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Harvested May 2
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Harvested May 6
Harvest for the week of 4/30 through 5/06
Lettuce - 12.8 ounces
Radishes - 13 ounces
Tomatoes - 1.5 ounces
Spinach - 11.5 ounces
Onions - 3.4 ounces
Total for week: 42.2 oz
Total for year: 5.24 pounds
I'm very happy with the way the onions are sizing up, and the lettuces are absolutely gorgeous. One was so pretty I hated to pick off its leaves! We're getting just enough spinach for our hot bacon spinach salads each week, but not enough to cook. That's alright, we like it better raw, and the netting seems to be working very well at keeping the leaf miners away. I've not even found any miner eggs on any of the leaves. Mr. Granny is really enjoying all those radishes in his salads. I've even eaten a few, and find them very mild and quite tasty. I've been planting them every couple of weeks, so I have a steady supply from the garden. I've kept the tomatoes outside on the patio, so they aren't ripening very quickly now. All that I've picked so far have come from one plant, but I noticed another plant was beginning to show some with color.
This year's harvest is behind last year by about a pound. That could change soon, as I think I might be harvesting a few beets next week!
This year's harvest is behind last year by about a pound. That could change soon, as I think I might be harvesting a few beets next week!
Beautiful harvest with gorgeous letuce and can't believe you're already have onions to harvest!
ReplyDeleteJenny, I can't resist pulling a few now and then for salads. They are sweet onions, which don't store well, so I use as many as I want as green onions.
DeleteBeets already? I just seeded yesterday! Your harvest looks good!
ReplyDeleteRandom, these are some I started indoors and transplanted. I'll soon find out how well that worked. I looks like they are just larger than golf ball sized right now. My direct seeded beets are only about 2" high :-)
DeleteLooking good Granny! Boy, what I would do for a few little tomatoes to put in a salad! I haven't planted a single radish. We just don't seem to eat them. I have been harvesting, but not photographing my harvests. There is a lot of overgrown lettuce that I just may pull since I have some nice starts to go in.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Robin...pales in comparison to what you're accomplishing, though!
DeleteTOMATOES???????????????
ReplyDeleteJealousy, jealousy. I know cherry toms are quick, but goodness! That plant must feel the love--LOL!
Glad your having better luck with the leaf miners. There's always ways to foil the enemy.
Bus Sue, I had to plant those in January and grow them in the house, then carry them (all four plants) out on nice days, back in every night. I think I've had maybe 7-8 tiny tomatoes. Probably not worth the trouble!
DeleteReally beautiful harvest. I wish I were picking onions, but I want my onions as onions. I ought to do what you do and plant more than I need. Maybe I'll remember next year.
ReplyDeleteDaphne, since these sweet onions won't keep for more than about 6-8 weeks, I don't mind pulling the young ones for salads and stir fry. I'll still end up with plenty for my onion rings and hamburger slices this summer. Usually I plant a few rows of scallions, then find myself using the sweets instead, just because we like them better.
DeleteI have made a few plantings of radishes. So far mine have not done too well but I am getting a few small ones from the second planting. It may be our weather this year. Your harvest looks great! Do you use the white of the onions or the green of them in your salads or both? Nancy at Cozy Thyme Cottage
ReplyDeleteNancy, my radishes have actually performed better this year than they usually do. I just did my 4th. planting already! I just do short rows though.
DeleteI use both the whites and the green of the onions in salads, and save some of the greens for topping baked potatoes or Chinese pork and noodles.
Tomatoes?! Even a couple for a salad is absolutely amazing this time of year! I've been playing with sowing times for tomatoes, too! I planted a couple in January and February and they're all fruiting now. And yes, I have been bringing them inside and outside regularly and have wondered if it's worth the effort...but I do believe it IS worth the effort...at least it will be when we get a few early tomatoes ;-) Happy harvesting!
ReplyDeleteBee Girl, if I had grown just one early plant it would have been easier, but as it turned out only one of the four has actually produced all of the ripe tomatoes. A second one finally has its first ripe one, and the other two aren't even close! All seeds were from the same source, all were treated equally, so I don't know why one was so much earlier than the other three....but I saved the seeds from one of its tomatoes.
DeleteMy fave part of harvest monday is the photos. You guys are all starting to be produce photographers! I love the presentation in little bowls and collanders and various spots. If I take them as pics they look like a big heap o'green in a pile. lol OR occasionally T will go all type A on me and line up the tomatoes and various rinsed produce in rows and photo it.
ReplyDeleteGood work though. I too am amazed at the onions and beets in the potential mix! My beets are about 4" tall and under plastic bottles for cloches.
Amy T., photographing the produce is half the fun! Mr. Granny does get edgy when I photograph his meals though. He'll be waiting to be fed and here I am running his plate to all different lighting locations while he's drooling after it!
DeleteBaskets of lettuces, spinach, radishes, green onions, and tomatoes... oh my what a nice salad fixin harvest you have! I have some little tomatoes on a Silvery Fir Tree tomatoe that is growing in a container on the deck. We had some heavy rains last week and cooler temps which slowed it down but I am hoping a return to nice weather this week will get it going again.
ReplyDeleteKitsap, I do so love those beautiful little lettuce leaves when they are picked, rinsed and chilled early on the day of consumption. That has to be my favorite part of the evening meal. Mr. Granny says the tomatoes are sour, but they don't taste a bit sour to me. I know they get sweeter as the weather heats up, but I think they taste fantastic for this early in the year.
Deletelol, I agree with everyone else. I wish I were picking a decent harvest right now. Soon enough though I know things will be ready faster than I can harvest them. I would REALLY like some tomatoes to go with all the lettuce that's nearly ready though, guess I'll be carting a baby tomato around like you did next year so I can have them. ;)
ReplyDeleteAnywhereEden, I'm also playing with another variety that might be a smaller plant. The thing is, I have no idea if it's OP or a hybrid! It was sent to me by a lady from Canada, and she never said if it was a saved or a purchased seed. Only two of them grew, and only one looks healthy enough to pot up, so the entire thing will just be an experiment, with no idea how it may end!
DeleteWonderful harvests and great photos! I'll have little ripe tomatoes soon, but the bigger tomatoes don't even have flowers yet
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mary. It will be a few weeks before most of my tomatoes have blossoms. It's always exciting to see an early performer or two.
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