Monday, August 20, 2012

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.

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  1. Those cabbages are really nice looking. Making a mental note of the variety and may have to give it some room in our garden. I am swimming in beans now too. Have another full bed (second planting) coming along right behind the current producers and will be keeping me in beans for quite a while now. Luckily my peas finally gave it up this week giving me a little break. Peppers look great. Congratulations on having a good pepper year after experiencing a bad one last year. Feels good doesn't it?

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    1. It is wonderful to have those peppers! It's funny how every year some things do well, others don't and then it switches around. I can't believe you still have peas. Mine were over at the beginning of July. Beans really are the garden workhorse here.

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  2. WOW! That cabbage looks fantastic! And the two basketfulls is what makes gardening and harvesting so much fun!

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    1. It is definitely the pay-off for all the work! Thanks for your comment!

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  3. Looks like you had a fantastic week. Those cabbages look amazing!!

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  4. Those cabbage are very nice looking. I'll have to go read about them. We take forever to use one up around here and that may be the ticket. Beautiful baskets!

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    1. I've never tried them before, but they sure headed up nicely and are supposed to be good keepers. Hope so!

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  5. Your have a lovely and varied harvest, I too am admiring those well formed cabbages and the beans too.

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    1. Thank you so much! It's exciting for me to get those nice cabbages, since I'm pretty new at growing them.

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  6. Your baskets are certainly full of beautiful produce,how exciting your first red pepper and those cabbages are real beauties!! the beans and eggplants are pretty impressive too!!

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    1. Thank you Andrea, and thanks for stopping by the blog!

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  7. Nice harvest this week and wonderful looking cabbages! Your baskets of bounty look pretty even if it did represent work! I'd rather do this type of thing than to work outside the home! Nancy

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    1. You are absolutely right Nancy, this is very satisfying work to me. Now if only I could get myself to find the same satisfaction in my housework!

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  8. wow everything looks great! Lovely harvest baskets and great to hear about your melon.

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    1. Thanks Mary! I always appreciate the encouragement!

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  9. Everything looks great! The cabbages are beautiful and absolutely huge!

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    1. Thank you! They are some big cabbages alright; I see a lot of stuffed cabbage in my future.

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