Harvest

Autumn is the time of harvest. The seedlings planted in spring produce tomatoes and cucumbers. I store them in the fridge and freezer because the harvest is plentiful.
I grow in a greenhouse, and the greenhouse cucumber keeps producing new cucumbers. You can straighten the cucumber, but it needs a little help to do so. I’m fine with crooked cucumbers, as you can see in the picture.

Grapes also grow in the greenhouse, and I remember the grapevine on the roof of the old greenhouse from my childhood. Various shapes of peppers are also growing.

I have also planted dye plants in the greenhouse, from which I extract colors for my own purposes. In the picture, there’s reseda luteola, which hasn’t bloomed yet. It can be used to create a wide range of yellow shades.

On the other hand, the plains coreopsis has been blooming all summer. When extracted, it gives an orange dye.

Outside, the weeds were mostly stronger than my own sowing. However, the sunflower seeds I planted sprouted, and the flowers grew into sturdy, tall sunflowers.

And of course, the apple trees produced plenty of apples this year. 

Now, I have colors and food stored for a long time ahead. Root vegetables and other produce are preserved in containers made of Sisusavi® clay.