making smoked paprika

 cold nights mean its time to pick my peppers. i had a whole whack of alma paprika's

 first step? remove all the seeds & set them aside to dry on a screen 

 next: cut all stem & excess seed material from peppers 

then, give them to your awesome friend who puts them in his smoker & to dry. 

mmm. they smell amazing even at this stage

next. grind up the dried peppers & amazing, you have smoked paprika 

last big harvest

 some roots pulled for thanksgiving dinner! 

 picked lots of green tomatoes & peppers 

 roots & peppers 

more harvest shots

 first potato picks 

 gorgeous cherry tomatoes going to local restaurants

 basket for local restaurant 

october in the seed garden

 covering up for frost protection 

 summer squash putting out last little fruits 

 orca beans going to seed 

 nasturtiums are looking gorgeous 

 Harvest 

Peppers

 I picked a whack of peppers in anticipation of a cold weekend! 

Saving Seeds & Making Salsa

 Tomato bounty season means finding lots of way to eat tomatoes. 

I have been picking my tomatoes & doing my best to preserve them. 

I squeeze out all the tomato seeds into labelled jars & set them aside to ferment

then boil down the rest of the tomatoes to make my own salsa! 

add delicious peppers, onions, garlic, vinegar & heat! 

pantries getting stocked

Crocuses in September

a crazy thing happened in my seed garden this month

crocuses bloomed!