Sunday, July 1, 2012

June Harvests



It was too hot this weekend to do anything but stay inside and watch the Olympic trials. The streets were more crowded than usual, traffic seemed as heavy as it does during weekday rush hour. I wonder if these were all people who had lost power and were going somewhere cool? So lucky we didn't lose power from the Friday night storm.


We've harvested a fair amount of vegetables so far. The jalapeno and green bell peppers above came from the plants we overwintered. The bell peppers were small and total weight was about 10 ounces. The handful of jalapenos were about 2 ounces (they're small but mighty!)


banana peppers

In other pepper news, our new banana pepper plant has cranked out about 4 ounces worth of peppers. We put some on the grill last week when cooking burgers, and they had a nice mild flavor, not spicy at all.

first squash harvest
That tiny zucchini looks like a jalapeno pepper. Sneaky!
squash harvest 6-25

We're in a lull right now with the squash plants. We've harvested about 2 1/2 pounds of zucchini and yellow squash so far, but the plants seem to be on break now. I've seen a lot of male flowers, and only two or three females amongst all the plants. We usually help the fruit along with some hand pollination, though I have seen quite a few bees in the garden.


onion and garlic harvest

Finally, we have garlic and onions. We stuck the sprouting garlic cloves in the ground last fall just to see if they'd grow into something, having never grown garlic before. The tops were brown and on the ground, and this is what popped up when I pulled them. Nothing big here, but it's nice to have some garden fresh garlic in the pantry, especially when participating in my local meal challenges. Same for the onions--these two onions weight about half a pound and smell so good! There are still a few more in the ground which look ready to harvest, so I'll be pulling them this week.


Thanks to everyone who left encouraging comments on my last post about my potatoes' death. I guess these things just happen sometimes. Hope you're staying cool, wherever you are.

Update: Forgot to mention that I'm linking up with Daphne's Dandelions to show off my harvests. Check out her site to see what other gardeners have harvested.

I'm also linking up with Two Gardens' Garden Bloggers Harvest Day. Visit their site to see their own beautiful photos and what gardeners around the world are harvesting.


13 comments:

  1. It has been over 100 degrees here in South Carolina...Whew! Today we had a storm and I hope that it took the heat with it..

    I love zucchini. How do you keep horn worms away from them? I was never successful with zucchini squash because of these worms.

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    1. Hi Vetsy, funny you should ask. We've seen squash vine borers in our garden, and my husband literally checked all the squash plants and picked the eggs off. It's a disgusting job that I'm glad I didn't have to do!

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  2. Yay for those great onions. Those banana peppers look great - I think I'll seek some out this year.

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  3. Your garlic looks great for a first timer! You have a great pepper harvest too. I particularly love the shiny glossy look of jalapenos. Great harvest Angela!

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  4. Trying to stay cool is getting a lot harder around our place!! Great harvest, I'm jealous of the peppers ours are still at lest a month away and we are out of last years freezer supply. :(

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  5. ugh 90s here and humid..my peppers are way behind but the tomatoes are flowering lots...a couple of small zukes and lots of peas...beans soon...veggies are fun since we get to eat them....

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  6. Great looking peppers,how exciting your very first garlic...........Enjoy.

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  7. Garlic is a wonderfully easy and very satisfying crop to grow. Looks like yours formed some nice cloves for you.

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  8. very nice looking harvest! Are all your veggies in pots?

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    1. Hi Mary, yes, I'd say about 95% of my veggies are in pots. We have hardly any land. The onions and garlic were in the ground.

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  9. Impressive harvest from pots! Nice job. Keep up the good work.

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  10. All look so delicious - the onions and garlic seem like they are easy to grow! I will definitely try this too! Worth a shot! Every veggie garden has their own flavour - I like this :-)

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  11. Your peppers - all of them - look fabulous! I have never been successful with onions. Good job! And I'm impressed with your being able to just stick garlic in the ground and grow some! I did learn something I didn't know. Never having had to hand pollinate, I was unaware there were male squash flowers and female ones! Guess I just never had to think about it before, but of course it makes sense! Duh!

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