Loki wrote:

> Ok, what do I do now?????? I swear, down here, you put it in the
> ground and it grows and grows and grows...
>
> I now have zucchini daily (and am picking it tiny, breading and frying
> it and having it with lemon), got 10 cukes today of varying sizes and
> the tomatoes are not far behind.
>
> I got a late start. <sigh> I don't have any peppers yet but they are
> blooming, the melons are blooming and the eggplants are as well.
> Didn't get any green beans in, alas. Can I still plant those and just
> have a late crop?
>
> I didn't HAVE a garden in time to plant when I should have so I've got
> the hot weather stuff producing and am starting to think about
> planting for fall harvest soon.
>
> This zone 8 thing is all new to me! I'm going to have enough stuff to
> put up for an army.
>
> So, what do I do with all this bounty that is about to happen? I know
> I preserve it but what recipes are favorites for zukes, cukes and
> tomatoes????? I'd prefer to start with the fairly safe ones as I've
> not canned nor pickled for years and years and... Oh, I can't be
> that old!
>
> Loki


You can almost plant green beans year-round. (OK, in the winter you'd
have to plant peas instead of beans)

It's not too late to plant them now, or you can wait until August or
early September, after the borers kill your zukes, and plant the beans
where the zukes were for a fall crop.

Best regards,
Bob