I've been very busy this past week preserving the harvest. I didn't take a lot of pics again....but, here's a little of what came out of the garden. The tomato pics aren't very good.
Speaking of tomatoes, disease has come to the community garden. Although my plants look much much better then most over there. I'm not sure how much I will get out of them. To date, I have only harvested about 150 lbs. of tomatoes. We need a minimum of 300 lbs to get close to we need for the year. I thought last year was a bad tomato year with 320 lbs.We shall see how things go this next week.
The Chinese Red Noodle beans are going to town!
Sophia has been helping me all weekend and made this cute picture of our harvest from Sunday evening. She has been such a big help....wait until you see Thursday's Kitchen Cupboard!!
Total weighed harvest for the week:60.76 lbs.
Beans:
Dean's Purple Pole - 37.25 oz
Chinese Red Noodle - 27.4 oz
Asparagus Red Seed - 4.75
Cucmbers-59.15 oz
Eggplant- 18.75 oz
Peppers- 16.9 oz
Tomatoes- 50.5 lbs
Hop on over to Daphne's Dandelions, our host of Harvest Monday to see what's going on in gardens around the globe!!!
Looks like a very good harvest! I love the look of the long purple beans and sorry to hear about the tomato disease. Hope you'll be able to get your full harvest despite of it.
ReplyDeleteJenny, I sure hope at least half of the green tomatoes are able to ripen.
DeleteThe Chinese red noodle beans look great - whats the plant like? Hope you still get a decent tomato harvest despite the disease. Tomatoes can be so frustrating can't they?
ReplyDeleteLIz, yes, tomatoes can be frustrating!! The Chinese bean plants are pole beans and are presently 8' tall!
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ReplyDeleteOh no, I'm sorry to hear you have a tomato disease setting in the community garden. I'm hoping you can still have a healthy harvest and be able to can the total amount you had planned.
Sandy, I was really hoping we would get at least 500 lbs of tomatoes. Oh well, we will have to do with what we get.
DeleteI like that. You weigh everything in ounces until you get to the tomatoes. Those are in pounds. I hope you get enough tomatoes. I've heard that late blight has hit eastern Massachusetts, but so far I haven't seen it in my lone tomato. I'm sure it will get it when it hits the neighborhood though as I have it in partial shade against the fence. The poor thing is getting neglected.
ReplyDeleteIt takes an MIT graduate to notice that...ha!!! Yes, late blight is in our county. We did have one of the gardener's plants tested for it. I will find out on Wednesday at our meeting what is going on.
DeleteI'm sorry about your tomatoes. I am having the same trouble, my plants are all diseased and it hit them early. Truthfully, if I had 150 pounds of them I'd be thrilled! We use a lot in our cooking too. I hope you get enough of them for your needs. What you have looks great and your Chinese red noodle beans look terrific.
ReplyDeleteThanks Nutmeg, It's been a tough gardening year for most of us.
DeleteYour tomatoes look lovely! You are lucky to have Sophia's help. I know you must be busy with working and taking care of the harvest. Sorry to hear about the tomato disease at the plots. Hopefully your plants will hold on just a little bit longer. We've had a lot of humid weather this year. My Roma's are in awful condition right now. Disease hit them early in the season and I don't know how long they are going to hold out.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's been very hectic between work and the garden! Thank goodness Sophia has been such a big help!
DeleteIt was only a matter of time before disease struck with the weather we have had this year. Hopefully we will get enough tomatoes to get us through the winter.
Your produce is looking bountiful. We've had tomato issues this year too - scorching heat didn't help. But any harvest is a good thing. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYou are correct.....any harvest is a good harvest!
DeleteIs it late blight? Maybe I should be concerned about some of the plants that have called it quits here. I was thinking there were just at an end. I'm cutting them down today and rather than compost them I'd better put them in the trash. Love the smile at the end!
ReplyDeleteMarcia, I'm not sure if it is late blight. The garden committee is getting an education on tomato diseases tomorrow at our monthly meeting. The head of the county extension is meeting with us. So many diseases look similar
DeleteThose noodles are awesome. And I always love looking at all the colors in your tomatoes!
ReplyDeleteThanks Shawn Ann, Those beans are pretty awesome!
DeleteNvere seen noodle beans before - they are amazing. I suppose they go green when cooked.
ReplyDeleteSue, These beans stay dark when cooked, unlike most purple beans.
Deletelovely harvest
ReplyDeleteThanks Mrs.P!!
DeleteWishing you good luck with your tomatoes--that certainly is a LOT you need!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sue, "The Italian" sure does go through a lot of tomatoes!!
DeleteMy one attempt at growing red noodle beans failed, so I never tried them again. So sorry to hear about the tomato plants being diseased. I can't seem to get enough for a good session of canning. I thought I was going to get both sauce and salsa today, then my son came over and talked me out of all the larger tomatoes. Soooo, it's sauce only for me, still.
ReplyDeleteGranny, these beans are over 8' tall and producing like crazy! Hope you get enough tomatoes to can some soon.
Deletelove the smiley. wow, you need 300 pounds of tomatoes? how many people are you feeding over there? I guess Ijust don't eat that many tomato products, especially since I don't really do pasta any more.
ReplyDeleteMary, It's just the two of us here. But, I do make canned salsa and ketchup also. We use a couple of jars of tomatoes a week. So, it takes a lot of tomatoes to get us through the winter!
DeleteI would be thrilled with 150 lbs of tomatoes - but I know you need alot to keep the Italian in cooking heaven. I will keep my fingers crossed for you that your patch holds out long enough to give you yoru minimum needs before succombing to the spreading disease at the community gardens.
ReplyDeleteLaura, I sure hope the plants hold out for awhile. There are so many green tomatoes on them.
DeleteRobin sorry to hear about the tomatoes at the plots. Do you think it is the blight. If it is or even if you suspect it is get all the bad leaves off the burn them. Even if you are organic Liquid copper is considered organic and will slow down or stop further damage if sprayed as soon as possible. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteWe have a few tomato diseases going on over there. The weather this past winter and this gardening season was just perfect for disease. I sure hope next year is better.
DeleteI feel very lucky so far this year. My tomato plants look the best they have ever looked but are setting a little late. They are still lush and green and not bad looking leaf on them.
DeleteWow you are still getting beautiful tomatoes! Mine are completely done, but they performed pretty well in spite of the drought, then drenching and disease, so hopefully your plot tomatoes will carry on valiantly!
ReplyDeleteI sure hope my tomatoes carry on like yours did. Your tomatoes started producing much earlier then mine did.
DeleteI do love that happy face. I'm not giving up on your garden for 500 pounds of tomatoes! If we still have lots of green tomatoes, and we do, then so do you! We've only recorded 40 lbs of tomatoes this year. Surely well reach 200. If that's true then you'll reach yours too
ReplyDeleteJody, I sure hope your right! I think we could use a little of your divine help right now!
DeleteI got fairly lucky with my tomatoes this year. Never a sign of disease, but I am in Texas and I started them very early...they have already been pulled to make way for the fall garden.
ReplyDeleteWe had some really horrible weather this year. It was just perfect for just about any and every disease.
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