The annual Seattle rains started yesterday afternoon. I wanted to stay relatively dry while harvesting, so I harvested all the Really Ripe Things last weekend and The Rest Of It yesterday morning.
A front view prior to last weekend’s harvest:
From the house side “back” of the garden:
The remaining peppers:
The “Ripe” harvest. It’s 9 pounds of peppers and 37 pounds of tomatoes, mostly Romas (20 pounds) and Black Krim (12 pounds):
Yesterday’s “Rest Of It Harvest”:
As for the under-ripe tomatoes — we’ve had good success the last few years by spreading them out on cooling racks near a heater vent in the kitchen and letting them ripen for 2-3 weeks. I think it’s the combination of air-flow and warmth that does the trick.
Finally, one straggler that I found doing the final clean-up:
It’s a nice discovered reward at the end of the process.
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