The huge harvests from the garden are keeping our days full. The summer bounty is here and it feels great. We have beautiful tomatoes everywhere after 2 big harvests from the garden that we had to use the tractor with a pallet to bring up the loads. Our autumn crops are sizing up and we even planted a nice long row of late late broccoli this week that we usually harvest with the 1st snow if all works out. It’s iffy but Scott and I feel it’s worth the try as it is always such a treat. More spinach and lettuces was transplanted into the hoop house and we even got a tiny bit of weeding done and seeding in for late season leafy green crops. A strong week here with a much needed drenching rain.
Tomatoes everywhere!
Hoop house is chugging along…the carrots we are going to be eating next week are off to the left.
Autumn leafy greens and spinach seeding in this week.
SUMMER SHARE #12
The start of Share packing….
WHAT IS IN YOUR SHARE
1244 pounds!!! WOW!
Yet another great share this week. Such a great season for us. We are thrilled that the sweet watermelon is here and more delicious corn from Uncle Jim. Both perfect for August meals.
SNACK PACK
Romaine head lettuce, watermelon, cone head cabbage, pint cherry tomato, slice tomatoes, sweet peppers, leeks, garlic, zucchini, cucumbers, BIG! kohlrabi and corn
Romaine head lettuce-A great harvest and a great late summer lettuce from the hoophouse. Thick flavorful leaves and perfect for BLT’s.
Romaine in the hoop house.
Pointy Head Cabbage-Not the shape we are use to seeing but the same flavor as the “normal” round head. it is a variety called caraflex and we thought it would be fun.
Pint Cherry tomatoes-The usual washed delicious mix. So pretty and so flavorful.
Washed cherry tomatoes with that neat one that always has a star at the top.
Slice tomatoes-A bounty this week and many to choose from….enjoy!
Beautiful red slicers ready to go home this week.
Sweet Peppers-We picked an assortment again this week and 2 are in every share. We NEVER put hot peppers in the shares all sweet. Hot peppers are on the “extra table” for you to take if you like them.
Leeks-A favorite crop of mine. We grew 4 varieties this season and this is the earliest variety. A summer leek called King Richard.
Scott leek washing after a great harvest.
Garlic-We set the goal to have garlic in the shares all season long. More for you this week….
Our cleaned garlic.
Zucchini-The end of the zucchini season for us. The zucchini patch did great this year and I am ready to eat something else…
Cucumbers-may be the end of the cucumbers too…..the vines are slowing way way down.
Cucumbers ready to be bagged in Snack Pack Shares.
Kohlrabi-This is the BIG! german variety. Thick skinned and sweet tender flesh.
Corn-More fantastic corn from Uncle Jim….Delicious!
Watermelon-They are here! Sweet sweet watermelon. We grew several varieties this season. Flesh colors are yellow, orange, red, pink, and white! A surprise when you cut into it.
Hauling up the harvest.
FULL SHARE
Romaine head lettuce, pointy cabbage, quart of cherry tomatoes, slice tomatoes, sweet peppers, leeks, garlic, zucchini, cucumbers, beets, corn and watermelon
Romaine head lettuce-A favorite summer lettuce. Thick flavorful long leaves.
Romaine at harvest.
Head Cabbage-A cone shaped head with same sweet cabbage flavor.
Quart of cherry tomatoes-Another washed sweet bounty this week. Enjoy!
Those pretty blue ones just starting to ripen at the top of the cluster.
Cherry tomato picking an every other day job.
Slice tomatoes-A HUGE! bounty to choose from this week.
Sweet peppers-We picked and assortment and they will appear in your share. 6 in all full shares. The tasty jimmy nardello’s are just starting to color up and a few sweet italian bull horns too. NO hot peppers those are on the “extra table” for you.
Leeks-the 1st of 4 varieties. Summer leeks are a treat.
King Richard leeks drying ready to be bundled for the shares.
Garlic-2 heads in every full share this week. We had high yield from the garlic patch and garlic will appear all season long.
Auntie Howdy-did you get a new sofa yet?
Zucchini-The end of zucchini. I’m ready. Enjoy these last little tasty beauties….
Cucumbers-May be the end of this crop too.
Nearing the end of a great cucumber season.
Beets-A favorite of mine-not Scott’s. We still struggle with growing a bounty of beets but are pleased they are here in the Full share.
Corn-Thank you Uncle Jim again for terrific corn!
Just picked corn from Uncle Jim’s farm.
Watermelon-I look forward to this crop every season. We grew several varieties….flesh colors-yellow, orange, pink, red and white. All sweet and a surprise when you cut into them.
The bounty from the watermelon patch.
BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-head lettuce, leaf lettuce, radishes, carrots, spaghetti squash, kale (we keep trying to add this every week but we decide no as the shares are too big)-next week for sure, sweet peppers, cherry tomatoes, slice tomatoes and more….
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