8/15 - 2 oz. pole beans, 14 oz. carrots, 6 oz. cucumbers, 18 oz. tomatoes and 7 oz. strawberries (not shown).
8/16 - 8 oz. strawberries, 15 oz. zucchini, 7 oz. tomatoes.
8/17 - 10 oz. bush beans, 8 oz. pole beans, 10 oz. carrots, 3 oz. onions, 52 oz. tomatoes.
8/18 - 4 oz.pole beans, 3 oz. strawberries, 41 oz. tomatoes.
8/19 - 11 oz. pattypan squash.
8/20 - 15 oz. bush beans, 16 oz. pole beans, 6 oz. beets, 13 oz. carrots, 19 oz. cucumbers, 43 oz. tomatoes, 8 oz. strawberries (not shown).
8/20 - 19 oz. pattypan squash.
8/21 - 4 oz. pole beans, 3 oz. cucumbers, 7 oz. pattypan squash, 80 oz. tomatoes.
Harvest Totals August 15-21
Beans, bush - 1.56 pounds
Beans, pole - 2.13 pounds
Beets - 6 ounces
Carrots - 2.31 pounds
Cucumbers - 1.75 pounds
Onions - 3 ounces
Strawberries - 1.63 pounds
Summer squash - 3.25 pounds
Tomatoes - 15.06 pounds
Total harvest for the week: - 28.25 pounds
Total harvest for the year to date: - 304.25 pounds pounds
In 2010 my harvest for the week was 116.7 pounds, and my total for the year was at 516 pounds. 2011 is running way behind in crops harvested
Beans, bush - 1.56 pounds
Beans, pole - 2.13 pounds
Beets - 6 ounces
Carrots - 2.31 pounds
Cucumbers - 1.75 pounds
Onions - 3 ounces
Strawberries - 1.63 pounds
Summer squash - 3.25 pounds
Tomatoes - 15.06 pounds
Total harvest for the week: - 28.25 pounds
Total harvest for the year to date: - 304.25 pounds pounds
In 2010 my harvest for the week was 116.7 pounds, and my total for the year was at 516 pounds. 2011 is running way behind in crops harvested
Beautiful as always, AG! So much of my stuff is running behind last year despite the hot summer we've had .....still no DAMN BRANDYWINE!
ReplyDeleteFantastic harvest Monday.
ReplyDeleteGranny, good to see the tomatoes coming. But this year hasn't been a good tomato year in comparison with last 2 years. Pattypan squash is really really cute, what do you do with them?
ReplyDeleteYour harvest may be way behind but it's sure way ahead of mine :o( My tomatoes didn't do as well as I hoped, thank goodness the neighbor traded some for pears:o)
ReplyDeleteSue, I picked a few small tomatoes from one of the three Brandywines yesterday, then chopped the sucker down. I trimmed on the other two, but if I take off all the diseased leaves there will be nothing left. It's a sick, sick year for the poor BWs.
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Sarada, it's my first year for the pattypan. I warn you, the plant says "bush", but it's not, it's huge and running everywhere. The first two little squash (pick them small, my largest was maybe 6" across) I diced and added to a pot of cooked green beans, along with some fresh corn kernels. I put the lid on and just let it cook for a very few minutes, until fork tender, then drained and served the veggies with just butter, salt & pepper. The next ones were sliced and sauteed in butter. I sprinkled a little sugar on them to aid in caramelization, then just a bit of s & p and fried them until the were flecked with golden brown. I ate the entire pan of that for my dinner, it was that good! Next I'm going to slice them in half, toss them with a bit of oil and put them on a hot baking sheet in the oven (400-425F) and bake until tender, probably just a few minutes. So far I'm liking them better than the yellow crookneck I usually grow. They'll be back for 2012.
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Ginny, at least I'm not wearing myself out in the kitchen, preserving stuff!
Granny, your garden may be behind this year....but you are getting some nice harvests! I think those patty pan squash are just so darn cute. I guess I'll have to plant them next year!
ReplyDeleteHahaha, the pattypan squash always makes me laugh whenever I see it. There's just something about it that invokes my childhood sense of wonder about veggies.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a pretty decent harvest this week. The carrots in that first picture are so plump!
Nice harvest Gran! It's been forever since I've eaten pattypan squash. Maybe I'll switch it up and grow them next year.
ReplyDeleteI see your beans are still producing well for you. Unfortunately, my bush beans matured all at once and that was that. I'll have to add a pole variety next year.
Robin & Ben, I'm officially in love with pattypans. I can't believe I gardened all these years and never tried them. I've only seen the big yellow ones in the store, and they didn't impress me like these cute little white ones. I just wish the plant didn't get so hurking big!
ReplyDeleteThomas, all my other bush beans did the same, but these Baby French seem to be on a permanent production loop! I have found once the bush beans quit producing you can cut them back by about half and they'll give you a second crop. I usually just do succession plantings, so don't fool with that....but I tried it once and it worked.
ReplyDeleteVery nice harvests Granny! Patty pan is just so cute, wonder if I could grow them vertically..... Are you saving those seeds?
ReplyDeleteRandom, the way they are vining, I'd think they could be grown vertically. I'm not saving the seeds yet, as I got a whole packet from Baker Creek, free with my order, so there are still several seeds left in the packet. I wouldn't have even tried them if BC hadn't sent that packet!
ReplyDeleteYour carrots look fantastic!
ReplyDeletemmm yummy harvest! Those carrots look delicious! I've never tried the patty pan cuz I had read somewhere they didn't produce much... Now you have me interested! Might be adding those to the 2012 Garden now!
ReplyDeleteWhat lettuce was it that you mentioned that grew well in heat? or was it even you? ... lol
Hugs,
Wendy
Well for being a bad year that still is a pretty stellar harvest! I wish my beans looked like yours..wanna trade :P
ReplyDeleteGranny you have been extremely busy this week! Impressive harvests and beautiful to boot.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Allison. Our rabbit, cookie, is sure enjoying them....and we get the leftovers!
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Wendy, it looks like the pattypans are producing quite a few. I am picking them small (6" and smaller), and there are enough that I'm going to try to get a bunch of 1-2" ones to try.
I had good luck with Red Sails and Little Gem. Oddly enough, the Summercrisp bolted early.
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Mrs. Pickles, you get your hot little hands off my beans!
I just pulled out the little French beans today. With all the others getting closer to harvest, I figured I'd really have more than enough. For once, I'm trying to get the beds emptied and covered with mulch before we leave town mid-October. I usually leave everything, then come home to a big mess to deal with in the spring.
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Barbie, the harvests are picking up a little, but not keeping me terribly busy. Maybe that's a good thing...Mr. Granny thinks so :-)
Looking good, Carol! I tried the patty pans last year and they didn't do well for me in a raised bed. I think I'll try again next year out on the lake side ... the squash I have there right now are growing like weeds!
ReplyDeleteDeb, the more I think about it, I may not plant it next year. We love the butternut so much, and the Walthams are the most productive and disease free for me, I might have to devote the entire squash patch to them. If I had to chose between them, the butternut would win hands down.
ReplyDeleteI have not grown patty pan squash since we moved from central Washington to the west coast (almost six years now!). I think I quit growing them because they do tend to be space hogs and I am more space constrained in my current homestead garden. They sure are tasty though - especially if picked while quite young.
ReplyDeleteYour harvests may not be performing to your usual standards but they still leave me in awe each week.
OH! And I as going to say I may try the pattypan.. Hoping the butternut ripen in time. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteThose little squash are so cute! You have some beautiful and very full trays of food this week! Looking good!
ReplyDeleteGranny, your harvest looks delicious. I still can't believe you're still getting strawberries. is yours an ever bearing variety? Enjoy some strawberries and cream for us. We haven't seen any around here since June!
ReplyDeleteIt seems like everyone's harvests this year are failing to produce as much as last year.
ReplyDeleteI think I would grow those patty-pan squash for looks alone! That are super cute.
Your beans are lovely. Do you can any of them or just eat them fresh?
Kisap, yes I'm rethinking my 2012 garden plans, as it looks as though the bush butternuts won't have a great yield. I think that corner will have to be devoted to them next year, at the expense of the adorable pattypans.
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David, you have a good week too!
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Thank you, Shawn Ann.
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Jody, they are an everbearing (day neutral) variety, Tristar. I have a love-hate relationship with them. It's nice getting them all summer and into the fall, but I sometimes wish I could have one huge crop to preserve and get it over with. The berries are usually quite small, too. Just as I begin getting some large ones, they quit bearing and start blossoming again.
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Prairie Cat, aren't they just adorable? My daughter said they look like lids to cookie jars :-)
I freeze all the green beans that we don't eat fresh. Out of the 54 pounds I've picked, I've probably frozen about 40 pounds.
It still looks like a good harvest to me. But I hear you. This year for me isn't as good as last year. The spring was better, but the summer was too hot (opposite of your issue). So things didn't set like they should.
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