Apples, tomatoes

The apple harvest is over, and my share of the crop (after the deer took what they could) is of more than 260 pieces (many of them half-munched) weighing Kg 22.757. Not bad! Much of the crop has been turned into apple sauce and frozen for future use. Crisps and apple butter are also being produced.
The tomato crop continues to be excellent, and today I picked a few babies, heirloom and Campari, weighing a total of Kg 1.219. The largest specimen came in at 340g.

Many more to come.

First carrots

My carrots have been growing quietly in the window garden, protected from the deer., Today I pulled two out of the ground, and they are nice:

I look forward to a good, slow crop.

More Tomatoes

It's mid-October and my tomatoes are going strong. So far I have harvested Kg 6.281 of heirloom tomatoes and Kg 1.791 of small tomatoes. The latter include two types, distinguished by their respective seeds. Next season I will keep them separate and each clearly labeled. Production will continue, as my greenhouse is now protected from night frost.

Yummy salsa-to-be!

Progress

While the visiting deer has destoyed every plant within his reach, and has inflicted damage to the fruit trees, I am delighted with the outstanding performance of the plants in my small greenhouse.
I decided to try to keep things growing as long as possible. Two nights ago the temperature dipped to 31, and I managed to keep the temperature of the greenhouse in the 40's by putting a space heater there. But that was a temporary Fix. Today I managed to install a thermostat in the greenhouse, and I attached the space heater to it. The function of the thermostat is to turn the heater on at 45 degrees, and turn it off at 47 degrees. I don't think I need to reach higher temps in the greenhouse--all I want to do is avoid a freeze. In daytime the sun will warm things up well.
Here are two examples of how things are growing in the greenhouse: petunias flowering; and pak choi seed pods forming. Wonderful.

Salsa time

This morning I harvested eigth heirloom tomatoes (here with my finally flowering petunias), a total of exactly kg 2.3 (5.1 lbs). The largest of them weighs 671g (1.48 lbs). They are all beautiful and unblemished. I will turn them into salsa for the winter: tomatoes, sweet onions, plenty basil, olive oil and red wine.

More tomatoes are coming, heirloom and Campari. If I manage to heat my little greenhouse before the next frost I'll have more produce this fall.