Monday, July 22, 2013

Harvest Monday 7/22/13

With the heat and humidity this past week I did not spend much time down at my community garden.  I would go down to water and harvest that's about it.  It figures I had three days off last week from work and I couldn't even spend it at my garden.  I did put some time in today, it was not as humid today.  As far as my harvesting goes I can't complain.  I have started harvesting more tomatoes, mostly cherry and small tomatoes.  I was able to harvest one larger tomato called "Basinga". 

 
Basinga Tomato


These are some of the cherry and small tomatoes I have been harvesting.  The cherry tomatoes are Green Grape, Red Pear and Chocolate Cherry.  The small size tomatoes are Bloody Butcher and Black Zebra (which are not fully ripe). 
 

 
I also harvested the rest of my beets and my first Cubanelle peppers.
 
 
 More Purple Beauty peppers, Crystal Apple cucumber and my first Listada eggplant.  The Crystal Apple cucumber was very bitter and had a lot of seeds eventhough it is small.
 


I finally harvested my potatoes that I had growing in plastic tubs.  They are Kennebec and Masquerade potatoes. 
 

 
Thanks for looking at my harvests from this past week.  To check out other Harvest Monday posts stop over at Daphne's Dandelions @ http://daphnesdandelions.blogspot.com


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12 comments:

  1. Jenny RottingerJuly 22, 2013 at 8:16 AM

    Very beautiful and colorful harvest, especially peppers and eggplant, gorgeous tomatoes and potatoes.

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  2. 4theluvofgardeningJuly 22, 2013 at 9:04 AM

    Thanks Jenny! I love taking garden pictures.

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  3. Shawn AnnJuly 22, 2013 at 10:12 AM

    Lovely harvest! I love the colors and uniqueness of your varieties!

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  4. 4theluvofgardeningJuly 22, 2013 at 10:55 AM

    Thanks! I always say the more unusual the better in my garden. I am always trying new varieties.

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  5. Stoney AcresJuly 22, 2013 at 2:25 PM

    What a beautiful tomato! I have to branch out and try something besides the traditional red tomatoes one of these years!!

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    1. 4theluvofgardeningJuly 22, 2013 at 4:39 PM

      I grow traditional red, but I also plant a lot ofdifferent colors and shapes. There are so many varieties to choose from it is hard to pick.

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  6. RobinJuly 22, 2013 at 2:58 PM

    You definitely had some good harvests this week! I haven't even tried to dig any potatoes. Maybe Wednesday I will. I sure hope we get enough tomatoes for the canning class on Saturday!

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    1. 4theluvofgardeningJuly 22, 2013 at 4:44 PM

      My tomatoes are being very slow with ripening. My plants are full of tomatoes, but they just are not turning. I told my husband they are just teasing me lol. I am looking forward to Saturday!

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  7. JulieJuly 22, 2013 at 6:46 PM

    You have such a colorful variety of veggies. Love that Basinga tomato and the Zebras too. Right now I'd be happy with any tomato!

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  8. 4theluvofgardeningJuly 23, 2013 at 3:20 AM

    Thank you! I was feeling the same way about my tomatoes and then last week they slowly started turning one by one. This year my tomatoes seem like they are behind with ripening compared to other years.

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  9. PhuongJuly 24, 2013 at 12:53 PM

    You are spring potato and beet harvests with your summer tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant! Amazing!

    Soon you will be getting lots of ripe tomatoes, it seems to take just a couple weeks after the first ripe ones.

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  10. 4theluvofgardeningJuly 25, 2013 at 4:29 AM

    Thank you! I can't wait till my tomatoes start ripening on a regular basis instead of sporadically.

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