The garden is in full swing with tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, egg plant and all types of herbs ready to pick everyday. I have been enjoying wood fire grilled zucchini and eggplant, tomato salad with fresh cucumbers and herbs, sauteed zucchini, egg plant and bell peppers with fresh herbs and salsa both hot and mild. I will start canning these vegetables very soon but right now I can not bring myself to can when they are so tasty fresh.

As the bounty of summer descends on my modest garden, the next two months will bury us with more vegetables then we know what to do with . I will be including recipes for tomato salad, grilled vegetables, tomato sauce, etc as the season progresses. Check back for these recipes.

The following is a list of what I planted this year;

The tomatoes are;

Zebra

Cherokee Purple

Celebrity

Old German

Yellow 100 – not pictured

The Cucumbers are;

Burpee no burp

Armenian

The peppers are;

Jalapeno

Cayenne

Green Bell

The Squash are;

Black Beauty Zucchini

Yellow Crookneck

Beans;

Blue Lake Pole Beans

Eggplant;

Japanese

Herbs;

Italian Basil

Purple Basil

Italian Flat Leaf Parsley

Oregano

German Thyme

Chives

Rosemary