For the first time, I picked butter crunch lettuce from my garden. It weighed in at only 7 ounces. It tastes very good though!
After watching the butter beans for a few days after fertilizing them with blood meal and watering them thoroughly, I had to pick the plump pods. I didn't want them to begin shrinking and turning hard like seed beans. So, I ended up picking the plump ones and leaving the thin pods to fill out... again. I ended up with 3.25 pounds of butter beans.
I was able to pick 2 ounces of scallions from the green onions that I had planted. They will have to be sorted through as I prepare to chop them because the browning tips aren't edible.
I was able to pick 1 pound 5 ounces of snap beans this week. There are still a lot of blooms on the vines, but I know the first frost is coming and that will be the end of the beans. The leaves are looking stressed with the night time temperatures dipping into the low 40's.
The sorrel was able to provide another picking that weighed 4 ounces. I'll be using that to make soup in a few days. It keeps well in the refrigerator in a zip lock bag.
This is my first picking of parsley that weighed in at a whopping 1.25 ounces. I'll be using that for smoothies.
There was only a tiny harvest of French Tarragon at 3/4 of an ounce. That will be used for making flavored vinegar.
A small amount of chives was harvested this week. It weighed in at 2 ounces. I'll chop that up and mix it with cream cheese for a spread.
The Swiss chard was really pretty in the garden, but it also looks good on the table. The picked weight was 2.25 pounds, and was the first picking from this row.
That finishes up another week in the garden! The only other significant happening is that I resowed my Detroit Red Beets and my Salsify. Both are coming up in my 1/2 barrels and are looking good, but both are slow growers. That's why I chose to resow now.
Thanks for visiting!
Have a great vegetable gardening day!
Veggie PAK
I have to say that you have another amazing harvest this week! I just love buttercrunch lettuce!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I will surely be planting a lot of that next time around. It's very good!
ReplyDeleteThis is a beautiful harvest of greens! I agree with you - that chard is very pretty.
ReplyDeletePretty decent cool weather harvest, I have to say. I know what you mean about Swiss chard looking so pretty in th garden that it a shame to pick it but agree that it is tasty.
ReplyDeleteParsley in a smoothie huh? Does parsley have that much nutritional content?
ReplyDeleteI might have to try growing taragon to add to tomato soup like some have suggested!
Everything you have looks very nice!
mmmm taragon vinegar is my fav!
ReplyDeleteI posted a response to your question about using sunflower seeds to sprout - I posted a link for you to find sprouting seeds as I wouldn't use bird seed. Thanks!
Nice work, Veggie PAK!
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good growing and keep these blog posts flowing!
vrtlarica, and ottawa gardner, The swiss chard looks so nice, I think I'll put it in our front yard for color for next year! I love to see the morning sun come up with the chard between me and the sun, because it illuminates the different colored stalks and it's a beautiful sight!
ReplyDeleteShawn Ann, parsley is an ingredient in a green detox smoothie. The recipe can be found at: http://www.dietivity.com/green-smoothie-detox-recipe-as-featured-on-abc/
I want to try that soup too!
Stevie from GardenTherapy.ca, got your reply with the link for the sprouting seed. Thanks!
.09 Acres, I'm trying to keep the beans growing as long as I can. The cool weather crops are Brussels sprouts, vates collards, broccoli, leeks and ruby red and rainbow Swiss chard. All these survived fine under several inches of snow several times last year, so I expect them to go through this winter with no problems.
I sincerely thank each of you for visiting my blog and I really enjoy sharing our blogs and vegetable gardening experiences together. I'm very thankful to Daphne for coming up with the Harvest Monday approach for sharing information with each other. Hats off to Daphne!
My beans were long gone, glad to see you kept them growing until this time of the year.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to remember to grow some cilantro next year, I keep forgetting, by the time I remember it's too late to sow seeds.
Mac, These are my second crops in these footprints. Both the snap beans and butter beans were replanted on August 11th, after cleaning out the vines from the previous crops. After the beans are finished, I will be planting collard greens in the same areas. That will be my third crop in those footprints this year. Of course the mild weather helps, but planning the dates lets you schedule your garden for maximum harvest, or attempts at it anyway. Nature may not always cooperate.
ReplyDeleteI would like to grow some cilantro next year. I have to read up on how it grows.
Thanks for visiting!
Great harvest this week! The herbs and swiss chard in particular are nice. You are getting a good variety of things from the fresh harvests which is a challenge late in the season. Well done!
ReplyDeletekitsapFG, Thanks! I just now came in from the garden. I was picking snap beans, butter beans and collards for the family thanksgiving dinner! It's been good harvesting, but I know it is getting ready to slow down quite a bit. That's okay though, because I know it won't stop. I'll be harvesting what I have in the ground from now until spring.
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Veggie PAK
Nice harvest. Swiss chard is one of my favorite veggies. I have some of it frozen for the winter, but so far haven't needed it. I'm sure I'll break it out in January.
ReplyDeleteDaphne, Thanks for the compliment! Fortunately for me, the ground here doesn't freeze in the winter. Consequently, I am able to grow cool weather crops right through the winter to spring. The remaining vegetables that I have in the ground this year but haven't reached maturity yet, will be counted in the 2011 tally whenever I harvest them after 1 January. It's easier to just keep track of it on a calendar year basis. Thanks for all you do for all of us.
ReplyDeleteLovely harvest. I couldn't believe the green beans. Sorry, too, to see your post on beet. I, too, can't get them to develop a root for me. I'm a container gardener and I've thought of tons of reasons for my failure. But I don't actually know what's happening. I don't have many roots develop on my radishes, either. I thought perhaps I planted the beets too early. But I put out another planting later and had the same results. Ditto with my fall planting. Next time I'm going to start fertilizing them nearly as soon as they break ground.
ReplyDeleteStill, I like beet greens and they grew to a decent size even if the root didn't. So I'll keep growing beets (and radishes) and hoping for a success.
tempusflits, Thanks for your comment! I just don't know what the problem could be. When you read about beets in the seed catalogs, they never mention these problems. It seems very odd that people at different locations are encountering the same problems with root growth.
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