Another powerhouse week in the gardens. We plugged along between the rainstorms and ignored the heat. More broccoli was transplanted out and more fall cauliflower too. It seemed like we were always picking beans. The pea trellises all came down, cleaned up and hopefully tilled (if it ever dries out). We plan to replant this area this weekend with Autumn delights.
Our primary duties are harvesting and weed control. With all this rain the crops and weeds are both thriving but we are on top of it all and this feels good. We are relieved that severe weather has missed us and have not had any issue yet with excessive rain. The garden is lush, green and beautiful. Life is good.
Summer Squash bloom in the morning.
Winter Squash plants are loaded with blooms too. The bees are busy.
Looks to be a bounty this year from our mini orchard. The peach and pear trees are heavy with fruit. We are looking forward to the harvest.
The peach tree we planted the year Maeve was born. This year will be the 1st harvest.
And look at that! Tomatoes around the corner. The tomato patch looks wonderful.
The tomatoes have hit the top of the trellis and full of developing fruit! Cherry tomatoes in the share next week…
A Hot, hazy picture of peppers right around the corner too.
WHAT IS IN YOUR SHARE
An amazing share this week and what is even more amazing we were able to harvest, wash and pack all that bounty and still get our garden chores done. Enjoy the wonderfulness of it all.
We climbed over the 500 pound mark….537 pounds of garden delights this week.
SNACK PACK
head lettuce, baby cabbage, eggplant, zucchini, long skinny european slice cucumbers, mini muncher cucumbers, early red norland potatoes, parsley, green beans, snow peas, garlic
Head Lettuce-perfect lettuce from our hoop house. Either romaine or a summer crisp called Lovelock.
Lovelock at harvest.
Baby Cabbage Head-The perfect size for a fresh slaw, added to fresh salads or grilled is wonderful too.
Eggplant-Looks to be another bumper crop again this year. Plants are loaded.
Morning Eggplant harvest.
Zucchini-Here they come….several varieties planted and an assortment in every share.
Zucchini Harvest.
European slice Cucumbers-2 in every snack pack share. Thin and delicious. We pick cucumbers everyday.
Making my way down the cucumber trellis in my outfit of choice this past week.
Mini munch cucumbers-This mini thin skinned cucumbers that have appeared in the grocery stores….our 3rd year growing them and we love them.
Red Norland Potatoes!-Nothing beats the flavor of a just dug potato….enjoy!
1st peek at the potatoes.
Parsley-Large flat leafed Italian. We had to include it in the mix this week. Parsley and buttered new baby red potatoes-Heaven!
Parsley at harvest.
Green Beans-A bounty! Picked in and after the rains. We rinsed them off but do rinse again before preparing as there may be some grit remaining.
Scott bagging the beans.
Snow Peas-The end of the pea season for us. Scott pulled the trellis right behind my picking.
Garlic-A summer staple around here. We dug a few more early birds to enjoy with the potatoes.
FULL SHARE
head lettuce x2, baby cabbage x2, eggplant, zucchini, BIG! bag mixed cucumbers, early red norlands, large leaf flat italian parsley, green beans, sugar snap peas, garlic x2
Head lettuce-romaine and lovelock summer crisp lettuce in every full share.
Romaine at Harvest.
Lovelock Summer Crisp at harvest.
Baby cabbages-As I mentioned before we love this size of these little guys. Tender, sweet and wonderful raw in salads or slaw, or fantastic in stir fry dishes or grilled.
We clear cut the mini cabbage crop and another one started a few weeks back for a late season harvest.
Eggplant-Here we go…we sure can grow eggplant for some reason….enjoy!
Zucchini-We harvest daily and pick them small. Tender sweet and a nice mix of varieties.
A great zucchini harvest this week.
BIG! bag of cucumbers-An assortment in every Full Share. These too are picked every day.
Morning cucumber harvest from 1 side of the trellis.
Our favorite white cucumbers are just starting to produce.
Red Norland Potatoes-A bumper crop this year and we are just starting to dig the LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG row.
Delicious. We had a meal of just potatoes the night we dug.
Parsley-Large flat leaf Italian-A must for the share this week to go with the potatoes.
Parsley drying after it’s rinse.
Auntie Howdy…if you ever need to take a quick day road trip come on down and visit-we would love to see you.
Green Beans-A HUGE! harvest this week and a HUGE! bag.
BIG! bags of beans…2 pounds in every Full share.
Sugar snap peas-this marks the end of our “pea season”.
Garlic-2 more heads in the Full Share this week. Fresh garlic is fantastic.
BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-carrots, mixed leafy greens, head lettuce, cucumbers, eggplant, zucchini, green onions, cherry tomatoes, beans and more……
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