larger cuke below weighed in at a pound all by itself. Normally, I try to pick them smaller, but somehow I missed him.
Here are some daily harvests from the past two weeks, in no particular order.
Tomatoes, green beans, and the first viable squash of 2014.
Beans, the first cuke of the year, and more maters.
The last of the sugar snaps and some fingerling potatoes. These potatoes were actually planted late last summer. I saved some of the mid-summer 2013 potato harvest, put them in the fridge for a week to convince them that winter had come and gone, and replanted them in early August. They were not amused, and did not grow. I forgot about them and planted sugar snaps on top of them in March. They sprouted amongst the peas, and were ready for harvest at the same time the peas were ready to be pulled up.
Oh, look...MORE Tomatoes.
More beans, more maters.
New Potatoes planted in early spring are now ready for harvest.
More fingerlings from the August 2013 planting. These were mixed in with my lettuce.
Basil and maters
This is the last of the onion harvest...these were mostly the bulbs that produced hard stems and flowers. They will be a bit tougher, but still totally edible and tasty.
Snow peas and tomatoes
Potatoes and the last of my fava bean harvest.
The last of my snow peas...some of them were too tough or dry, so they were shelled. Fresh eatable peas on the right, dry peas for storage at the top.
And last but not least, more tomatoes and a lone carrot, accidentally picked while weeding the carrot bed.
I'm harvesting every day, and also in the midst of my mid-summer crop change-over. Spring crops are being harvested and the open beds replanted with new seeds for harvest in late fall. There have been some nice days recently, sprinkled amongst some very hot days, so I've been able to get out in the garden and get things done.
Wow, I am totally envious, what a fantastic haul. My husband can't wait for the tomatoes to grow and ripen in our greenhouse, they are still v tiny. Hope you get more carrots! Reminds me, now I need to go into the garden and harvest my yellow mangetout aka snowpeas. Lovely to come by. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Oh yes, there will be carrots.
DeleteGreat harvests. You really look like you are in summer now with all those tomatoes and beans. I've got little tiny beans started, so it shouldn't be long here.
ReplyDeleteHere we usually have tomatoes in quantity by the 4th of July. I do wish I'd planted more beans and less tomatoes.
DeleteI like the variety of beans. Never tried the fava beans - strikes me as some kind of eventual tofu progenitor! Not sure about growing anything but bush beans (green ones) out here in Idaho. The butterbeans have been resisting all efforts to have them survive. What are the fall crops that you are putting in the ground?
ReplyDeleteI think favas would do well for you. They can be planted earlier than other beans...they will sprout in chillier weather than bush beans. As for fall crops, I've put in 3 types of winter squash...spaghetti, acorn, and butternut. Also 3 types of watermelon, 3 types of musk melon/cantaloupe, and some red aramanth. Soon I'll put in arugula, spinach and more peas for fall harvest.
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