Check out the variety of today's harvest

Just about everything was included in today's harvest, with the exception of the eggplants. I expect that the eggplant harvest will begin no later than next Sunday, and likely before.

Today was probably a record harvest so far this Spring garden. 6 more slicing cukes were picked today, bringing the total to 75. And 3 more zucchinis were picked, bringing the total to 16. With Sandy's help, everything was watered in today, using the Compost tea, that has orange oil and molasses added to the compost tea. We mixed in 2 oz per gallon of water. We must have put down about 50 gallons of water into the garden today.

I have been watering twice per week, but when I do water I water very deeply. The garden needs about an inch of water per week, and some plants, such as zucchini, require about 2 inches of water per week. Mulch, and I prefer the pine straw, is essential for a Florida vegetable garden, as it holds the moisture and nutrients in the soil.

With the exception of 2 more zucchinis that were picked after I took this photo, here is today's harvest. The beans are the purple podded and the yellow wax variety. The tomatoes pictured here are the Delicious, the Brandy Boy, the Orange Sungold, and the Red Currant.

We also picked about a dozen or so of the small pickling cukes as well. And still to come are the white cucumbers, the Brandywine Pink tomatoes, and others. The beans are just starting to go into full production.