July Garden

I have neglected the garden blog a bit, so here is a recap of the past 3-4 weeks.

I found a few more potatoes. Man, it's a mystery to me when potatoes are actually done and ready to harvest. Are my plants dying because I neglected them....? Or are they just done for the season. Not sure I'll ever figure this out.

Lots of beans are ready! In fact, I gobbled them up so quickly I didn't take any pictures. I've been eating them young and tender, fried up in some sesame oil and stir fries. My favorite summer dish.

And.....look! (Amelia's favorite new phrase)

Carrots! Finally! My first year I had way too many carrots. Last year I had none...except for one huge fat one.

So this was pretty awesome. I should have a few more, but not a ton like I'd like.

Swiss chard. I've kind of grown to like this. It's super yummy in stir frys. I might like it better than kale.

Oh yeah, kale. I froze a big bag of that too for winter soups.

View from under the raspberry bush

This has been the best summer for raspberries. We actually had more than we could eat in one sitting! Amelia and I spent lots of time sitting under the bushes looking for those juicey red berries. She's an excellent berry hunter.

These are the first tomatoes we found after returning from our long 4th of July weekend. They are the sungolds. We've had maybe 5 others. I think a sweetheart grape was ready too. I feel like I'm a little late on the tomato harvest this year. I've got plenty of green fruit, they are just taking their slow time. I did start a lot of plants from seed this year. And the only ones ready were the two transplants from territorial seed. Hmmm. But it's been MUCH warmer this summer than the previous two summers. 80-90 every day, which is a big deal for us. Guess, I'll have to start seeds a little earlier next year. Or splurge on transplants. Yeah, probably that...

And here are a few other recent harvests:

Look at that cool flambo hot pink speckled bean! These will be dried beans.

The royal burgundy is by far the most prolific, but I really enjoy the taste of the Masai and Speedy green beans. The Fortex of course are super delicious too!

Finally a zucchini! I've only gotten one. So weird. I'm gonna dump a bunch of fertilizer on that thing and tell it to kick it in to high gear. Enough already.

 

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