This was Sunday's harvest. The only harvest that got photographed and weighed this week. I love how the zucchini are still pretending to produce. They never get big. If I don't pick them right away they rot out. They just don't have the energy this time of year to make a big zucchini. But little ones are well loved. One is perfect for me as an addition to a stirfry.
This week also features the first Fun Jen, which is the light green leaves at the top. These were just thinnings from the Asian green patch. Fun Jen makes great Asian salads. I never cook with it though as the leaves don't hold up well to heat.
The kale is also the first harvest of the year. I pretty much transplanted them and put them under a cover and ignored them until now. They really needed a weeding, but just so a few of the weeds didn't go to seed. Soon they will outgrow their cover. They are getting very tall. I think I want to stake them before winter hits. The snows really knock them over and I'd rather they stay upright. The kale is a mix from Fedco. Some varieties I can tell what they are, but most I don't know. They dinosaur kale isn't doing well here, but the red one is probably growing the best of all. If it can survive our winters unprotected I'll have to try to identify it. Last year I only had some dwarf curly kale. It went into the winter tiny and they all survived and produced in early spring. If I could get one that would produce in the fall and the spring I'd be really happy. But it might take two patches for that. The mature ones might not make it through the winter as well as the small plants.
I also have lettuce, herbs, a few beans (mostly they have stopped producing), peppers and tomatoes being picked. They don't get weighed or photographed. The weather is really starting to fluctuate a lot and it is getting colder. I'm hoping one of my friends wants the huge piles of basil in the garden right now. They won't last much longer. They die long before the first frost. Personally I have plenty frozen already and don't need more except for a few leaves here and there.
- Cucurbits 0.33 lbs
- Greens 2.87 lbs
- Herbs unknown
- Lettuce unknown
- Pepper unknown
- Tomato unknown
- Weekly Total 3.19 lbs
- Weekly Spent $0
- Yearly Total 473.36 lbs
- Veggie Garden was worth $981.88
- Fruit 1.69 lbs
Harvest Monday is a day to show off your harvests, how you are saving your harvest, or how you are using your harvest. If you have a harvest you want to show off, add your name and link to Mr Linky below.
I love zucchini flowers, they look beautiful. Not having to deal with snow its really interesting reading about dealing with cold winters.
ReplyDeleteI hope that you are feeling better.
ReplyDeleteTo my surprise, I harvested a big zucchini on Sunday! It's been a strange year for sure!
Your greens look great! I can't wait to harvest some around here! I guess that I better get them in the cold frames then!
Daphne, I hope you are feeling better. It's nice to see fall greens in your harvest. I like the mini zukes and never get to pick them that way. They always seem to get away from me. I harvested all my basil this weekend, the cold nights were taking a toll.
ReplyDeleteThe zucchinis are so beautiful with the flower still left on the fruit and I agree, they still taste lovely.
ReplyDeleteHave a great week!
Charlotta
It's nice to have winter greens becoming available. I will have to plan better next year and try some Asian greens. My experience last year with Winterbor kale was the tall plants easily survived through frosts and light freezes but was completely dead by spring. Smaller plants are probably better protected by snow cover and more likely to survive.
ReplyDeleteSome of our kale is ready to pick too. I am wanting to make some kale chips. It would be nice to have a small zucchini though. Ours are long gone.
ReplyDeleteThe zucchini is super cute! We have a couple that are trying to be big, too. Not sure there's enough time or warmth left though. Great greens! Our kale is still tiny.
ReplyDeleteNice greens. I have a lot of basil to be picked as well. Haven't decided what I will do with it. The little zucchini's are cute. I hope I can get a couple more, since I never got any until the last couple of weeks! Darn SVB's!
ReplyDeleteIt's so sad in a way to see so much stop producing, and so exciting to see the greens again, too!
ReplyDeleteOur Zucchini production has pretty much dried up too. We do have two small ones left that may still size up. We'll see???
ReplyDeleteThe Asian greens look great, I don't have a lot of experience with many Asian Veggies, except Pac Choy. I'll have to try some new ones next year.
My zucchini and cucumbers are finally producing because we had a late season warm up but the weather is turning more normal for this time of year and they will soon start slowing down again. Your greens are rolling into the fall with a good start on production.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting to see what's being harvested and what's growing in different parts of the US/World. I am still harvesting summer veggies; while others have already started getting lettuce out! I just planted my lettuce and plan to do so for the next month!
ReplyDeleteWe have been harvesting our zukes small and they are wonderful grilled.
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking the time to explain what's going on with your kale. We wouldn't have thought to stake ours. Maybe we should. Ours is very mature. I wonder if they'll overwinter. We're going to try! Good luck with yours. Having all the varieties and sizes you have is helpful for sure.
ReplyDeleteDaphne believe it or not my zucchini are still producing but as you say slow. However I have 2 that got away from me with all the rain we had so am letting them grow to see just how big they will get. Will take a picture when I decide to pick them. They aren't showing any sign of ripening.
ReplyDeleteI tried starting kale for fall, but the cabbage moths got them all. Like you, I have lots frozen so it's not a big deal, but it is nice to have some available fresh!
ReplyDeleteI posted not on my harvest this week, but on food sharing! Enjoy.
Hope you are feeling better! Our zucchini plant isn't even pretending anymore. I really need to pull it and use the space, but I keep hoping for something....
ReplyDeleteZucchini pretending to produce, LOL. Mine weren't pretending well enough so the plants are in the compost now. Actually they were producing only it wasn't zucchini, it was powdery mildew spores and I have more than enough of those!
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you must be feeling better - I hope so.
Hello Daphne,
ReplyDeleteWhen did you ransplant your kale? I should try that next year. Thanks for an excellent idea. Hope you are much better.
Norma
Your greens look great. I have been buying mine from the store since my growing season is done. Just not the same!
ReplyDeleteyou're about to break $1,000! next week maybe? congratulations on all the wonderful harvests you've had this year.
ReplyDeleteOh, I love Kale, but haven´t had the time for them this Year! Lovely to see Yours and that You still have zucchinis!
ReplyDeleteI got similarly tiny zucchini from work - the last few before I pulled up the plant. We had exactly the same problem with the rotting fruit... and mildew and whitefly, no fun at all.
ReplyDeleteNice looking Asian greens! I got behind on starting mine so it will be a while before I harvest any : (
ReplyDeleteHope you feel better, the greens look good, I can't wait to thin out some choys. I think I started the kale too late AGAIN, maybe I'll get few small leaves this year.
ReplyDeleteThe greens look great. It reminds me my kale is looking pretty good right now, and it might be time for Kale Chips!
ReplyDeleteI hope you are feeling better, and enjoyed the warm weather over the weekend.
nice-looking harvest daphne! i finally participated this monday!=)
ReplyDeleteYour greens are looking really nice Daphne. Maybe you could do a trade with some who needs basil :)
ReplyDeleteI just trimmed back my basil and oregano and tossed it into the compost. I just don't need any more, but I can't bear to yank the lemon and cinnamon basil out, so I'll probably bring it inside to the laundry room where I can smell the lovely scents. I hope the oregano overwinters in its pot.
ReplyDeleteThe thing I love best about the dinosaur kale is that it eventually grows to be tall enough where the chickens can't reach the leaves!
ReplyDeleteIt's great when things winter over! Springtime comes, and there you are, ahead of the game already! Best of luck with yours!
ReplyDeleteWeather is changing in Italy too, September is the month of the last summer harvests and first autumn sowings...
ReplyDeleteI had a dismal zucchini turnout this season. Of 6 plants, I only harvested 4 zukes. Sad.
ReplyDeleteI'm still hoping for a fall warm spell. Waiting, waiting. . .
ReplyDeleteThat kale looks lovely. I have finally been home long enough to harvest and cook.
ReplyDeleteYou have to love those zucchini's. Mine are not even making the little ones now. Love the look of that eggplant!
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