We have a sea of winter squash trailing through the landscape here, they are growing with an intention of both vigor and determination. That’s good! Butternut, Delicata, Buttercup, and Spaghetti Squash, all for our winter larder. I’m already thinking Thanksgiving!(sorry). In addition, growing right alongside our marathon winter squash are rows of dry beans….Vermont Cranberry, Jacob’s Cattle, Black Turtle, and Adzuki. Not acres of beans, but enough to fill some shelves in the pantry. Earlier in the season, I was given some open pollinated flint corn, a variety called Ray’s Calais, and though we were late getting it in the ground, it is tasseled out and forming good solid ears. Ray’s Calias is seed that originates from the Abenaki people of the Northeast and Quebec. This corn will be ready to pick some time in October when the corn stalks are good and dry. Once picked they will hang in a cluster to dry for another couple of weeks before the kernels are removed from the cob. Next, they’ll be put through the grinder. I’ll pass along a substantial helping of ground corn to the friend who gave me the seed and who helped with the planting. Corn, beans, and squash a-plenty! The pantry shelves are filling!!
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I’m visualizing good winter eating here. 🙂
Once the gardens are put to bed, a few more months, it is surely nice knowing the larder and the freezers are full. The snow will fly and we will have all the “fixin’s” for a soup! hope your eye surgery goes well, Judy. Thoughts are with you!
J > We’re already looking forward to autumn!
Cooler temps, pots of soup, and a less harried schedule for us here. Hope this is the way for you as well during the Fall/Winter months!!!
that sounds so good! Will you save some of that corn to plant next year?
Yes, we will save seed as well! Some for the larder , some saved for next year’s growing season. Hope your summer is going well, lots of knitting, I hope!!!
Loads of knitting, a little yard work, and some swimming on the warm days. But the colors are changing, the golds of August are warning me the sumner days are numbered.
Yes, pretty soon ,before we know, out come the wool socks!!!
And I only put them “away” a couple of weeks ago! “away” being in the sock drawer where they can easily be had when we get a cool evening or morning.
What a beautiful green sea! Winter squashes are my favorites. Just got a new cookbook—an early birthday present—with what looks like a delicious recipe for squash soup. Can’t wait to try it.
Squash soup, yum! It is so hot today I can only think about ice cream!!!
Yow! What a lot of future food you’re growing! I’m especially intrigued by the corn!