Goodbye Tomatillo's

In the last week I've been noticing that the tomatillo plants are dropping leaves. They have been turning yellow and dropping fast. I think the change in the weather for the cooler has not been favorable to them. So, on Tuesday I decided that was it. I tore them out...

What a jungle! It took me over and hour and a half to pick the fruit and tear out the plants. The vines, yes, vines... were intermingled with my overgrown patty pan squash and I had to be delicate so that I could try and save the patty pans.

When I researched growing tomatillo's for the first time this past winter, all indications said they would be about 4ft and bushy.... nope!! If they'd grown straight up I'm sure they would've been 8ft, and definitely leggy! I suppose it could've been the environment this year. Lots of water and extreme heat, and boys do they love the heat!

All in all, I now have a huge stock pot full of tomatillos to make salsa verde this weekend for canning. I'll be making small batches as I'm tweaking the Ball canning recipe, it's not quite the right flavor but close. I'll try to remember to share later...

Oh, and I found a bucket of patty pan's hidden in the process...

What to do....

... When you are getting sick of the garden? Or should I say the work of it?

After coming back from vacation, where I all to quickly got used to the more moderate temperature, I was struggling with garden motivation. I think it was the heat.... on vacation we spent almost 3 weeks in a more moderate climate and came back to extended heat waves in July through August. Ugh! Not the type of weather to want to be outside in,

Fortunately in September has cooled off and the interest has peaked somewhat again.... too bad the garden was scorched and now chilled. Hopefully I get half of the veggies I hope to get.