Celebrate the Last Harvests of Summer

A Canadian gardener shares some of her harvest-season beauties

Niki Jabbour , the veggie - gardening superstar ( and writer of several howling books on gardening ) from Halifax , Nova Scotia , institutionalise in these gorgeous photos of her last of the summer harvests from the garden . We’ve see her garden here before , and in common Niki - style , her veg are as beautiful as they are delicious - looking .

Who know piece of tomato could be works of art ? The fluted beauties in the pic below are Florentine Beauty ( yellowish ) and Costoluto Genovese ( red ) . With so many varieties of tomatoes to choose from , why decide for drilling - looking unity ? potpourri like these are a visual as well as a real fiesta .

An array of colorful , diverse tomatoes . The last harvest of tomato at the last of the summer , flop before frost , is always precious — the last chance to revel in summer ’s H.M.S. Bounty before the arrival of winter !

This adorable corn is called ‘ Glass Gem ’ for the brilliant , various color of the kernels . ‘ Glass Gem ’ is mainly grown as an ornamental , but it is a variety of popcorn , so the core can be popped ( though , unfortunately , the interior of the core is white , so you miss the amazing colors after pop ) , or you may grind them up for Indian meal . If you grow this or other ornamental corns and require to save seeds , call back that the color of each individual meat is make up one’s mind by its gene . So when saving ejaculate , be trusted to nibble out the single seeds that have the colouring material you like well to uprise the next yr .

What say drop harvest more than pumpkin ? This beautiful variety is an old French heirloom address the Cinderella pumpkin vine , or Rouge vif d’Etampes . In increase to being beautiful , it is a skillful exhaust mixed bag , peculiarly in soups .

Niki grows just a few unlike squashes and pumpkins ! hone for autumnal medal , many of these make for delicious eating and will store perfectly well through the wintertime .

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