Some Late Tomatoes and Peppers

Well, here are some late tomatoes and peppers out of the hoop house.  There are still more tomatoes left, which I will pick in another couple of weeks.  For now, in this picture there are about 150 San Marzano tomatoes, 10 Italian peppers, some regular green peppers, and several dozen cayenne and jalapeno peppers.  And remember, this is late September!  I've been picking for a couple of months now!

I will dry these tomatoes in the dehydrator and make a few more batches of my famous "Spiteful Lass Cayenne Slather" and "Brazen Hussy Jalapeno Sauce" with the peppers.  :)  My customers just love those sauces, and so do I!

All told, I think I will have harvested about 1,000 San Marzanos from only 10 plants, at least 1,000 cherry tomatoes from five plants, and dozens of the juiciest Amish Brandywine tomatoes.  Plus I have harvested hundreds of peppers--sweet and hot--25 pounds of potatoes, dozens and dozens of cucumbers, beans, broccoli, carrots, lettuce, spinach, etc.  And I did all of this in a pretty small space--one 12 x 20 hoop house and another 3 x 20 raised bed.  Plus lots of mint and herbs growing in pots.  I wonder just how much I could grow and harvest if I farmed my entire little plot of land.  Much more than I could ever eat, that's for sure!

I've sold a considerable amount to some of the best customers a gal could ask for, and I've also canned dozens and dozens of half-pints, pints, and quarts of all kinds of foods from jams and jellies to pickles to salsa and sauces to delicious new potatoes.  I'm winding down on the harvest now, although I'm not quite done yet, but I think it's safe to say that it has been a great year!