The summer veggies may be making their last appearance. I harvested some of the remaining green beans. I've had a good green bean year and have plenty in the freezer.
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| Blue Coco and Garden of Eden Beans |
My giant okra plant that flopped over still produces. I find it much easier to harvest when it is sideways, especially when I'm only five feet tall!
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| Basket of okra from my sideways plant |
The tomatoes slowly ripen although many of them have been damaged by an assortment of insects. I've been harvesting them as soon as they are the tiniest bit red to get to them before the bugs do. There's still quite a few green tomatoes out there.
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| A mix of paste tomatoes |
The summer veggie I always miss the most are sweet bell peppers. I can't complain because this year has been a record pepper year for me, but I will still miss them.
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| How many peppers can I pile in a pail? |
I'm also harvesting eggplants and more Seminole pumpkins. I have quite a pumpkin pile growing on my kitchen counter. This winter I will need to explore some new pumpkin recipes.
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| Seminole Pumpkins and Eggplants |
I've also been working on shelling dried beans. I've yet to weigh them, but the black beans have been the most productive. I've also got pinto and kidney beans in there along with a few soybeans, which I'll be saving to replant next spring.
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| A bowl of dried beans |
On Sunday, two friends texted and asked what we were doing and I replied, digging up sweet potatoes. Well, they showed up with a shovel and with four people it only took about 30 minutes to dig up all the sweet potatoes! I've yet to weigh them, but there were some good sized potatoes. There's definitely less than last year, but I did plant less because last year was 175 lbs and that was just ridiculous. They need to cure for about two weeks at a warm temperature and high humidity. To attempt to get those conditions I put them on a heat mat and place a container of water inside while leaving the lid ajar.
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| Sweet Potato Bounty |
My harvested peanuts from last week should be dry by now. I'm sure the squirrels ate some, but there seems to be plenty left. I also had a suspiciously turned over wheelbarrow next to the fence where the peanuts were drying with some peanut shells scattered about.
Weekly Harvests (lbs):
Chard 0.81Peppers 4.62
Okra 1.04
Green beans 0.88
Tomatoes 5.99
Eggplant 1.83
Winter squash 5.28
Sweet potato greens 0.42
Yearly Harvests: 954.6 lbs
That's all the harvests coming from my garden this week. To see what others are harvesting, check out Harvest Monday on Our Happy Acres.
