Sunday, June 27, 2010

Harvest Monday

What a week for harvesting. The only problem is that I have not been able to keep up. It has been very hot on the east coast and the timing of everything is all off. Of course I am happy to get my produce earlier but I can not help but feel that it is a sign of some hard times down the road. Please look at Dapne's Dandelions to see Harvest Monday by some other gardeners.

The swiss chard continues to come in, I harvested most of my Asian Greens by cutting them 2" above ground. They will come back sooner than I expect.



I pulled up all the turnips, they did not do as well as the first two that I picked from my daughters plot. I started these in the ground and a little on the late side. I pickled these and hope they will soften a little. We had another wonderful batch of kale for those chips I previously posted.



I tend to pick my squash as small as I can and still get that "look at what I grew" feeling. When they start coming in, i become overwhelmed and this is a way to keep it all manageable. I admire Ribbit for all her zucchini concoctions. Some peppers, padron chilie and ?? and a small collection of beans.



So that is where I thought we were with the beans on Friday when I left to visit my sister. I brought her this bunch plus a little more that I collected and forgot to photograph. When I left on Friday, I inspected the plant to find a small handful that were not ready. I decided to wait the day or two when I returned. Too hot to pick on Saturday when I returned so I got up bright and early on Sunday and low and behold I collected a good size bowl of beans. With husband away for one week and still another to go, I am not sure if we can eat beans and all else fast enough. And - Finally the peas have started coming in. It did not help that my daughter was eating them off the plant. Good thing we went away for an evening and returned to many, ready to pick peas.


And a few odds and ends including the first cucmber.



15 comments:

  1. Oh, what a great harvest you had! And you are already harvesting peppers. I find it very interesting that you can harvest peas, beans and peppers at the same time. My peas are usually gone in May and peppers are not ready until late July.
    Are you going to freeze some of the peas or beans?

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  2. You really had a Spring/Summer harvest combo! Very Nice :)

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  3. You can't blame her for eating off the plant, lol! Everything looks delicious. I would freeze some of the beans and make squash chips with all the zucchini and yellow squash, yummmy!

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  4. WOW - that is a wonderful harvest! I need to try those kale chips!

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  5. That is a nice assortment in your harvest! I try and harvest the squash small, but then they "escape" me and in a day they seem to get huge.

    It's amazing you have peppers and yet still have peas!

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  6. I, too, love the small squash. The big ones that I always manage to miss go into the compost (that's where this year's volunteers came from). Your peas look much better than mine, which I either picked to early or too late. There were never many that were ready all at the same time.

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  7. vrtlarica and Villager- I too am amazed at what I am harvesting together. It took a little while for the peas but they are here and I am sure they won't last long with 90° temperatures. The peppers do not look that good. Not sure if I need to water more but they are on the dry side.

    Robin and Allison - Thanks

    Tosha - I actually plant the peas for her to eat raw so not really upset. I do freeze the beans and last year I had enough for the whole year. i expect to have the same amount this year. I must try the squash chips. Do you fry them?

    Villager and Granny - there are always a few that escape.

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  8. What an amazing variety in your harvest? Everything looks so delicious!!

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  9. That is a lovely, varied, delicious looking harvest and I will be popping over to see your kale chip recipe as it is something I have been meaning to try.

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  10. I still don't have beans. I only planted pole snap beans. They are flowering now so it won't be long. Yours look delicious.

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  11. Lovely harvest. It's so nice to have greens in the summer, I started the kale late, they are only about 4" tall at this time, hopefully they will grow through the summer, it's going to be a while before I can try the kale chip recipe.

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  12. What a charming collection of harvest pictures!

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  13. Awesome looking harvest! The greens look perfect.

    I'm trying to harvest my zucchinis on the smaller side as well. They just taste better that way in my opinion.

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  14. Oooh, you have quite the harvest! Looks nice!

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  15. What a nice harvest this week. This is my first week taking part in Daphne's harvest Monday, and I think I'm going to be inspired and learn lots. Nice blog.
    ~~Lori

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