My Edible Garden

I've been gardening for most of my life and have been a devoted fan of organic gardening the whole time. It just makes so much more sense to work in harmony with Mother Nature than to fight her. Besides which it is better for the planet and better for our bodies. Here you can see what I'm planting and harvesting, with gardening hints and resources thrown in for good measure.
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Monday, August 20, 2012

Harvest Monday

beans, tomatoes, chili
Welcome to Harvest Monday! I really enjoy this visiting with other garden bloggers over at Daphne's Dandelions each week.

The small tomatoes continue to come in, not as heavy as at the beginning of the summer, but still respectable harvests. The larger tomatoes, Black from Tula, Amish Paste, Italian Heirloom come one or two at a time, along with some round red and paste volunteers. The patch of yellow wax beans are going strong and a trickle of green chili is coming in.










eggplant twins






This time of year often brings odd and deformed squash, but this week it was a twin eggplant.










Squash and eggplants


This week the squash were not as prolific, but the eggplants gave a good harvest.














Butterfly on small sunflowers




The are tons of bees, yellow jackets and flies, with a few butterflies around







tromboncinno squash


Here are two of the Tromboncinno squash on the greenhouse frame. One is now about 40 inches long, the other one is longer and has touched the ground and is now growing in a curve. I'm leaving these for winter squash. I have several more; some are coiled up like snakes. With all the leaves it is hard to get pictures of some of them.