I also picked the last two heads from the Asian greens/brassica bed, but forgot the photo. It was two heads of Early Jersey cabbage. Now all my greens are gone. I'm so sad. But I'll be eating the heads of Chinese cabbage picked before over July and the cabbage probably in early August. It ought to store that long just fine. By then some more ought to be producing provided of course that I get off my butt and start some now that it is July. My chard is now the only kind of green left in the garden. Thank goodness for heat resistant greens.
But with the last of the greens bed picked it will be a transition from spring to summer vegetables coming out of the garden. Usually I have tomatoes, peppers, and potatoes as part of those crops, but since I can't eat them anymore, I only have one single tomato plant in the garden. So I'm worried about what my crops will become. Beans, zucchini, cucumbers. I will miss the colorful harvests of summer. Usually I look forward to the colorful summertime crops. Now I think my favorite harvest season might become fall instead. But then I remember corn and melons. If the weather continues to be hot, I'll have good harvests of those.
- Beans 3.10 lbs
- Broccoli 0.50 lbs
- Carrot 0.59 lbs
- Cucurbit 0.13 lbs
- Greens 5.50 lbs
- Peas 2.18 lbs
- Weekly total 11.99 lbs
- Yearly total 203.62 lbs
- Tally $104.99
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It all looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteSuch nice looking carrots, and such nice looking peas - 2 crops I struggle with. Ah well I do have broccoli and hopefully will have broad beans in the nearish future. Beetroot are coloured, radishes?, but your right Solanacae is a big part of summer colour isn't it?
ReplyDeleteI am planning to try fava beans this winter. I have never eaten them, so I don't know what to expect. Do you freeze yours?
ReplyDeleteI am sorry that you can't harvest colorful solanaceae family. Perhaps you could find other colorful things to plant. I know you grow Trail of Tears beans. Would it help to concentrate your efforts on plants like those beans that have such stunning purple flowers?
I do freeze them if I have enough. I'll blanch then freeze.
DeleteChard is the only green I have going too. It's been too hot here for anything else. But the warm season crops are coming on. It's too early for me to start Asian greens either, though I do have some kale started.
ReplyDeleteI should try growing fava beans, yours look lovely so does your peas and other harvests. This heatwave coupled with dry conditions is not a good thing for the plants.
ReplyDeleteEverything looks wonderful...your carrots are just gorgeous! I can imagine your sadness and frustration at not being able to grow so many summer crops. I like Cristy's idea about looking into different varieties of crops you can grow. With so many heirlooms to choose from, I'm betting you could find some amazingly vibrant varieties :-) Hope you have a wonderful week!
ReplyDeleteLooks good as usual. My chard is still the favorite meal of the earwigs. I'm hoping that with the drier weather, I may get to eat some!
ReplyDeleteThere is kind of a lull between the spring greens and the summer crops isn't there? A time to take a breath maybe. We will miss that lettuce! Like you, I have to make myself get to it starting the fall seedlings! Time flies!
ReplyDeleteIn past year I've just had succession after succession of Asian greens. I find there are some that can take the heat pretty well. But I had some disease issues with putting them in one after the other. So now I have to wait for space to open up to move then to another spot.
DeleteHave you tried amaranth as a summer green? I have the Red Burgundy and it really is pretty. When you cook it it gets darker and turns brownish if you cook too long. Also I'm adding nasturtium leaves to my greens for more variety. I have so many potatoes, eggplants, peppers, ground cherries and tomatillos I'd be hard pressed to replace them.
ReplyDeleteNope I've never tried amaranth. I've thought about it though. It is a pretty plant.
DeleteIt is pretty and the hotter it gets the better it grows!
DeleteSorry you had so much trouble with the aphids. This seems to be the year for them. They never were a problem out here, but this year I noticed lots of ants in the garden as well as ladybird beetles. Sure enough, there are now aphids in the garden, but not as bad as yours. For color, maybe try some purple podded beans. My neighbor is growing a purple podded pea which is a Dutch heirloom. The pods are spectacular and the flowers are also purple.
ReplyDeleteSorry, I seem to have linked twice to your blog. Arg! I'm still stumbling my way around this blogging and linking stuff.
ReplyDeleteThe snap peas are beautiful looking and so are the broccoli. My spring planted broccoli was still producing some bits of side shoots but was basically played out, so they were removed this past week and I started prepping their bed so it will be ready for the fall planting of spinach. I really need to start growing fava beans. I do enjoy them but never seem to add them to the garden line up.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that you are still getting spring crops! Its so hot here my broccoli bolted before it could head.
ReplyDeleteRight in the middle of winter and wishing for some of your sunshine........those peas and carrots are looking good.
ReplyDeleteWith time will you eventually be able to eat tomatoes again?
I can imagine how you must miss them i do hope your corn produces well for you.
No sadly I won't ever be able to eat the solanums again. After about 8 months off of them a lot of little symptoms I've had all my life went away. They come back if I go back on them. So I've been sensitive to them all my life. I just needed an acute episode of them to tell me what it was.
DeleteDrooling over your peas
ReplyDeleteDaphne I feel so bad you not being able to have so many of the things you love to grow. I would be lost without my tomatoes.
ReplyDeleteDaphne, I look forward to seeing your photos of awesome melons and corn :) The fava beans look good. How do you like to eat them?
ReplyDeleteEach week your harvests are beautiful. You mention missing your greens. Have you tried the Perpetual Spinach, a.k.a. Gator Spinach? It truly grows all summer without a bit of bolting, and I was picking it at Christmas last year. It's quite hardy.
ReplyDeleteNice looking harvest, especially the carrots. I've never been able to grow them well. My broccoli bolted a couple of months ago when the late spring heat hit, but I'm looking forward to fall when I can plant it again.
ReplyDeleteI'm always envious of your harvests. Now that I'm moving this summer I don't think I can grow that much. Plus my dog has taken to eating all the peas off the vine (and the vine) so my garden has built in pests. Next year I will have a full sun garden to grow in.
ReplyDeleteOh, I am so sorry that you are off solanums forever, it will make a big dent in the garden and your diet. :( But, on the bright side, you will have lots more room for your beloved dried beans!
ReplyDeleteGreat harvest. I feel you pain on all the hot weather. We have been over 100 several times in the last week. But it looks like we will finally have a little relief on Thursday, maybe even a little rain!!!
ReplyDeleteDidn't know that undersized zucchini could be a defect of pollenization.
ReplyDeleteYou've got lovely carrots and broccoli! I was missing lettuce the other day- haven't had it here since the end of May. I tried planting some bolt resistant lettuce in a shady spot, but the 100+ degree weather fried them. Next year I want to try Malabar spinach. With all the space available without the Solanaceae you should try some peanuts. They are one of my favorite things to grow. You might have to get them started inside so they have a long enough growing season.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with melons. I'm sure you'll find some varieties that do well in your location. I'd like to grow some but just don't have the space.
ReplyDeleteYour harvests always look so much better than mine! I did find my first bean today. It isn't ready but maybe they will hurry up.
ReplyDeleteYour stuff looks so beautiful. Thanks for hosting.
ReplyDeletegreat harvest!!
ReplyDeleteI forgot to plant fava's this year...I'm going to give them a shot in the Fall. I'm finding my Fall/Winter gardening is so much easier and less buggy than the Summer garden.
ReplyDeleteHi! You are still harvesting a lot compared to me. Hot and Humid. Little carrot, few raspberries yet and Prizehead lettuce still. Sorry you can't eat some of the yummy things from the garden now. Nancy
ReplyDeleteYou're so good to weigh everything when you pick it! We've only weighed our strawberries this year. Everything looks good from your garden!
ReplyDeletePeas, carrots, and broccoli look wonderful. I am sure it must be difficult to adjust to a new type gardening. When I first planted my garden, I didn't plant any peppers or tomatoes. I personally don't like them unless they are made into salsa or sauce, so I didn't plant any early in my gardening experience. The summer garden was filled with mostly beans, cucumbers, carrots, onions, melons, summer squash, and winter squash.
ReplyDeleteGreat harvest Daphne! Your total for the year is very impressive!
ReplyDeleteThat's a bountiful harvest of fava despite the aphids! We've been trying 3 kinds this year, but still not the most productive plant for a small garden. What kind are you growing, and how many plants are these from?
ReplyDeleteWindsor. I'm not sure how many plants. I planted them about 8" apart and they took up 4'x7'
DeleteI can't believe you're still getting spring crops! My sugar snap peas died in our excessive heat about 3weeks ago. Your weekly harvests are always enviable.
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