Wednesday, May 11, 2011

A good day's harvest from the garden


4 more large tomatoes, 3 more zucchinis, 1 more eggplant, 2 more cucumbers...

I've decided there are 3 types of vegetable gardens; Not enough, enough, and too much. Mine has definitely been a too much garden. On account of it being a too much garden, I have enjoyed sharing all the produce with friends and family. Even eating out of the garden twice a day, there is way more than one person or one family could possibly consume.

I thought the large tomatoes were starting to slow down, and that is true, but just of 2 plants. There are still 8 more plants still producing, or still waiting for the fruit to ripen. There are dozens of plum tomatoes still to harvest

In a few days it will be time to pull the Brandy Boy and Brandywine Pink plants. That will signal the beginning of the end of the Spring Garden. Everything else is still producing. This Sunday will be 6 weeks of picking cucumbers.

Today was the first day of picking the Blue Lake White Seeded pole beans, The purple and yellow varieties are starting to slow down. It seems the pole beans thrive moreso in the Fall garden.

There is also going to be another nice crop of the large bell peppers in the coming few weeks.

Here are the new totals as of today:

Cucumbers: 129
Large Tomatoes: 64
Zucchinis: 36
Eggplants: 12

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