Harvest Monday July 30th
I missed last weeks posting, it was a pretty good week. But here is what we picked since then.
Above is almost 10 lbs of tomatoes – ah the joys of determinate plants!
Lovely perfect carrots
Headed to be shredded
Sweet 100 and Jubiliee
L to R, Giant Marconi, jalapeno, Hot portugal, Hungarian wax, Jimmy Nardello
Total for week: 21.75 lbs
Total for year: 75.02 lbs
*** Daphne’s Dandelions is the host for Harvest Monday, where everyone can share links to their harvest for the week. Please visit her blog and leave a link, so we can enjoy your harvest photos!
July 30, 2012
Our Romas are rolling in now as well! Gotta love when the determinates decide it’s time 🙂
July 30, 2012
It’s going to be exciting! I’ll be doing a lot of canning…
July 30, 2012
Love the tub of ripe tomatoes! Yum! We are a long ways yet to any substantial ripe tomato harvests – just ones and twosies of the small early varieities.
July 30, 2012
It was funny…. two days earlier – not much, then I went out and got 10 lbs!
July 30, 2012
Love the picture of the tub full of tomato! and those perfect carrots look so yummy too.
July 30, 2012
Thanks Jenny! I excited about the carrots, I’ve never had success with them before.
July 30, 2012
It sure doesn’t look like your garden was hit by a devastating storm! I’m jealous over those red peppers, mine aren’t even close to coloring up and I’m hungry for some sweet, crisp, red bells.
July 30, 2012
Granny, I attribute it to the long term blazing heat we’ve had. The bells are coming along but not there yet.
July 30, 2012
You must have terrific soil to produce such perfect looking vege, especially the carrots and tomatoes!
July 30, 2012
I use raised beds and “made” the soil. It’s a variation of Mel’s Mix – compost, peat, and vermiculite 1/3 each by volume the first year. This year I just added more compost.
July 30, 2012
I am so jealous of those carrots! They really put my poor specimens to shame. Furthermore I don’t have any ripe chillis yet, However, my “Hot Portugal” ones are absolutely massive this year – much bigger than the same variety (same seed packet even) grown last year.
July 30, 2012
I am completely surprised by them Mark. I think the double deep bed was a good idea. The Giant Marconi isn’t even close to what we had last year.
July 30, 2012
lovely harvest
July 30, 2012
Thx Mrs. Pickles!
July 30, 2012
Very nice! You are getting a lot more tomatoes than I got but I was happy to get some this year after the last few years. The carrots are great. I hope my garden will eventually produce some. Not sure what the soil is missing but it is missing something that carrots need.
July 30, 2012
I’m pretty happy with it Becky. I’m not sure I will out produce (get it?) last year but so far so good!
July 30, 2012
Gorgeous harvest! I sure love the colors of summertime.
July 30, 2012
Wow your tomatoes are looking great. I’m jealous. We are still a few weeks away from tomato totals like that!
July 31, 2012
They’ve been in since May 5th, so they are a welcome harvest!
July 30, 2012
that’s a nice haul of tomatoes. Mine continue to come in dribs and drabs for now.
July 31, 2012
When the determinate Romas come on, I have to be ready!
July 30, 2012
Gosh, that all looks splendid.
July 31, 2012
Thank you, I am pretty happy about it too!
July 31, 2012
Those carrots ARE perfect… beautiful. Very nice harvest.
July 31, 2012
Thank you! I can’t take much credit, all I did was make the bed!
July 31, 2012
Ahhhh, so much colour, what a change from all the winter green we’re harvesting in these parts. The tomatoes look A.MAZ.ING!
August 1, 2012
There is a lot of color! Thanks for stopping by Barbara!
August 1, 2012
Wow! Your garden is really producing for you, Dave. My tomatoes are just starting to ripen — and the squirrel has started his raids. ((sigh))
August 1, 2012
there is some very fine netting available as “deer netting” you might give that a try – Menards has it. If you need more info PM me.
August 1, 2012
I’m loving your fresh picked zucchini. It drives me crazy at the market when they are all scratched up and looked so picked over!! Guess that’s the perk of growing your own! Wonderful bounty David!
August 1, 2012
They are pretty but I need to grate these – they are so big, they are only good for bread or fritters
August 1, 2012
Nice bucket! I want one like that… filled with ‘maters. *sigh*
August 3, 2012
I’m being overun at this point!
August 7, 2012
Wow! Impressive! Amazing!
What other superlatives can I throw your way that haven’t already been mentioned? 😉
I do envy your harvest and your soil.
One question – and hate to be a downer – but are you at all concerned about the use of peat moss in the amendment of your soil? See debates such as this one – http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/soil/msg0401073119830.html
Of course, I wonder quite a bit about how to amend soil organically and sustainably. Maybe with cover crops?
August 8, 2012
Thanks Aaron. Good question and not a downer at all. Without getting too political and emotional about the peat moss debate, I used it one time to establish the beds. I produce my own compost now. if I were to establish new beds again, I’d likely look at coir which comes from coconut husks and therefore is rather renewable.