In article >, George Shirley
> wrote:

> Cabbage, broccoli, leaf lettuce, and radishes all doing well and the
> chard in the front flower bed is perking up with the cooler weather.
> Probably be harvesting some tomorrow just for our dinner. That chard was
> planted in February if I remember correctly and has been producing a
> mess of greens every week since then. First time we've actually had
> chard last into and through the summer. I believe that because that
> patch has shade from noon until nightfall it has had its life prolonged.
> The full sun chard in the back garden is long gone even though it
> produced bigger leaves and was finally pulled last month due to decline.

George, try this recipe for your chard. Delicious!

<http://allrecipes.com/recipe/sauteed-swiss-chard-with-parmesan-cheese/>

Our fall is well underway, with the nights down around freezing. All my
vacuum sealing is done, no 'maters to speak of this year, onions are
hardening off on the deck.

The next round of preserving will be game. Going for geese and ducks
next week, so sausage and jerky will be made. Hoping to get out with my
bow for mule deer soon, too. Then elk and moose seasons... I think I'm
going to pass on whitetail this year. The herds have been hurt by cold
winters and deep snow for the past couple of years.

--
³Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness
sobered, but stupid lasts forever.² -- Aristophanes