Harvest Recap for the Week of August 19-25
Some days the harvest was varied.
Some days it was just tomatoes. That beauty in the center weighed 1 1/2 pounds, the biggest and prettiest of the season.
Total for week: 65 pounds
Total year to date: 628 pounds
Daphne's Dandelions is the host for Harvest Monday.
Oh my--now your photography is TOP notch as well....love that black background, it really makes it "pop".
ReplyDeleteGreat harvests. You are one busy busy gal!
Sue, I'd use that black background more often, but then I'd have to clean it more often. That's my stovetop! I guess I should get myself a big cardboard box and paint the inside black.
DeleteI'd be so thrilled for just tomato harvests. Tomatoes don't do well in 90 and 100 degree heat and 100% humidity we get in July/August. We should be getting back to days of tomatoes soon now.
ReplyDeleteThose are great harvests. You inspire me to grow more.
Cristy, we had several days in the 100s in July and August, but we don't get the humidity. My tomato plants are in a lull right now, due to the July blossom drop. Except the cherry tomatoes, they never rest!
DeleteBeautiful harvests. You can really see all the harvests well with the way you put your photos together. You have had some good production this year. Most of my harvests have been low. I'll have to look at it later in the year and see what produced poorly and see if I can change it. Part of it is the zucchini. I have three plants and got one zucchini. I think I also need to get some lettuce successions going for the summer. It is hard to be very productive over the summer when you can't grow tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, or eggplants. Those nightshade crops ARE the summer crops. Part of my problem is my broccoli. I experimented with cutting it back more after the spring harvest, but it turned out that I cut back too much and it almost quit producing.
ReplyDeleteDaphne, I can't imagine not being able to grow the nightshades. Well, except for eggplant, which I don't like. Of course, you do so well with your dried beans and sweet potatoes, so not having to make room for the nightshades gives you more room for those crops.
DeleteThat is true. I wouldn't grow nearly so many dried beans if I had to plant nightshades. Though I might make room for some sweet potatoes. But not a whole bed.
DeleteLooks like somebody is a little busy putting up veggies!! A beautiful harvest this week!
ReplyDeleteLOL, Stoney, it looks like somebody's freezers are stuffed, so she's giving a lot to her kids! In fact, daughter is on her way over this morning to pick up her "juicing veggies".
DeleteOh that is a great and varied harvest! I notice in particular your beautiful leeks, they are so nice and large. Mmm, those melons too!
ReplyDeleteNutmeg, this is my first time growing leeks, and I'm quite happy with them. Several of them started bolting to seed though, probably because of our triple digit temperatures, so I have been digging some of them a bit early. They sure do make good soup!
DeleteYou have a nice varied harvest again! We could never eat all that. What do you do with it all!! I am trying to give away tomatoes now! I see your yellow summer squash. Mine did not do well. I have some patty pan I planted later. Don't know if I will get any before the frost. Hot and humid this week.
ReplyDeleteNancy, we had a DISH installer here today, and I sent him off with a gallon bag of green beans. Daughter came and took the extra yellow squash and zucchini, as well as beet greens, cucumbers and sweet peppers. I couldn't talk the DISH guy into taking the other gallon bag of peppers :-(
DeleteYou ARE the winner of "the most beautiful tomato" ever grown! Wish I could pass on that award, too! :-) I've been harvesting quite a bit myself, just have no time to stay on the computer long enough to post! Entertaining visitors and traveling take up all day, it turns out. Still, I'm happy to be able to see your beautiful harvests!
ReplyDeleteMrs. R., the tomatoes haven't been very plentiful, but enough for all the salsa I needed, as well as a gallon or so of tomato juice each week.
DeleteWonderful haul, Granny! Luckily you have family to take some of the load off, but I bet you will still be very busy preserving.
ReplyDeleteOh, yes, Rachel! I'm preserving beans, peppers and and tomato juice every couple of days. I'm not complaining yet, but I'm giving away a lot of beans and peppers! Last year my peppers didn't produce (or ripen) well, and I didn't have enough to get me through the year. This year I have a glut of them, but nothing like the 86 pounds I had in 2009! Of course, the season isn't over yet and I've already harvested almost 40 pounds of them.
DeleteYou got some nice slicers there. We had the same problem, high temps caused all the tomato and pepper blossoms to drop. They are flowering now with more moderate temps. but I need another couple months of summer, please, to ripen them.
ReplyDeleteDavid, if history repeats, we should get another 50 days of good weather, then a hard frost, then another 2-3 weeks of good weather. If I can baby things through that first freeze, I should have a really good gardening year. I'd probably lose the peppers, squash, cukes, tomatoes and beans, but everything else should keep bearing until around Thanksgiving. I'd love to be picking fresh strawberries in November!
DeleteThat is beautiful, Granny!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Cloud. By this time next year, we'll be oohing and ahing over your harvests!
DeleteWhat a boutiful harvest! I'm sure it is keeping you plenty busy. Looks awesome!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kendra, it certainly is! It's a good busy, though :-)
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