Keeping Up With the Garden

Things are starting to slow down a bit, and so it feels safe to breath a bit easier.  There is no doubt that we will miss the days of endless tomatoes and cucumbers and summer squash. 
It has been a pretty long time since we last had a truly abundant garden on our property.  We have been avid aficionados of our CSA, which gives everyone a reasonable amount of perfect vegetables, and then  has the extras, the things that are slightly blemished, or have grown bigger than is strictly ideal, or sometimes they just have quite a few of them, and if you want more you you are welcome to them.  In addition, she has allowed people to come out to the farm to get tomatoes for canning once the season is at an end, but there are still quite a few tomatoes on the vine.
This summer we have had dozens of tomato salads and dozens of cucumber salads, and sometimes we have had cucumber tomato salads, every day getting a little further behind, sharing the bounty with others, and making quite a few pickles as well.  It has been a wonderful ride and as the days get shorter I know that the end is near.  Until next summer.