Last Day of Summer

Today is the last day of summer and tomorrow heralds the autumnal equinox.

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Today is the last day of summertime and tomorrow heralds the autumnal equinox . The summer garden is definitely looking like fall is in the air travel . See what my geographical zone 7 Maryland garden looks like in the photos in this blog and what I ’m harvest and preserving right now .

I ’ve just returned from a two weeks in Ireland where the landscape painting is still burnished gullible ; no signaling of autumn colours there yet . However , that is not the cause in my garden – something happened in the two workweek that I was traveling – and it no longer appears verdant summer green . Of of course , the weeds develop huge in my absence , the tomato and bean vines shrivel and begin turn brownish and stopped producing . The zinnies and marigold are record off their rainbow colors more so than ever and the chile peppers are so ladened , many of them are crumpled over sidelong intimately touching the priming . The goldenrod is also so heavy it is sweep the earth with its vast golden blossom heads . Amaranth and Alpha Geminorum dome plants bring Jack - and - the - Beanstalk to mind .

All miscellany of basil , which I reap previous to departure , are quick to be harvested again ; some of them are even beginning to flower even though they were lately slue back . Besides drying the leaves and have pesto for dinner party this week , I will be make redolent herbal pastes with the leaves for the freezer . I will do this with the ‘ Genoa Green ’ , ‘ Mrs. Burns Lemon ’ and ‘ True Thai ’ . Here is a link from a telecasting that I did a few years ago , which will take you from harvest to freezing so you’re able to see how easy it is to do./item/3753 / video - how - to - suspend - herbs

We have been make new love apple salsa all summer and I have dried trays of red Chile . It is easy to do in the oven./item/6734 / red - red-hot - how - to - crop - wry - and - storage - mature - red - chiles . I also ferment and jam them./item/12966 / from - chili - to - sauceI will be harvest fledged red and yellow chilly from my 25 different varieties this workweek . If there is danger of Robert Lee Frost , reap all chili pepper – if they suspend then you have lost them – since they become hokey and can not be dried or conserve in that nation .

It ’s time to get busy – get out there and gather the H.M.S. Bounty – the autumn equinox is a perfect twenty-four hour period to harvest what is forget of summer and uphold it for ripe feeding during the cold weather onward . Farewell to summertime , grateful for this year ’s bountifulness and welcome the fall season .

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Woohoo it is chile harvest season and no better time to celebrateCapsicum, Herb of the Year 2016and theautumn equinox! These ‘Brazilian Starfish’ are a favorite new cultivar–sweet, then hot! Click on other pix to enlarge and read captions.Photo/Illustration: Susan Belsinger