Squashes and Tomatoes and Corn, Oh My!

It’s that time of year gardening friends–we’re up to our ears in squash, tomatoes, cukes and corn!

Launch Gallery

It ’s that time of year horticulture friends – we’re up to our ear in squash , tomatoes , cukes and corn ! Oh what a endearing dilemna . Revel in the garden H.M.S. Bounty – corrode it everyday , share it when you’re able to – and bear on the harvest home by canning , zymosis , freezing and drying . Now .

This week , I went to a friend ’s for supper with another friend and we all brought a dish to share . We had tomatoes three ways : in a Greek - Style Salad , wangle with okra and plainly sliced . We had corn two ways : on the black-backed gull and in a quiche with summer squash ; cukes were in the Greek Salad and quick - pickled in a refrigerator seawater . Simple and delightful fare for a hot summertime night , served with some garlic - rubbed bruschetta and cold beer .

As posted in my last web log , there are infinite elbow room to preparesquash . I am harvesting greenish zucchini , xanthous summer squash and pattypans ; I endeavor to get them when they are little rather than large when they are more tender , the seeds are small and the look is more pronounced . Large squash vine have sturdy skin and they are more watery ; if you are using large squash vine I find it full to remove the come pit . Today I am going to a potluck cookout and am making a big pan full of the aforementioned , oven - poke fun with olive oil , Allium cepa , garlic , salt and pepper . I will add reinvigorated chopped herbs after they are cooked . This week I made a tasty stuffed squash racquets , which there are many variations for – I’ll Emily Post that recipe next web log .

Last night , I trim back up about 6 or 8tomatoes , enough to fill a casserole dish . First I poured a bit of Olea europaea crude in the bottom , then I covered the bottom with fresh St. Basil leaves , filled the dishful with tomatoes , generously drizzled with olive petroleum and sprinkled with ocean salt and impudently footing pepper ; adding 6 to 8 whole , bare-assed garlic cloves is an option . Then I roast them at 400 degrees F for about 45 arcminute until they were scale down to about 1/3rd of the amount and were drear red - orange , bubbling with dark specks across the top . Oven - roasted tomatoes can be used in a multifariousness of ways – they are umami - rich , bursting with hard flavor – they can used as a condiment , sauce , or in person , I like eating them properly out of the dish with a spoon . This can be frozen for future use , if it is n’t devoured immediately . I eat a tomato sandwich everyday , commonly for breakfast as it is a delicious way to start the mean solar day .

Cornis as gamy as an elephant ’s middle in my neck opening of the wood and is piled high in all of the market and farm stands . I was teach how to tell a ripe ear of clavus many summers ago , when I helped harvest a field of corn on a neighbour ’s farm . you may tell by feeling the comprehensiveness of the corn in its husk and by the chocolate-brown silk at the terminal – no need to strip down the corn down and see inside like I see many folks doing at the grocery memory . I love corn - on - the - cob , my favorite is the yellow and white corn together – briefly steam or wangle in its husk on the grill . I do not slather butter on it or even salt it – I like it just as it is – although on occasion I do sprinkle it with smoked pimento . I care corn pud and corn chowder , though I specially like to makecalabacitas , which are not bad as is , or revolve up in a tortilla with Malva sylvestris ! Here ’s a link to a version of that recipe:/item/9700 / three - sisters - saute

Tis the season – take advantage of the bounties of our gardens – and give thanks to the farmers who get our crops .

ok Gardening Recommended product

ARS telescope Long Reach Pruner

Fine Gardening receive a commissioning for point purchased through links on this situation , including Amazon Associates and other affiliate advertising programs .

A.M. Leonard Deluxe Soil Knife & Leather Sheath Combo

Get our late tips , how - to clause , and instructional video recording sent to your inbox .

signal you up …

Cucurbitas: Winter Squash and Pumpkins

Corn

Celebrate with the Last of Summer’s Bounty and Welcome Fall!

Tis' the Season…for Tomatoes that is…

get together all right horticulture for a gratuitous engaging unrecorded webinar have Dr. Janna Beckerman , a illustrious plant diagnostician as well as professor emerita at Purdue University and the ornamental expert manager …

When I spotted a particular sand dollar cactus ( Astrophytum asterias ) at the Philadelphia Flower Show a few months ago , I knew I was in trouble . With a delicious coloring material pattern …

When we only prioritize plants we want over plants our landscape needs , each time of year is make full with a never - ending list of chores : pruning , pinching , watering , treating , rectify , and fertilizing , with …

Video

Touring an Eco-friendly, Shady Backyard Retreat

You must be careful when you enter the backyard of garden fashion designer Jeff Epping — not because you ’re probable to get off on something , but because you might be dive - bombed by a duad …

4 Midsummer Favorites From a Plant Breeder’s Garden

Episode 181: Plants You Can’t Kill

Episode 180: Plants with Big, Bold Foliage

4 Steps to Remove Invasive Plants in Your Yard

All Access member get more

Sign up for afree trialand get access to ALL our regional depicted object , plus the rest of the extremity - only content depository library .

Start Free Trial

Get concluded site access to expert advice , regional cognitive content , and more , plus the print magazine .

get down your FREE trial

Already a member?sign in

It’s peak season for squashes, tomatoes and corn–going out everyday to harvest is like a treasure hunt–finding gifts in the garden. Click on other pix to enlarge and read captions.Photo/Illustration: susan belsinger