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| lots of yellow pear and a few others kinds |
Hooking up with Dave for Harvest Monday. I missed last week so again this is a two week post.Last week there were some cherry tomatoes.
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| half of the beans |
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| Armenian and Marketmoore cucumbers |
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| yellow patty pans were good again |
Of course there were a lot of squash. There was a good amount of kale, chard and collards but I didn't take new pics. I picked flowers and herbs on Saturday morning but flat didn't have time to take pictures. I wish I had. I had some nice sunflowers and dahlias and the bouquets sold fast
I painted some of the gourds I grew last year and made birdhouses. They really drew a lot of attention to my booth. The red poppy one has sold already.
This past week was not such a good one around the farm. After our cool rainy weeks it turned really hot and dry. Something, either a rat or squirrel chewed through a sprinkler hose. I lost a couple of squash plants and the rest looked really bad so there were only a few squash.
Then somehow the valve on the drip line to the beans was turned part way off and they didn't get enough water so there were only a couple of pounds of beans. Lost a few plants there too.
I did get a couple of watermelon and a lovely cantaloupe. There were the usual kale, collards and chard to pick, along with herbs.
In another lack of water even the Honey Boat Delicata squash in the front yard bed croaked and I picked all the squash. I tried one, cooked in the microwave and was not impressed so I didn't take it to market. I don't know if it was too green and needs to sit and sweeten up or if it was the microwave cooking. I'll wait awhile and try it again, cooked in the oven next time.
And in sad news I lost my best (and oldest) Buff Orpington cockbird probably a heart issue with the sudden heat wave after the cooler weather. RIP
Harvests week of July 31-Aug 6
July 31
Marketmoore cucumber 1# 8oz
Aug 3
Chard 1# 10 oz
Scarlet kale 3# 9 oz
lancinata kale 1# 10 oz
collards 2# 9 oz
Aug 4
cherry tomatoes 3# 4oz
green beans 9# 11 oz
squash 81# 8oz
Armenian cucumber 13# 1oz
Marketmoore cuke 6# 10 oz
Harvest week of Aug 6-13
Aug 9
Scarlet kale 1# 3oz
Aug 10
Armenian cuke 2#
Black Tail Mt. Watermelon 6#
Marketmoore cukes 4# 14oz
green beans 1# 0oz
Honey Boat Delicata 9# 12 oz
squash 3# 14oz
chard 1# 11oz
scarlet kale 2# 10oz
Aug 11
Beans 3# 6oz
cherry tomatoes 2# 14oz
Marketmoore cukes 2# 11 oz
Armenian cukes 8# 2oz
squash 26# 8oz
sage 1 oz
rosemary 3oz
flat parsley 9 oz
curly parsley 6 oz
cantaloupe 2# 12 oz
squash 3# 8oz
Aug 13
beets without tops 1# 3oz
volunteer potato 7oz
Two week total
Marketmoore cukes 15# 12oz
Armenian 23# 3oz
greens 14# 10oz
cherry tomatoes 6# 2oz
green beans 14# 1oz
squash 111# 12oz
watermelon 6#
cantaloupe 2# 12oz
herbs 1# 3oz
beets 1# 3oz
potato 7oz
Delicata 9# 12oz
Total
206# 14oz
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| Thatched cottage bird house |
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| small red poppy birdhouse |
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| Arizona sunset birdhouse |
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| Sunflower birdhouse |
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| Pink roses birdhouse |
I painted some of the gourds I grew last year and made birdhouses. They really drew a lot of attention to my booth. The red poppy one has sold already.
This past week was not such a good one around the farm. After our cool rainy weeks it turned really hot and dry. Something, either a rat or squirrel chewed through a sprinkler hose. I lost a couple of squash plants and the rest looked really bad so there were only a few squash.
Then somehow the valve on the drip line to the beans was turned part way off and they didn't get enough water so there were only a couple of pounds of beans. Lost a few plants there too.
I did get a couple of watermelon and a lovely cantaloupe. There were the usual kale, collards and chard to pick, along with herbs.
In another lack of water even the Honey Boat Delicata squash in the front yard bed croaked and I picked all the squash. I tried one, cooked in the microwave and was not impressed so I didn't take it to market. I don't know if it was too green and needs to sit and sweeten up or if it was the microwave cooking. I'll wait awhile and try it again, cooked in the oven next time.
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| RIP Bacon boy |
Harvests week of July 31-Aug 6
July 31
Marketmoore cucumber 1# 8oz
Aug 3
Chard 1# 10 oz
Scarlet kale 3# 9 oz
lancinata kale 1# 10 oz
collards 2# 9 oz
Aug 4
cherry tomatoes 3# 4oz
green beans 9# 11 oz
squash 81# 8oz
Armenian cucumber 13# 1oz
Marketmoore cuke 6# 10 oz
Harvest week of Aug 6-13
Aug 9
Scarlet kale 1# 3oz
Aug 10
Armenian cuke 2#
Black Tail Mt. Watermelon 6#
Marketmoore cukes 4# 14oz
green beans 1# 0oz
Honey Boat Delicata 9# 12 oz
squash 3# 14oz
chard 1# 11oz
scarlet kale 2# 10oz
Aug 11
Beans 3# 6oz
cherry tomatoes 2# 14oz
Marketmoore cukes 2# 11 oz
Armenian cukes 8# 2oz
squash 26# 8oz
sage 1 oz
rosemary 3oz
flat parsley 9 oz
curly parsley 6 oz
cantaloupe 2# 12 oz
squash 3# 8oz
Aug 13
beets without tops 1# 3oz
volunteer potato 7oz
Two week total
Marketmoore cukes 15# 12oz
Armenian 23# 3oz
greens 14# 10oz
cherry tomatoes 6# 2oz
green beans 14# 1oz
squash 111# 12oz
watermelon 6#
cantaloupe 2# 12oz
herbs 1# 3oz
beets 1# 3oz
potato 7oz
Delicata 9# 12oz
Total
206# 14oz
I've never seen a pale green cucumbers before. The idea for the birdhouses is very novel
ReplyDeleteYour gourds are lovely! I can grow them, but I wish I had the talent to decorate them half as nice as you did. That's a good looking haul of green beans too. Mine are taking a break at the moment, though I planted a short row of bush beans for a fall crop.
ReplyDeleteThose gourds are adorable! Very creative. And I'm so sorry about Bacon Boy :(
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about Buff (Bacon boy??).
ReplyDeleteBeautiful painting on the gourd birdhouses, have not seen anything like that.
Sorry to hear you lost one of your birds... they become part of the family don't they? We tried to grow those bird house squashes two years back but the fruit was so tiny they wouldn't have even fitted a hummingbird inside, so it is lovely to see how successful yours have been. They look beautiful too!
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