Monday Harvest

Well I am home from a lovely week at the beach got skunked fishing but did catch around 20 blue crab so I foresee a crab boil coming up.  My mom came by and pick some things in my absence, and really tracked up again this week.

1lb Peppers, 5 lbs cucumbers, 7lbs tomatoes, 0.5 lbs squash, 4 lbs green beans, and 3 lbs okra.

Monday Harvest

Happy 4th to everyone!  Well when it rains it pours some say and things have just been pouring our of the garden this week. I was able to pick more than I could use so canning has went in to full swing as well.  I canned over a gallon of tomatoes, 3 quarts of pickles, and the first quart of pickled okra.  This week I picked an amazing 16 lbs of tomatoes, 10 lbs of corn, 2.5 lbs of okra, 7 lbs of cucumbers, 4 lbs of summer squash, and 4 lbs of green beans.

Trying to sort everything.

From the Community Garden.

Harvest Monday

It has been a great harvest this week.  I have been picking beans every other day, and pick 5 lbs this week, my first tomatoes were picked this week two I picked 7 tomatoes weighing in at 3 lbs. I also got to pick my first ears of corn which was 3 lbs. I pulled up 1.5 lbs of onions which became pearl onions after they were trampled by a rabbit and stopped growing.  My first okra was ready for picking this week too and I got 0.5 lbs but will soon have more than I can handle.  If you looked my garden pictures from earlier you may not see the okra, that's because I have two plots at my church community garden where I help run the community garden.

My two plots at the community garden, I have 4 rows of okra totaling about 18 ft between both plots and 20 tomato plants.

Tomatoes and Okra

Last Weeks Peppers, Cukes, and Radishes becoming pickles.

First Corn

Onions

A chicken that just showed up in the community garden today while I was planting pumpkins.

Harvest Monday

Here's todays harvest you saw most of everything this past week on Wednesday.

4lbs Carrots, 2.5lbs Summer Squash,  4lbs Cucumbers, 0.5lbs Rat-tailed Radishes, 0.5 Peppers, and 1lb Green Beans.

Late Monday Harvest

I was out of town on Monday and missed my Monday harvest post well here it is.

2 lbs Cucumbers, 2 lbs Summer Squash, 2.5 lbs Green Beans, 0.5 lbs Peppers, 2 lbs Carrots and .1lbs Rat-tailed Radish

First canning of the year 3 pints of Green Beans and 2 pints of Carrots.

Monday Harvest

I had a great harvest this week! I picked the first summer squash of the year and dug the remaining potatoes.

Lettuce:  1 lb

Squash:  3 lbs

Carrots:  2 lbs

Potatoes: 10 lbs

Picked more lettuce, carrots and the first summer squash; crookneck and straight yellow, white patty-pan, and zucchini.

 The remaining potatoes.

Fried potatoes with onions.

June Update

Here are some pictures from the garden this week.  There will be lots to harvest soon!

A wide shot of the garden from the house.

The corn is ready to bloom, and the pole beans are climbing up nicely.

Cucumbers are blooming and starting to vine up the trellis.

I am about to have more squash than I can handle

Tomatoes!

Potatoes and bush bean bed.

Monday Harvest

I harvested nearly 3 lbs of Yukon Gold Potatoes, 1 lb of carrots, 2 lbs of lettuce and beet greens, and 0.5 lbs of beets.  Sorry they are not all pictured but they were delicious.

Home At Last!

We got to come yesterday!  I have had to catch up on the garden chores and spend time with little man.  There has been nearly three inches of rain this week so a lot of growth has occurred this week.  I counted 50 tomatoes on the vine and have plenty of squash a week away from eating.  We put the pool in the back yard and took a swim today and we also took him to Zootastic a small zoo in Troutman.  I will have an update on Monday for this past weeks harvests and whats been going on with the plants.

Jackson petting a baby kangaroo at Zootastic.

Little Man

Our little man has been sick for the past week, we took him to the ER on Monday and he was admitted.  Thankfully he is recovering well and should be home soon. 

Weed Dragon!

Borrowed a Propane torch to weed the gravel walkways.  It worked quite well and I was surprised at its power.

Little Man's Beans!

During a recent trip to Patterson Farms with MOPS(Mothers of Preschoolers) my son planted his first crop, with the help of my wife of course. 

End of week update.

Thought I would show some pictures of the progress this week.  Earlier this week we had nearly three inches of rain and it has shown in some of the beds.  I have had to tie up the tomatoes twice this week.  All the growth has me excited for summer vegetables

My corn has grown nearly 6 inches in last week I can literally watch it grow.

The three sisters; my beans and corn are starting to come up in amongst the corn.  I haven't had any of my purple beans sprout yet though.

 My first Cherry Peppers are starting out.

My squash bed is getting big, the first blossoms are ready to bloom.

Quack, Quack!

We went to Davidson on Sunday and let Jackson feed the ducks.  He had a blast and these ducks had absolutely no fear.  The ducks stood on the bridge with us until we ran out bread. 

First Harvest and Flowers

 The first small harvest of the year! So Far 5 carrots, 7 beets and 3lbs of beet greens

 Cross Section of one of the beets

 

Tomatoes 

Potatoes