Being gone for a week was good for our psyches, and the garden grew so much in that week! The euphoria lasted a while, but then we went from being pleased to have a few peppers and eggplant to take to market to puzzled at why it's still taking so long.
We did finish the garlic harvest--about 7000 head. Teri of course slaved away as we vacationed. It looks really good on the whole. A couple of varieties were in the ground too long, but I guess that just means more garlic powder. I'm working on a post with breakdowns by variety and descriptions of each variety. Hopefully it won't take as long as the tomato census which I started months ago but never finished.
The beans started blooming and I harvested the first cucumber. The corn is tasseled out--the earliest varieties are those which had the worst germination rates. But I think there will be enough for us and friends. Hopefully some will come to market.
People are getting impatient for tomatoes, and I can't blame them. Even the cherry varieties just aren't doing much. We're having some problems with cracking since we got a crazy thunderstorm week before last. I grabbed those off and made our first batch of salsa. I'm ready for more! Plus I need to do a lot of canning this year as I mostly canned sauce last year.
We're trying to get motivated to put in a late fall garden--spinach, lettuce, more beets, etc. I had a bunch of non-garden things to do this evening, so hopefully I can motivate tomorrow night.
I harvested two of our peach varieties that are ridiculously early--they've never produced anything before, so apparently this is the weather they've been waiting for. They're ready at the same time as the apricots--strange. Lots are bug-nibbled, but they do taste good. I'm trying to decide whether we can eat them all or if I should can some.
Good gravy, I figured out captions!!!!! This is what happens when you abandon your zucchini--baseball bats. |
Bloomin' bean. |
Empty place where the garlic used to be. |
Carmen (sweet pepper we're growing for the first time) approaching ripeness. |
Itty bitty artichoke. |
One of my favorites. |
Our peaches. |
Apricots--yes, they are about the same size as the peaches. |
Had to add panels to the garlic shed. Note Teri at right of frame. |
Garlic art, by guest photographer Ralf Meyer. |
A fine sunflower in amongst the tomatoes. |
Overviews, by guest photographer Teri--that's Catherine in the red shirt. |
For Teri, who despairs that there aren't pictures of us on the blog. |
Aaah...never occured to me to click on "0 comments" to make a comment. Well, just wanted to say thanks to Teri for the great photo of Shawn and Catherine.
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