July 25-31, 2022
Potatoes! Cucumbers! Tomatoes! And the summer time bounty begins. We’re so extremely grateful for it! I have been harvesting greens, herbs, inexperienced beans, sugar snap peas (they’re nonetheless coming, albeit slowly), beets, broccoli, jalapenos, asparagus (nonetheless getting 6-8 spears/week), zucchini & yellow summer time squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, and potatoes.
It was HOT final weekend and nearly the entire lettuce has now bolted. The brand new plantings are nonetheless small, so I have never been capable of harvest from these as of but. We have been blessed with a couple of tomatoes nonetheless, some wild little critters (seemingly chipmunks) are attending to them earlier than we’re. I’ve needed to begin choosing them once they simply begin to change coloration and allow them to ripen in the home. It is a bummer that we will not take pleasure in vine-ripened ones, however no less than we get to eat them this manner. As soon as they’re ripening extra plentifully, as in sufficient for all of us, I will see if I can go away them on the vine.
Our potatoes are on the smaller facet this yr. I am planning to maneuver this crop to the entrance yard subsequent yr the place it’s going to obtain extra hours of solar. Hoping this makes a distinction. Curiously although, the potatoes that I planted in a bucket are nonetheless rising. They’re positioned proper subsequent to the potato hill. I am hoping they’re greater and if that’s the case, I could plant extra in buckets subsequent yr. All the crops appeared actually wholesome this yr.
Candy corn season has formally begun in our space nonetheless, our small corn patch shouldn’t be prepared. We have been buying ears from a neighborhood farm and it is scrumptious!
Now we have winter squash! I wasn’t going to plant any till I’ve began utilizing the entrance yard for gardening however determined, on the final minute, to plant pie pumpkin, honeynut, and delicata seeds. Have you ever ever tried honeynut? They’re scrumptious! I am assuming they’re in the identical household because the butternut as a result of they appear very related, simply smaller and a bit darker, however we have discovered that they’ve a really constant clean texture and nice squash taste. We’re choosy about our winter squash and have labored to search out those who meet our wants. Clean texture and a pleasing squash-y taste are most necessary to us. We love pie pumpkins, blue hubbard, and infrequently butternut and delicata. I say often as a result of we have discovered the feel shouldn’t be according to these two.
We have not preserved a lot meals as of but. We have both eaten recent or shared with others, a lot of what we have harvested. Every little thing is ramping up although so that ought to all change this week. As a facet word, I’ve made Zucchini Biscuits twice previously couple of weeks and they’re soooo yummy! I will share the recipe this week.
Once I made them the for the primary time, my husband got here in, appeared on the biscuits with inexperienced specks and stated, “what’s THAT?”, pointing and looking out disgusted. He isn’t actual adventurous within the meals division, however he has gotten rather a lot higher than after we have been first married. (By the way in which, that is 25 years in the past….how can that be???)
I instructed him what they have been, and he instantly stated, “I do not need any” and off he walked. I believed, it is a biscuit, how dangerous might or not it’s? I broke one open and tried it and stated “wow, they’re actually scrumptious!” “Actually?” he requested. Then he watched my facial features which apparently satisfied him I used to be telling the reality, so he agreed to attempt a bit of mine. He instantly stated, with a mouth stuffed with biscuit, “I will take one”.
He ate 3 that night.
Wishing you an exquisite week forward and hoping your backyard is overflowing with abundance.
