It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. Harvests are definitely slow here this time of year. I got a bit more of the summer planted lettuce last week, this time one head each of Cherokee and Slobolt. Both of these had gotten a bit long in the tooth but were quite edible. We’ve been enjoying the salads lately, though there will be a gap in the harvests since the next round of plants is still quite small.
Cherokee and Slobolt lettuce
I got another nice harvest of hot peppers, a mix of Aji Rico and Sugar Rush Peach. I’m making hot sauce with the Sugar Rush Peach and pickling the Aji Rico peppers.
Aji peppers
And I also found a Sweetie Pie pepper to go with the hot ones, though Mad Hatter next to it is actually not hot if you remove the seeds and membrane. The red ones are guajillo peppers I dry for chile powder, and the one Will (EightGateFarm) won a blue ribbon for recently. Mine will definitely not win any awards, but they will make tasty powder all the same.
sweet and hot peppers
I let a couple of the Tromboncino squashes to mature, and cut them last week. I put a yardstick in the photo for reference since the squashes are huge! In the past I found the mature Trombo a bit blah in flavor, but I wanted to try it again and see what I think now. I’m also thinking bland is not a bad thing if I use the pureed squash in my morning fruit smoothies. These two weighed a bit over 13 pounds total.
mature Tromboncino squashes
And I got one more mature Centercut squash which weighed over seven pounds. These are my favorite for turning into pumpkin pie and other sweet dessert treats.
mature Centercut squash
In non-harvest news, I baked another batch of Ligurian Focaccia bread last week. This is my favorite focaccia recipe, and I make it with a 50/50 mix of Caputo Pizza Flour and King Arthur All-Purpose flour. I also drizzle it with a Ligurian olive oil before and after baking. The recipe I use is from Salt Fat Acid Heat.
Ligurian focaccia bread
Harvest Monday is a day to show off your harvests, how you are saving your harvest, or how you are using your harvest. If you have a harvest you want to share, add your name and blog link to Mr Linky below. And please check out what everyone is harvesting!
Peppers are still coming in strong, I see. I’ve tried Mad Hatter a couple of times, and was not impressed with its productivity, so it dropped out of the rotation. The squash are really good looking. I can’t wait for pumpkin pie, gluten be damned.
Such a productive garden as we all approach mid-October!