Mid-July Harvest Monday

I honestly don't know how I managed last summer to get my Harvest Monday posts done early in the day. Maybe the weather was better! Right now my early mornings are consumed with garden work because it's just too darned hot and humid to do it later on. I was out there from six to nine this morning doing the chores. I see the beginnings of disease everywhere due to the high humidity we've had non-stop for the past three weeks. But there was a good harvest despite some disappointments and having yet to see even a blush of color on any of the tomatoes. Last year I'd harvested my first one on July 11 and the year before on July 13. No such luck this year and I tell you, it's maddening!
But here is what I did get:

 I harvested my potatoes today! Not a bad amount, but most are still drying out in the garden and tomorrow I will find out how many pounds were grown this year.

 Broccoli heads have all been harvested, but I am getting plenty of side shoots and they are good sized too.

 Another garden surprise: a few raspberries from a stand D. planted years ago but we haven't really taken care of, so they are choked with weeds and the birds get most of them. This is a terrific year for berries (although we dropped the ball with our strawberries; they were riddled with pests) so we even managed to get some of these beauties. The blueberries are just coming in and look like there will be a lot.

 Two days ago I pulled the sugar snap pea vines up, but not before getting another pound and a half of peas. Next to the bowl are my first two cucumbers, some shelling peas, more broccoli and a small bowl of blueberries and raspberries. Also the very first green beans.

 This morning I picked almost four pounds of kale. Five varieties of the stuff. Kale chips perhaps?

 My second zucchini was harvested today. I wonder if there'll be more, given all the problems I'm having with the squash. I also got four more cucumbers, a small handful of green beans and some more broccoli shoots.

 These onions were leftovers from last summer that never grew much and overwintered. I pulled them because I was out of onions and refuse to buy any. This year's onions look wonderful and will be harvested in early August.

 The beet greens are looking sick, so I pulled most of the remaining beets. I have a second and third planting coming along, but I rarely get any bulbs from these. Maybe this year will be the charm.

And last but not least, I have here a bushel of lettuce. It is starting to taste bitter and some of the plants had begun to bolt so were pulled up entirely. I still have a small late planting, so hopefully we will still have some decent salads for another few weeks. It would be nice to have a few fresh tomatoes to go with them, but I had better stop my bellyaching and be grateful for what I have! Head on over to Daphne's Dandelions to see what other gardeners around the country and the globe are showing off for Harvest Monday!