July 6, 2015
We harvested our first tomatoes this week 🙂 Right on schedule! We also harvested our first blackberry. We moved the blackberry plant this spring (we’ve had it 8 years and it never gave us fruit where it was previously) and it is growing so much and fruiting beautifully. Other harvests included:
- cucumbers
- onions
- zucchini
- patty pan squash
- strawberries & blueberries (here & there)
- beets
- carrots
- potatoes
- coriander (I used all of my cilantro seeds so I let some go to seed – cilantro all winter!)
- celery (potato salad)
Beets went to neighbors and potatoes were turned into fries and potato salad. Yum!
First tomato was given to neighbors. Carrots are eaten raw for lunch.
Cucumbers are eaten for lunch and when we have too many, the chickens enjoy them.
(zucchini, patty pan, tomatoes) 
I normally do not have much luck growing onions but this one looks good! So far so good 🙂
My lovely husband grilled the onion, zucchini, and patty pan squash for me on the 4th. It was such a treat since I can’t stand to smell anything cooking inside and I have been unable to eat any veggies this past month. I ate these up, no problem 😀
I have slightly more energy in the mornings (such a blessing!) so we are really getting the garden weeded. We neglected it for a month or so. After only a week of weeding (a wheelbarrow full each day), we are about 3/4 of the way through. I hope to finish up this week and start spreading mulch to keep the weeds at bay.
I try to succession plant almost everything every two weeks, depending on the season. However, for the past month, I have not planted anything. So this week, with my newfound energy (for an hour 😉 ) I planted melons, squash, beans, cucumbers, cabbages and broccoli (for the fall garden).
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I’m glad you are starting to feel better. And whoohoo for zucchini. Mine is starting to flower, but just the females. Right now it is under cover to protect it from the SVB, but when the male blossoms appear I’ll have to open it up. I hope they are gone by then.
Girlfriend, Glad to hear you’re getting more energy! We are in the same boat over here. I’ve never been this tired during a pregnancy. The kids all swear it must be twins! Garden looks great. What do you like to season the patty pan squash with?
haha. yeah, i liked reading how everyone spread rocks while you looked on 😉 I was thinking ‘i can totally relate!’ i feel like such a useless blob these days 🙂 this is my first year growing patty pan so grilling it was the first time tasting it. we just put some EVOO on it. it tastes just like yellow squash to me.
Tomatoes already! I’m still pulling the blooms off my plants because they’re too small to support tomatoes right now. They need to grow a bit more.
well, i am in zone 7b. it’s certainly nothing i did! 🙂
Nice harvest, gee, even squash. Still waiting for mine. Glad to hear you are feeling better, it’s impressive what you got done in a one hour energy burst.
thx. I’ve already ripped up about 4 varieties of squash plants b/c of SVB and squash bugs. I just keep planting every 2 weeks so I can harvest at all! 😛