garden yield so far

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I was asked how much my little garden produces. Here’s my estimate of what I’ve harvested so this year: about 50 awesome tomatoes60 large servings of lettuce and arugula20 cucumbers20 summer squash (zucchini, yellow and sunburst)10 chile peppers8 cups sugar snap peas2 cups shelled green peas2 cups shelled Capucijner soup peas, dried1 garbage bag of basil (1 half gallon / 8 cups pesto)10 little potatoes5 cups of green beans5 cups of soy beans in shells4 small eggplants20 tiny carrots4 servings beet greens10 small garlic heads10 small purple onions5 servings broccoliherbs:…
 
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birthday dinner

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Last evening we had a little party to celebrate my birthday. I have been admiring my big bowl full of freshly harvest garden vegetables all day. An unusually good harvest for me. Truly a bountiful year! A selection of these was roasted to perfection on the grill. We especially enjoyed the whole grill chiles. Small bites – nice and hot! To finish, rich chocolate cake decorated with oregano flowers.
 
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harvest day

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Today’s harvest! I’ve never had so many beautiful vegetables. Solanum tuberosumCucurbita pepo (summer squash)harvests from my vegetable gardens
 
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basil harvest

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Its been another good year for basil. Today we harvested a good bag full and processed it partially for pesto. Just ground the leaves with a bit of olive oil and froze it in baggies. We add nuts, garlic and more oil when we use it. I left enough of the plants so that I can use fresh leaves now and then and so that the plants will regrow. Last year I got a second crop in October.Ocimum basilicum
 
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yummy fresh edamame

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My fresh edamame was delicious! However, not the same difference as between a home grown and store bought tomato. The home grown edamame is a bit more flavorful and has better texture. It was much more hairy! Since they were very easy to grow, I am planning a bigger crop next year. To cook, I steamed the freshly picked beans for 3-4 minutes. Just until the pods started to open a little bit. They cooked a little faster than the frozen ones I usually buy. The bowlful I harvested today…
 
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ripe soybeans

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Looks like the soybeans are ready to eat! Just in time for my birthday. In a few days I’ll harvest these hairy beans and check out what garden fresh edamame tastes like. The variety is Early Haucho from The Cook’s Garden that I planted on May 28. Fabaceae
 
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today’s harvest

 
 
A bunch of Early Girl and New Girl tomatoes, a cucumber (variety unknown), a few leaves of basil and two heads escarole (Natasha).harvests from my vegetable gardens
 
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pickin’ a few tomatoes

 
 
Just for my records, I’m posting the tomatoes I picked today. One Big Boy (the bigger one) and two New Girls. They tasted yummy. (Solanum lycopersicum)
 
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lots of hot peppers

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I’ve got to start collecting jalepeno pepper recipes. I’m thinking that canning a batch of pickled peppers would be good this year. Capsicum
 
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very fresh dill

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One of my favorite potted plants this year is dill that I seeded in early June. I keep this pot by the grill. We pick off a bunch and put it on whatever we are grilling. Dill is awesome on grilled salmon and halibut. Also on chicken and vegetables. Its especially good with cedar plank cooking. And it can’t get any fresher than this! This dill variety is Dukat dill from Sand Hill Preservation Center. Its a shorter heirloom variety with dense foliage. It has a very nice flavor. culinary…
 
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Kathy Martin
This is a journal of my vegetable gardens. Skippy thinks the garden is his, even though I do all the work. We're located near Boston, in USDA zone 6. I have bees, chickens, fruit trees and berry bushes, too. I use all sustainable organic methods and strive to grow all of my family's vegetables myself. -Kathy


weeks and counting until my last spring frost

What I planted recently

Jan 21
thyme, lettuce, escarole

Feb 21
celery, celeriac, parsley, leeks

March 11
cabbage, kale, arugula



What I'm planting soon

April 1
peppers, eggplants, marigolds, beets

April 12
tomatoes, basil, sunflowers

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“I envision a day when every city and town has front and back yards, community gardens and growing spaces, nurtured into life by neighbors who are no longer strangers, but friends who delight in the edible rewards offered from a garden they discovered together.” – Greg Peterson

"What can happen to a seed is a miracle."

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