The carrots are getting bigger.....
and bigger and stranger.....I think I'm going to pull the main crop of carrots today.
The first slicing cucumber has been harvested at the home garden.
The first Happy Yummy Sweet Pepper has been harvested.
As some of you know, I harvested about half of the Yukon Gold potatoes.
We've had a couple of zucchinis...and
yesterday I finally had a nice varied harvest!
Hop on over to Daphne's Dandelions, out host of Harvest Monday to see what's going on in Veggie Gardens around the Globe!
It starts as a trickle, and then WHAM! Enjoy the bounty-it all looks fantastic.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right. In a couple of weeks, I'll be pulling my hair out!
DeleteI completely forgot about my zuchinnis! How can anyone forget about zukes. I harvested three small ones and gave them all to my mother. I pulled most of my carrots too and contemplated pulling them all. They really don't like this heat.
ReplyDeleteI don't know how you forgot about your zucchini. It was probably the heat! I'm going to pull the carrots today. We got a few hours of nice rain yesterday! Yippee!!
Deletep.s. Your pictures are incredible. Very nice photography.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I don't think I'll ever learn how to use my camera correctly! I did much better with my 35mm!
DeleteBeautiful carrot harvest. I reseeded and am hoping I am not too late. Yeah, we had rain yesterday too, finally, but it is hot and humid and will be for the next few days, not much is going to get done outdoors.
ReplyDeleteThanks Norma, No it's not too late to reseed. I still have to do that. It's going to be tough getting them going in this weather. The rain was great!
DeleteWonderful harvest! Love the color of the deep burgundy tomato :) And very nice peppers!
ReplyDeleteJenny, everything is just starting....finally! The dark tomato is Cherokee Purple, our favorite slicing tomato!
DeleteBeautiful harvest! My peppers are getting sunburned, but the tomatoes are doing ok and of course the squash is taking over the world.
ReplyDeleteMary, I have some sunburned peppers too. Yes, those squash definitely like to take over!
DeleteYes, pretty soon you will be inundated with all sorts of veggies. Be careful what you wish for! Looking good as always.
ReplyDeleteI know....pretty soon I will be complaining!
DeleteYour produce looks great! I'm going to try the Cherokee Purple tomato next year, as well as a few others, mainly Amish paste. I've gotten quite a few sweet banana peppers, but my bells are just gorgeous plants with few flowers. We, AGAIN, had a few raindrops from some dark clouds, but they passed right over us....
ReplyDeleteI think my bells are going to be small this year. The hot and spice peppers are fine though. Sorry about those clouds passing you by again!
DeleteThat's a nice basket of potatoes! I am loving that I am back having fresh potatoes on the menu. We go through about 3 months of no potatoes once the storage supply is (depleted and/or unedible)and before the new potatoes are ready. During that time, I gain an appreciation for what is missing and am really ready for the crop to come in when it does.
ReplyDeleteThose tomatoes look picture perfect. The purple (assuming it is CP) looks particularly yummy!
Oh yes, that's the first CP of the year! "The Italian" is going to have his first tomato sandwich for lunch today. He's really happy!
DeleteI've got to get my carrots pulled. I might have to store them in the fridge though. I'm not sure any place else is cool enough right now. Your harvests look fabulous.
ReplyDeleteDaphne, I was going to pull my carrots today. But, it looks like this evening or tomorrow morning for sure. I think I'm going to try freezing some as I usually use them for making stock, soups and stews.
DeleteI am jealous of your zucchinis
ReplyDeleteI've had my share of those dang SVB's! One year I didn't get a single squash of any kind!
DeleteMe either, Robin. Those stupid SVB's got to mine after only harvesting 2 squash and 1 zucchini. For some reason they didn't get the cucumbers until last week, so I got a bunch for several months.
DeleteNice varied harvest. Cherokee Purple has been my favorite slicer too for several years. Are your zucchini the Romanesco variety? I tried that this year and have been getting a big harvest from it while my standard zucchini is still pumping out just male flowers.
ReplyDeleteThanks David, The zucchini are Cocozelle. I have tried many different varieties and they are our favorite.
DeleteYour Happy Yummy is ahead of mine. My hot one is beginning to turn color, but the sweet ones aren't even close. Hey, I'll trade you some onions for those carrots. Even if they are strange, they're better than mine were this year.
ReplyDeleteGranny, I just pulled the bulk of the carrots. They are of every size and shape. Now I just need to get some going for the fall. My Happy Yummy is orange not yellow. What color is yours?
DeleteGreen :-) It's just turning from green to yellow right now, it will be a while before it colors up.
DeleteI envy many gardening bloggers including you who successfully harvested good carrots since floods in this rainy season damaged all of my carrots.
ReplyDeleteYour strange shaped carrots might be affected by pebbles in soil. Carrots can have split roots if their growth points touch pebbles. I recommend you screen them out before seeding them.
Thanks takaeko, The soil in that bed is pretty good. I guess I should sift through it a little better and see how they turn out.
DeleteThat Happy Yummy looks familiar! Looks like you do have a nice variety of goodies coming in. Your carrots look a lot like mine. And they are so tasty, with much more flavor than store bought ones.
ReplyDeleteI just harvested most of the carrots this morning and put the pic as my header. Now, I have to get the fall ones going.
DeleteThat Happy Yummy is good!
Great looking harvests this week! I had to pull all of my carrots, too. Time to get my fall ones started up!
ReplyDeleteI have to get my fall ones going too! It's really tough with this hot weather though. I just did a little research on starting them during the hot weather and found something new that I might try. If I do it, I will post it.
DeleteHi Robin, Yummy things. Did your weather affect the carrots? It will be a good complaining I bet when you get too many veggies to harvest!!! I am trying to be patient another couple of weeks before checking to see if I have any Yukon Golds under those plants! Nancy
ReplyDeleteThanks Nancy, I'm new at successfully growing carrots. Last year was my first good crop of them. I'm sure the weather does affect them.
DeleteI bet you can't wait to get some of those Yukon Golds! I love digging potatoes. It's like digging for gold! We are having some baked tonight for dinner!
Great harvest!
ReplyDeleteLisa
Thanks Lisa, things are starting to move along.
DeleteYour harvest is looking very good! I envy the carrots. I haven't planted any carrots yet this year we had so many over the winter that we got a little tired of them. But now they are sounding good again and I haven't even put a seed in the ground yet!
ReplyDeleteI do that too at times. I get tired of something then don't plant it and wish I did! I'm sure you'll really appreciate the carrots will you finally have some!
DeleteBeautiful harvest, love the carrots, I have to get busy and sow some seeds for the fall.
ReplyDeleteMe too, I'm just trying to figure out a way to get the fall carrots to germinate in this horribly hot weather!
Deletelook at all those carrots! Great harvest
ReplyDeleteThanks MrsP! I just put them away for storage
DeleteLove that Happy Yummy Sweet Pepper, it almost looks too good to eat. You are getting a nice variety of veggies now, so summery. I'm still waiting for most of my summer vegetables to start coming in.
ReplyDeleteMichelle, It's only been a couple of days now that the summer crops are finally starting to come in!
DeleteGosh your carrots look good, I was so impressed with the ones I picked this week (only three mind you) but they are nothing on yours. You have had a wonderful week in my books.
ReplyDeleteI'm a couple of weeks behind last year. Everything is struggling from the hot dry weather. I'm sure everything will catch up sooner or later!
DeleteGreat bet you wouldn't expected to have got so far so quickly when last year you were told of the move.
ReplyDeleteSue, I really didn't think I would be able to get some of the spring crops in on time this year. I did manage to get more then expected. I started my tomatoes and peppers later then usual....so, they are a little later this year.
DeleteEverything looks great, I would love one of those tomatoes right now. Can I ask why you plan to harvest all your carrots at once, rather than as you need them? I'm presuming so you can store them but wasn't sure.
ReplyDeleteThanks Liz, yes, I pulled most of the carrots after this post and put them in storage. I need the bed space and they were in the ground for a long long time. Hopefully, I will be able to get a late crop going....but, who knows!
DeleteYou have quite a variety coming in! And your Happy Peppers are orange! Nice! mine have done something funny and the two Happy hots I've gotten so far have been red...definitely hot, and definitely not orange.
ReplyDeleteFinally a variety!! I thought the Happy Peppers were supposed to be yellow!
DeleteDave shows them as orange. I think he's trying to grow the hot one orange, as there are no known orange varieties.
Deletehttp://www.ourhappyacres.com/2011/11/happy-yummy-pepper-seed-giveaway/
Granny, you have a much better memory then I do! Ha, they are supposed to be orange....must be the heat :)
DeleteI have no worries, your time will come very soon when you will be posting oodles of stuff! Nice potato harvest!
ReplyDeleteSooner or later the big glut will begin!
DeleteGlad you are starting to get some produce. It will be close to a month before I see much. I do need to get the basil picked and can't get out to the garden now on crutches. Why do I do such stupid things or should I say let my dog do such things to me. I am sure I could get some nice potatoes from the volunteers and am dieing for salt potatoes.
ReplyDeleteOh no Wilderness! I hope you'll be better soon. It's hard to garden on crutches. The garden harvests are really behind this year. I think it was lack of rain and excessive heat. We had a nice steady rain for about a day and the temps dropped. Hopefully, the tomatoes will finally start to ripen.
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