today’s harvest
My first harvest of the year – spinach, broccolini and bok choi. It’s from my winter tunnel. I planted in the fall, it over-wintered, and grew up this spring. We’ll be eating lot’s of fresh greens this week.
popcorn test …
Last year I grew a lovely multicolored popcorn (Calico) and had a pretty good yield. Unfortunately it didn’t pop. I tried hydrating it more and drying it more. But I couldn’t get any of it to pop. This year, I went back to a plain old yellow popcorn, like one that’s worked for me in previous years. Not the same variety as earlier, but Johnny’s Seeds’ best recommendation. Robust 997. I had a small yield because of this year’s drought (and my inattention to watering). Today is the day for…
today’s harvest
I picked a few flowers from among the vegetables. Also a bunch of baby carrots – there are lots still left in the garden. Those hairy dirty things are a few uncleaned celeriac. There’s also for the table baby bulb fennel in the center. All these vegetables – plus stored sweet and white potatoes – went into a dish of roasted root vegetables for Thanksgiving.
today’s harvest
I don’t even know why I’m posting this silly photo. I’m trying to change up the way my harvest looks, since the past month it has been pretty much the same – lot’s of greens. So this is a “selfie” of me, my sister, and today’s harvest.
today’s harvest
Another bunch of salad greens. This one has red and green romaine (Cherokee and Monte Carlo), escarole (Natacha), some cilantro, and pretty baby red beet greens (Bull’s Blood).
the last of my garden tomatoes
All my green tomatoes have now ripened in their baskets in my kitchen. They are sadly 🙁 the last garden tomatoes and green peppers for our salads. Tomato season has come to an end. I have to say, however, that it’s been a really super tomato year. I made sauce, sun-dried tomatoes, salsa, etc. I froze and canned about 100 pounds of tomatoes, producing 50 pounds now in my pantry and freezer. And, who knows how many tomatoes we ate fresh … sliced on salad with mozzarella and basil ……
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
My garden this week
Skippy’s vegetable of the month – Egyptian walking onions!
