The squash and pumpkins are so beautiful. This year's crop was donated by The Mountain School. In the spring, I did not start any of these guys from scratch and I kept forgetting to get them from the farmers market. Destiny united me and the plant bearers of these in a cow barn among manure. I was very happy and curious about the type of squash and/or pumpkin that I was getting. They are all very similar to the pure bred buttercup, acorn and spaghetti squash and pie pumpkins. I brought these inside this week before a frost.
Definitely a hybrid
Potatoes are now in the root cellar among sawdust. I was keeping them in the basement, but we have started to heat the house with the wood stove. I felt them to make sure they were still hard and smooth. If they were soft and wrinkled then they were already loosing water. Not good. I organized them by size in different bags. I happened to discovered old potatoes in the root cellar. They were sprouting and some had new potatoes attached to them. I kept those and I baked them with dehydrated herbs from our garden and salt.
Chioggia beets
We grew a 1 and 3/4 pound beet. The were other big ones, but this one was the monster beet. We roasted it with thyme, olive oil and sea salt.
Carrots and beets are now in the root cellar in bags with sawdust as well. It is wise to note that I did not wash any of the root crops before storing them. If you wash them before you store them, the roots will start loosing water and not keep well.
I also dug up the Dahlia's bulbs. Hopefully I can plant them next year as soon as the soil can be worked.
I also dug up the Dahlia's bulbs. Hopefully I can plant them next year as soon as the soil can be worked.