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Post by pepperhead212 on Jul 1, 2024 16:53:17 GMT -5
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Post by breezygardener on Jul 1, 2024 17:30:26 GMT -5
One more ripe grape tomato, but more on the way - lol!
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Post by datgirl on Jul 2, 2024 8:42:19 GMT -5
Lots of Raspberries, and used a green pepper in the chili I made.
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Post by breezygardener on Jul 8, 2024 17:10:21 GMT -5
Yesterday's harvest was my first full (as in two large servings) harvest of "Lieutenant" broccoli. Both the florets & the thick stems were delightfully sweet & tender - no stem peeling necessary. This is a wonderful broccoli that I discovered by accident & really like. Will definitely grow it again. May even try for a Fall crop.
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Jul 8, 2024 19:11:54 GMT -5
Cucumbers, first of the carrots, broccoli, and needed an onion for a salad for dinner tonight. That was 1 tasty onion! Looks like some beets are ready for picking tomorrow... a surprise for my sister as I finally had some success after years of trying... and they are golden beets!
Zucchini nearly ready.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jul 9, 2024 18:08:52 GMT -5
So, that Lieutenant broccoli is heat resistant, breezygardener? I have given up on broccoli, and many other cool weather crops, in the early season, because usually just the early 90s in May would put them over the top. That's unbelievable that there's a variety that could still produce in this heat! Largest tomato harvest today - about 3 qts of smaller ones, and 7 of the larger ones - the largest one, another of the Superfantastik. And most of those smaller, black ones on top are the Negro Azteka - starting to produce a lot more, and no more with BER. About 3 quarts of smaller tomatoes, and 7 of the larger ones ripening, 7-9 by pepperhead212, on Flickr 3 more eggplants, and another bottle gourd, about 2 lbs. A 2 lb bottle gourd, and 3 eggplants, about 8-10 ozs each. 7-9 by pepperhead212, on Flickr
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Post by breezygardener on Jul 9, 2024 22:39:18 GMT -5
Apparently! I too was surprised at how nicely it's been doing in these grazing 100-degree temps. And I'm growing it in large plastic pots to boot. I was particularly surprised at how very tender the thick stems were as well. And no bugs at all, thanks to my being extra diligent at thoroughly securing down the insect-weight floating row cover because I so hate caterpillar-riddled brassicas & don't like having to dust everything with Bt. And water. They sure do need lots of water in this heat. I think it's probably the water & the light cover that's helping to get them through this horrible weather. Oddly enough, the sprouting broccoli types I normally grow because they've always produced reliably in hot weather - "Aspabroc" & "Burgundy" - haven't produced a thing yet. They're almost as tall as walking sticks, but nothing even resembling a button-head yet. I may replace them with some "Lieutenant" seedlings & see what happens in the Fall.
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Post by breezygardener on Jul 10, 2024 14:28:35 GMT -5
This morning's harvest was a complete surprise. Weeded out, turned over, & refreshed last year's potato tub (an old muck tub) & unexpectedly turned up a solid handful of nice medium-size "Red Norland" & marble-size "Yukon Golds" that had sprouted this past Spring but died off quickly so I didn't really give them any further thought.
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Post by desertwoman on Jul 10, 2024 19:19:13 GMT -5
Sour cherries. Love them for pies, cobblers and chutney. We have wild sour cherries growing in our little valley and I have one tree at the house in town. Alway s get a good supply for the freezer.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jul 13, 2024 16:25:34 GMT -5
It was disgustingly humid out there today; so much so, that the weeds were still wet at 4 pm, though fortunately, the tomatoes and other plants had dried off, so I could trim and harvest them. I picked another bottle gourd at 8", as the 10" one I used last night was getting sort of spongy in the center - not seedy yet, but I still scooped the center inch or so out, while the first 8" one was firm all the way through. The only cucumber I harvested I knocked off by accident! There are a bunch of eggplants, and a large number of tomatoes again. That Genuwine plant is producing more ripe ones at a time than other larger ones. The Negro Aztka cherry had a lot of ripening ones, but it was the worst affected by the rain (not really that heavy), with a large number of split ones - maybe 30%. A few splits on the Bronze Torch, but that was it. The Sunsugar and Juliet had the most ripe ones, since the last harvest. A bottle gourd, a cuke, and the larger tomatoes, the largest is a 14.8 oz Mountain Rouge. 7-13 by pepperhead212, on Flickr About 5 qts of the cherry and other small tomatoes. 7-13 by pepperhead212, on Flickr Eggplants, 7-13 - 2 Asian Delights, a weird shaped Matrosik, 3 Ichibans, and 1 Long Purple. by pepperhead212, on Flickr
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Post by breezygardener on Jul 13, 2024 22:03:21 GMT -5
Two lovely large perfectly ripe "Lemon Boy" tomatoes.
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Post by madamezil on Jul 15, 2024 7:42:47 GMT -5
Lots of Swiss Chard, assorted herbs. Will be harvesting a Kohlrabi for Kohlrabi/Apple slaw for dinner tonight.
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Post by datgirl on Jul 21, 2024 12:03:05 GMT -5
5 whole green beans from the couple of bush bean plants that I was able to cage before the rabbits ate the rest . Woot woot!!! , also picked 2 more pickles and a hand full of peppers. The tag says poblano but they are not. They look more like Shishitos.
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Post by breezygardener on Jul 21, 2024 12:28:24 GMT -5
Just came back inside with a mixing bowl full of "Fantistico", "Sun Sugar", & "Super Sweet 100" cherry tomatoes; along with 2 HUGE "BuffaloSun", 1 "Bonnie's Original", 1 "Lemon Boy", & a couple of "Homestead" slicer/beefsteaks. I also have a couple more "Ichiban-Style" eggplants that should be ready in a couple of days.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jul 21, 2024 17:48:15 GMT -5
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