Harvest Part 2

Most of my plants will probably die in the freeze. There are some preventative measures such as plastic covering and giant fans. Personally, I have prepared for the freeze by wearing sweaters. Like I usually do. I have not investigated my garden post Tuesday. What I am picturing is a frozen wasteland with dead and dying remnants of my plants.

But I did harvest what I could before the freeze: tomatoes, some type of bean, and cilantro.

So what I have in my pantry and fridge is: squash, eggplant, radish, and the above. And I have made nothing. I don't know what to do with it and sadly I am a lazy piece of you-know-what.

Waiting Game

The most noticeable change in my garden is that my squash is in what appears to be grave conditions. Unfortunately I did not snap pictures but the leaves seem to be decaying  and it is unlikely to produce any more fruit. The best option apparently is to let it succumb. I actually still have the squash that I harvested sitting on my desk in a paper bag. One way to use squash is to make it into a pie.

Shamelessly stolen Taken from this site, ingredients required are:

• 1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch single crust pie
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 tablespoon butter, melted
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 2 cups hot milk
• 2 pounds butternut squash (I don't think I grew butternut...)
• 3 eggs

The steps:

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). In a small saucepan, cover squash cubes with water. Bring to a boil and cook until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain, cool and mash. Measure out 2 cups of mashed squash and refrigerate remaining leftover amount.
2. Mix sugar, salt, and spices. Blend in milk, squash, eggs, and butter or margarine. Pour filling into unbaked pie shell.
3. Bake at 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) for 40 minutes or until a knife blade inserted in the center comes out clean.

I'm not sure how the cold weather is affecting my crops. Tomatoes, radish, eggplant, peppers and cabbage seem to all be growing.

Awaiting to be harvested: tomatoes, eggplant, radish, and some herb that I forgot the name of.