No Zucchini Here this Year!

I only plant one zucchini plant every year. There are two reasons for that....one, I don't have the room and two, how much zucchini can two people eat? The plant has been growing really well. However, it wasn't setting any fruit. This past week, it was not looking well at all. I told "The Italian" yesterday, I am going to go rip it out! With knife in hand I cut it down. Look what I found!

I stabbed that worm with a knife!

Now I have room to plant something else there.

Harvest Monday

It was another great week for the garden! I harvested almost 29 pounds of tomatoes. Most of my tomato plants aren't looking real good. They are getting a lot of yellow leaves that then die. I had to pull out one of the plants earlier in the week. I don't know how long the plants are going to last.

The cucumbers are still coming in like crazy. I harvest over 7 lbs this week. Most of the celery was starting to turn yellow on the outer branches. So, I harvested 6 bunches, froze 3 lbs, gave one bunch away and have some in the refrigerator.

With all of the harvesting and canning this week, I didn't take a lot of pictures. The first Rosa Bianca eggplant was so beautiful and tastey. "The Italian" cooked it before I got a chance to take a picture!

4 bunches of Celery

A full bowl of Cherry Tomatoes

My "Little Garden Helper" wasn't around much this week. So, I managed to get a full bowl for us!

Harvest Total: 50.5 lbs.

Celery - 6.375 lbs.

Cucumbers - 7.375 lbs.

Eggplant - 11 oz.

Onions - 1.25 lbs.

Peppers:

     Bell - 2.625 lbs

     Hot - 14 oz.

Potatoes - 1.5625 lbs.

Strawberries - 15 oz.

Tomatoes - 28.8125 lbs.

Stop by Daphne's Dandelions the host of Harvest Monday to see more harvests!

Finally...WE'VE GOT BEANS!!!

Well, I guess that it was the excessive heat we were having that made the beans not produce. Yesterday, I decided to check the purple pole beans again. To my surprise, we finally have beans! They were planted at the end of May and have grown to be at least 12 feet tall. I didn't think that they were ever going to produce. This week our temperatures dropped and we have beans!!

You really can't tell by this picture how tall these plants are.

They have grown up 6 feet, down 6 feet and across.

I estimate their height at at least 12 feet.

Purple Beans!

I am sure in about a week, I will be complaining about how much they are producing and that I can't keep up!

Jacob's Catlle dry beans planted at the beginning of July.

In-Laws Balcony Garden Update #4

My in-laws are very happy with their balcony garden. They are harvesting enough tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers for eating. My father in-law had purchased a couple of eggplants and planted them in the swc. He did not save the tag. So, we don't know the variety. I have never seen this variety of eggplant before. It is big and beautiful!

I forgot to bring my camera to their house the two times we were there this week. He e-mailed this picture to me today.

The Eggplant with no name...weighing in at 20 oz!

I won the prize.....for

... the SMALLEST onions!! This is the first year that I grew them from seed. They are pretty pathetic. I usually plant some sets and some purchased plants. Nope, I decided to plant all of them from seed!! Hopefully, the potato onions I planted in the fall will do much better.

Wow, look at that weight!