A Roasted Salsa Recipe using the Demonstration Garden's Harvest

The key to this recipe is roasting
everything for much longer than
 the instructions suggest. (8-31-14)

Everything is garden fresh minus the onions.(8-31-14)

Fig and Jujube Heaven in the Demonstration Garden! (8-26-14)

Only a few yards from the Demonstration Garden's vegetable plot are the most wonderful fruit trees. Despite the date being near summer’s conclusion, the fruits that are coming into season now make this time of the year even more exceptional. 

Figs, glorious figs, call out for picking. (8-26-14)

FIG 101

 Are these two figs ready?

Yes, this fig is perfect.
Notice how the stem sags.
 It must be picked!(8-26-14)

No, this fig needs one or two
 more days. Its stem is a great
indicator. (8-26-14)

What about this fig? Would you pick it?

Scroll  to bottom to
 see the answer. (8-26-14)

 Jujube: A What?

(Ziziphus jujuba)  

Jujubes (8-26-14)

We are fortunate to have a Li Jujube in the Demonstration Garden.

Read pages 17-22 in Our Edible

Landscape or the  Jujube Publication to learn all about the Jujube. In the second publication, the Extension Horticulturist says that "Jujubes are one of the easiest to grow of the fruit crops...."  

 Jujubes (8-26-14)

 Jujubes (8-26-14)

Yes, pick this fig! If you have never had a perfectly ripe fig before, your life will be forever changed!

Shots from 8-26-14

 It is certainly harvest time. (8-26-14)

Jalapenos (8-26-14)

Yellow Squash (8-26-14)

 Tomatoes and Disease (8-26-14)

 Grape tomatoes (8-26-14)

 Bush watermelons (8-26-14)

Yacon (8-26-14)

Zinnias (8-26-14)

Sun Gold Cherry Tomatoes
(8-26-14)