August 11th- Garden Overview- Still no rain, I've resorted to using the sprinkler instead of hand watering. There are too many chores and not enough time in the day....If only I didn't need sleep.
August 11th- Path between the squash, dangerous territory here unless you're wearing long pants.
August 11th- Sweet 100 Cherry Tomatoes beginning to ripen
August 11th- Black Cherry Tomatoes ripening
August 11th- German Green Tomato
August 11th- Hot Peppers
August 11th- More Hot Peppers
August 11th- Parsnip tops are growing taller each day
August 11th- Pole Beans still filling out
August 11th- Christmas Pole Lima Bean, This pod is at least 6 inches long, waiting for it to fill out
August 11th- Florida Speckled Lima Beans
August 11th- Gourd Tepee
August 11th- One of several gourds
August 11th- The largest gourd so far
August 11th- Primrose Apples, still waiting for them to ripen
August 11th- Bartlett Pear
August 11th- Bartlett Pear, looks like we'll be harvesting soon
August 11th- More Bartlett Pears
~Harvests Since the Last Update~
August 6th- Beets, Romano Italian Green Beans
August 6th- Our first Spaghetti Squash harvest, Blue Lake & Landreth Green Beans,
Romaine Lettuce, Yellow Squash, Zucchini, Cucumbers, Peas & Broccoli
August 6th- Romaine Lettuce, Yellow Squash, Zucchini, Cucumbers, Peas & Broccoli
August 11th- I had been really busy for a few days and hadn't checked to see what needed cutting, only setting out the sprinkler each morning. Wouldn't you know it, the zucchini just wouldn't wait for me and grow slowly. I found huge zucchini yesterday morning!
August 11th- Collards, Parsnip, Zucchini & Yellow Squash, Cucumbers, Bell Peppers, Peas & Beans
August 11th- Since the parsnip tops are so tall, I pulled one to see the size.
Not a bad size, but I'll leave them a bit longer.
August 11th- Our first bell peppers, We're getting a few peas, The yellow ball- Lemon Cucumber
August 11th- Romano Italian Bush Beans, I recently canned 5 1/2 pounds of these,
I almost have enough to process again
August 11th- Blue Lake Stringless, So far these are producing very well, Will need to can some soon
August 11th- Kale.....There's always kale
August 11th- Last, but certainly not least, the overgrown zucchini. These are huge! I've already cut them all up, except for the largest. I think I'll weigh & measure it before cutting. Since these were so large, I sliced & diced them to freeze for adding to spaghetti sauce & layering into lasagna.
**Update...I measured the largest zucchini and it weighed 3 lbs 7 oz and was 15 inches long**
**Update...I measured the largest zucchini and it weighed 3 lbs 7 oz and was 15 inches long**
That's the garden update for this week. I picked wild blackberries 2 mornings last week & spent Sunday making jam & syrup. I'll be sharing photos of that this week as well as photos of processing the green beans. I'm hoping to pick blueberries sometime this week as well....and maybe more blackberries. I need to do all the extra picking & preserving that I can before the tomatoes really begin to ripen since once they do, I'll be spending all my days in the kitchen processing those. Happy Harvesting! :-)
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