocolate zucchini bread and zucchini corn bread, and some  tomatoes and green beans for the freezer.  
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