More figs, garlic dill pickles and pickled jalapenos

We love this time of year despite the hot and humid weather. 
We tend to the garden and the yard but usually are inside canning by noon. 
We also have areas that are open for planting such as our corn patch. The corn has been harvested, the bed has been cleared, we just need to decide what we can plant there that can tolerate the heat and a lack of steady care as we near the beginning of school.

Today was our third straight day of canning with  more to come tomorrow.
We pickled jalapenos, hot bananas and canned garlic dill pickles and of course strawberry fig jam. 

Figs, figs, figs and there's more to come

The figs are definitely approaching their peak season as you can see by the picture below. Yesterday we canned 42 jars of strawberry fig jam. Last year our total output of this jam was 51 jars! 
As I said, the figs are approaching their peak which means there are plenty more to pick so we'll process more jars tomorrow but probably only 8-10 jars thankfully. 
In fact we have just started to pick our oldest fig tree which produces the biggest figs. Definitely in Fig season though.

 These figs turned into 42 jars of strawberry fig jam.
                                                   

   

In the middle of peak harvest

Peak harvest has arrived and for the next two weeks we will pick an abundance of everything in the backyard garden. Today's picking led to canning strawberry fig jam 6 jars, seven jars of pepper jelly and another 10 jars of tomato jam.
After the entire afternoon of canning, this is what we still have to process or eat on the counter.

 Strawberry fig jam

What we have left after an afternoon of canning

The figs have arrived

The backyard gardens harvest is in full swing now with tomatoes, peppers, okra, and figs in abundance. This is peak season for most of our vegetables and fruits but the figs usually peak towards the end of July. The picture below is a two day harvest. Imagine how many we'll be picking by the end of the month. Figs are used to make our favorite strawberry fig jam and can be dried as well.

More peas to pick

July 4th and of course we are in the garden picking.
We actually picked twice the amount of heirloom peas than we did two days ago and that's only the beginning of the harvest. We always thought you needed acreage to plant peas. However, last year we planted zipper peas and this year we tried these heirlooms and we are certainly enjoying a multitude of peas from our backyard garden .
We also picked peppers, tomatoes, squash and cucumbers. We'll can tomato jam and more jelly tomorrow too.

Best harvest yet

We picked a good amount of vegetables today, in fact it was our best day so far this season. We also realize it is the tip of the proverbial iceberg, There's still an abundance of vegetables yet to come but it's good to see the bell peppers and corn and even the peas getting close to being picked.
Check out the pic of what we have on the counter and check out the video too.

Colorful

Had a very colorful harvest this morning as you can see from the picture below. We picked purple- eggplant, yellow-banana pepper and squash, green- cucumber and jalapenos and red- cherry tomatoes.
The corn and bell peppers will be ready next week and the tomatoes and peas are following close behind. It's definitely our favorite time of the year in our backyard garden.