This is what I picked this morning. There are still a couple pattypans and zucchini on the vine that I will ask my son to get. I was wearing shorts and sandals and the little spines on the squash plants make me itch for hours!
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| This morning's harvest |
Here are some other photos.
One of my two bell pepper plants is finally loaded with peppers. The other is shaded by a giant cherry tomato plant that outgrew its cage. Looks like there is some pepper jelly in our future!
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| Bell and jalapeño peppers |
While one vine succumbed to SVB the other zucchini is still going strong! These were from yesterday.
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| Costata Romesco Zucchini |
The German Giants are living up to their names. They are huge!
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| German Giant Tomatoes |
My favorite tomato is Cherokee Green. These are destined for some tomato jam. I hope the green color looks appetizing in the jam.
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| Ripe Cherokee Green Tomatoes |
These are Mountain Gold tomatoes. We are not getting a lot of these this year. I grow yellow tomatoes specifically so we can make yellow tomato soup!
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| Mountain Gold Tomatoes |
A nice haul of pink eye purple hulls. My family loves these. I have already started looking through catalogs picking out a few more Southern peas for next year.
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| Pink Eye Purple Hulls |
Okay, that's enough for now. Pop on over to Daphne's Dandelions and her Harvest Monday blog hop to see what else people are harvesting!
I've never liked picking squash - not just because they're scratchy (would be lovely to be just itchy now, I'm bramble-scratched all over!), but because I can't stand the smell of the vines, and my hands smelling of them!
ReplyDeleteInteresting, I have never noticed their smell (though it will probably haunt me now).
DeletePepper jelly! Yea! And your tomatoes are just wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI made it for the first time last year and loved it. Also, people who ate it requested some this year. It is great!
DeleteVery impressive! I grew the Costata Zucchini last year and really loved them.
ReplyDeleteI'm just now getting a bunch of jalapenos... I made some salsa with them. I may have to try making some pepper jelly though. :)
Make sure you use gloves when you chop the peppers for the jelly. I have read stories of people being in agony because they skipped that precaution.
DeleteGreat harvest. Especially the tomatoes. We are only harvesting a few early tomatoes, we will still be 3 or more weeks before our main crop is ready. Your's are looking really good!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much!
DeleteI make pepper jelly over here, too! It's a fav!!
ReplyDeleteOn cream cheese and a cracker it is nectar from the gods!
DeleteI can't wait to hear what southern peas you pick out for next year. My pink eye purple hulls started blooming just today. I hope mine look as nice as yours do. :) Great harvests this week. Sounds like you have a lot of canning in your future. And I really like how you plant things with specific recipes in mind (a la those yellow tomatoes.)
ReplyDeleteMy husband thinks I am crazy. Instead of combing through clothing catalogs I am looking at Southern peas!
DeleteI never grow green (when ripe) tomatoes and am truly curious how you determine they are ripe when the color is not available to give you the indication of ripeness? I tend to pick tomatoes upon first blush of color too because they ripen better indoors since our night time temps never really stay warm enough for tomatoes to be truly happy.
ReplyDeleteTheir color does change to an amberish shade of green when ripe. It is quite easy to tell when they are ready. Maybe I will do a post when hubby comes back and can shoot an unripe vs. ripe photo with his good camera.
DeleteWow those eggplants look too good to eat, what variety are they? Your tomatoes also look great........I am really missing eating fresh tomatoes its just about time to plant seeds undercover.
ReplyDeleteThey are the ubiquitous Black Beauty!
DeleteWhat a nice, varied harvest! I'm curious as to why you pick your tomatoes as soon as they start to ripen on the vine...
ReplyDeleteGreat and varied harvest, I am a few weeks behind you. I too am curious as to why you do not allow your tomatoes to stay on the vine and ripen.
ReplyDeleteLooks like my next post should be about why I pick at first blush!
DeleteWhat lovely produce; the eggplant looks really good and so do those German tomatoes!
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