Cherry tomatoes were not on the list this year to plant. Yes, they are good, but I did not want to plant them. Well, they planted themselves. Several volunteers came up, so it was decided to keep the best ones. Every day or so yields another few handfuls. Eaten raw, on salads, or in several cooked dishes (such as penne pasta with cherry tomatoes) they will disappear fast.
Doug
13 Aug 2008: The first zucchini was harvested yesterday. Here we go. Zucchini are big producers and I expect to have a plethora of them in a week or so.
The green beans harvested were enough to make a small potful but bugs are getting to the leaves so I don’t expect to get much more (though there are a lot of flowers on the bean plants).
I harvested a bucketful of Yukon Gold potatoes mixed with a few Red Pontiacs. Naturally, I made a batch of herb-roasted potatoes to compliment kick-butt pork chops.
Green peppers are starting to come in. I’m going to let a few hang until they turn orange or red as they are sweeter and tastier. The jalapenos are looking good and I’ll try one in a few days.
The first Roma tomato was used on dougthecook pizza last night. Also picked a few Big Boy tomatoes.
Doug
July 14, 2008 - I picked two big potfuls of green beans. We boiled up a bunch and they were delicious! There were plenty of small beans in progress and flowers signifying new ones. Bugs have eaten holes in many of the leaves. I may put sevin dust on them but prefer not to. Last year we had four pickings of beans, each one generating less.
Our variation on the classic green bean casserole is the next recipe for beans.
Doug
Whoa. The strawberry plants are overflowing! We picked a bushel of strawberries last night - then stuffed ourselves with strawberry shortcake. Fresh strawberries are softer and tastier than store-bought. In a few days there will be a *lot* more. I hope the sweet corn crop is this good.
Doug
23 May 2008
I decided to plant carrots, lots of them. Last year they grew pretty well. Fortunately it was not windy. The carrot seeds are so small it is hard to plant one at a time. I tap them out of the package.
Also, the onions were finished planting. I hope to get pictures up soon. The potatoes are doing well. The corn is poking its head through along with the zucchini and cucumbers.
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12 May 2008
I’m just about finished planting. Today the tomatoes, peppers, and most of the onions went into the ground. Radishes and spinach are showing. A nice 3/4 inch rain yesterday made planting easy but muddy. The strawberries have several blooms on them and are doing nice.
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c = corn (early sunglow, yellow)
C = red chili pepper
cu = cucumbers
J = jalapeno pepper
k = kennebec potatoes
L = lettuce
o = Roma tomatoes
O = onions (yellow)
r = red pontiac potatoes
R = radish (cherry belle)
s = strawberries (June bearing, All star #1)
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Y = yellow bell pepper (Golden California Wonder)
z = zucchini
5 May 2008
We have planted most items except tomatoes, peppers, and pumpkins. The assumption of the last no frost day is May 15th. A few years ago we tried planting on May 1st and there was a nasty frost on May 3rd. Quite unexpected.
I decided against carrots this year.
The potatoes are poking their heads through, finally. The asparagus was side-dressed with 12-12-12 fertilizer. Strawberries are growing pretty good but no flowers, yet. They get prepared at the end of harvest, around July, for next year’s crop.
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b = beans (blue lake bush 274)
c = corn (early sunglow, yellow)
cu = cucumbers
k = kennebec potatoes
L = lettuce
r = red pontiac potatoes
R = radish (cherry belle)
s = strawberries (June bearing, All star #1)
S = spinach (baby)
y = yukon gold potatoes
z = zucchini
