The Garden was filled with bounty this season, and all the produce is now put up. We had almost 30 pints of tomatoes we froze from the garden. We grew Roma VF and Viva Italia varieties for making tomato sauce and such! We also put up about 32 quarts of pickles from the garden. I used Mom's pickle recipe and it turned out as good as I remember, I sent some to my sister and she also confirmed that they tasted just as good! I know we will have some good pickles to eat this winter. Sweet corn was also in abundance from the garden this summer. Kandy Corn was the reliable hit variety that I grew, and turned out well, with succession plantings. I also grew a new variety called Earlyvee. It was as the name implies, early, only 60 days, but very short, but good tasting. I also grew a white corn variety, called Jubilee, it was super difficult to germinate, tall, and nearly 80 days, but very tasty. The bags of corn pictured are the white Jubilee and Kandy Corn, mixed with Earlyvee. This will give us some good winter eating. Best of all this was all grown organically with horse manure and cover crops, and organic fertilizers.
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Where is your garden located? What kind of cover crops do you use? I'm in Santa Rosa, California where I plant Austrian winter peas, which I harvest the tips in spring for salads and stir-fry.
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