Harvest Monday

Can't believe that Harvest Monday has rolled around again. This summer is just going by so quickly it's hard to wrap my head around it! Daphne's Dandelions hosts Harvest Monday each week where you can go and see what fellow gardeners are bringing in this week!
It's been a good week here at the Nutmeg garden. We've had plenty of rain so I haven't had to water (what a blessing that it!) and the heat has eased off. In fact, it's definitely beginning to feel like a season change is coming. I'm going to miss summer though, so I'm enjoying it while I can.

 Here are three of five Glory of Enkhuisen cabbages. They are heirloom keepers and I got the seed from Baker's Creek seeds. I'm very pleased with them; the largest is 5 pounds!

 We're swimming in beans. There are three patches and two of them are producing at the moment.

 Still getting broccoli side shoots. These look a lot bigger than they are, but it makes for a nice little packet for the freezer. I have twelve broccoli plants that went in later and have yet to grow a main head, so I'm hoping for a little more, but my later ones often don't produce.

 Two baskets full of goodies gathered in yesterday looking pretty but representing a few hours of work both in the picking and in the processing! I think of it as my "job" now, providing the food, but it is a job I really truly enjoy.

 So excited to have peppers!!! Lots of them. Last year peppers were a bust. The red one is our first red Lipstick, a small neat looking little sweet pepper. I've frozen enough bags of green pepper that I'm going to try to be patient and let more of them turn red. One problem is that this year has been a good slug season as well and they are developing a taste for pepper.
 Here is my second Sun Jewel melon! It has been so fun to eat melon that I grew myself! I will definitely grow these again since they are so easy to grow, they are early producers and there are lots of them.

My carrots refuse to get big! I pull a few every week hoping to get bigger ones, but no dice. Most are the size of my thumbnail. Eggplants are doing great, mostly still the Swallow and my cucumbers decided to produce a little this week too. Oh, yes, there are a few tomatoes. My healthiest plant is a volunteer that popped up in one of the pathways. It seems to be a Matt's Wild Cherry and gave us a few very sweet bites. That about wraps up the week. I'm looking forward to checking out what everybody else in the garden blogosphere is bringing in.