I had very few harvests this week. I picked the last of the cucumbers. Then I pulled the dead plants. The zucchini are still producing in a small way. And I had one picking of the ever reliable chard. Though I forgot to take a photo, it looks like every other week I've picked chard. A nice huge tub of it. And I grabbed some celery during dinner and neglected to take a photo of that too.
This week I used up the last of the carrots that I picked in July. I'm hoping the next batch of carrots are ready for this coming week, but I haven't checked them. I don't want to lift up the row cover and let any of those nasty carrot flies in.
Usually I'd be picking my fall brassicas starting now, but that bed ended up first with a horrible case of aphids then with alternaria. I ripped up the whole bed and tossed the infected plants. I'll have to buy my cabbages and kohlrabi from the farmers market this week if I want any. Hopefully the fungus won't spread to the neighboring kale and turnips.
I now have two beds I've put to bed for the fall. This one and one of the two sisters beds that had finished producing.
- Cucumbers, 0.59 lbs
- Greens, 1.87 lbs
- Herbs, 0.06 lbs
- Summer Squash, 1.51 lbs
- Weekly total, 4.03 lbs
- Yearly total, 493.05 lbs, $1041.46
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I too am having problems with alternaria on my brassicas. Your sweet potato vines in the last photo are healthy and gorgeous I see bountiful harvest.
ReplyDeleteWhat a shame about alternaria (I had to look it up, had not heard of it). Your zucchini looks great still ... I ripped my plants out a few weeks ago. I have some frozen but I miss the fresh zucchini already!
ReplyDeleteI am glad to see that you are getting some zucchini. I am sorry about the alternaria.
ReplyDeleteThat is terrible about the alternaria. I had heard of it but like Susie had to look it up. It is amazing you still have zucchini this late. My plants are long gone.
ReplyDeleteOh gosh, something else to worry about. What is alternaria? Anyway, nice to still have cucumbers, zucchini, celery, and especially chard in such abundance..
ReplyDeleteWhat a shame about the cabbages. Whitefly often infest ours. Courgettes (zucchinis) have been pathetic this year and we stull have ti try the carrots as they were late in - I think our carrot danger period is over now.
ReplyDeleteI had the last of my tiny little ears of sweetcorn this week. Next year I may have to consider carefully whether to dedicate a block of garden for such minimal outcome, but now the goats are enjoying the stalks :)
ReplyDelete*Everyone looks up "alternia"*
ReplyDeleteNice that you're still getting zucchini and cucumbers though.
Were aphids the result of your warm weather? In the spring they can signal the end of my brassicas as the weather warms. Maybe I've had alternaria and didn't know what it was.
ReplyDeleteHi! Sadly I am not getting any zucchini anymore. While I got tired of it I would like one now and then!! I believe the cucumbers are done also. Didn't get an abundance this year of them. Lucky you to even get a few. Nice looking spot you put to bed for the fall. So much to do here and so little energy! Nancy
ReplyDeleteSmall, but still a great harvest. What variety of zucchini do you grow? They look super interesting, better than the plain Jane ones I grow.
ReplyDeleteI grow Costata Romenesca.
DeleteSorry to hear about your alternaria problem, but the rest of your garden looks amazingly lush for September. Mine is mostly brown and crispy.
ReplyDeleteWhat a shame about the brassicas - how frustrating. And putting areas of the garden to bed already! Where has the year gone? It looks like there's still plenty to come though.
ReplyDeleteI have not heard of alternaria until now - but it looks horrible! I'm anxiously watching my brassicas because about this time most years they are invaded by Whitefly.
ReplyDeleteThe courgettes (zukes) look nice. I checked my few carrots yesterday....not much happening with them, they will be small I think! And my few cukes have become bitter....the seasons are changing for sure.
ReplyDeleteSuch a shame about your brassicas, I had never heard of alternaria before, looks nasty.
ReplyDeleteWow Daphne, looks like you are invaded by the squash plants!
ReplyDeleteheartbreaking to read that you had to throw away those crops because of disease. that must have been hard. I hope it doesn't spread to your other vegies, daphne.
ReplyDeleteWe're starting to put gardens to bed for the winter here too. As for the brassicas, I feel your pain. Ours are being destroyed by (of all things) grasshoppers. But I'm glad nature is compensating you with lots of other goodies, including an abundance of chard (of which I am envious).
ReplyDeleteOh, that's so sad that you had to toss all of those cabbages. I had heard of alternaria but didn't really know what it was until I looked it up just now. It sounds bad and not that easy to get rid of; hopefully it's not going to be a recurring issue in your garden.
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