September 5, 2020
I have not been keeping up with this I admit but the garden has lagged under my hand as well. So, there has not been that much to write about, or for that matter to sell either. Lately, it has been okra, and Italian peppers daily. On a longer time frame there are a few tomatoes and zucchini. I had my only watermelon slpit on me this week due too much rain, can you imagine that?! All the canteloupe didn't make it past the varmits and lack of water in July/August. On a bright side, the kale and collards that survived from the Spring are coming back. I lost the Ancho peppers to neglect and heat except for 1 or 2.
July 8, 2020
I am beset with an excess of tomatoes. Mostly Cherokee purple, but some of the red ones are starting to ripen as well. And this does not seem to be letting up. Beans anad squash seem to be slowing down, but I am fertilizing today and have been trying to get more water out there as well.
June 29, 2020
Clarifying what is available:
tomatoes (Cherokee Purple) $4/pound
tomatoes (Sungold - a few) $3/pint
okra $3/pound
zucchini squash $2/pound
crookneck squash (winter) $1/pound or $5/ea
onions $1/pound
basil $3/big bunch
green beans seem to have slowed down a bit, i'll let you know if any are picked
June 26, 2020
We are in the height of tomato season! Yay! My job now is to keep all those potential lucious darlings alive and well until they are ready to pick. So, in need of trellises on 200 ft or so of tomato row, I have decided to try a new method, well new to me anyway. Today I will be constructing the trellises and in subsequent days tying up the tomato plants. We are still producing zucchini, okra and green beans, althought there appears to be a slow down in squash and beans. Approaching time for fall planting so I have another bed and a half ready to go. We'll see. This is the largest tomato I believe I have ever grown weighing in at 1.54 lbs.
June 17, 2020
And still:
Zucchini $2 a pound
Green beans 1-2 day picking window. $3 a pound
Since last time:
Okra is now producing, 1-2 day picking window. $3 a pint basket
Tomatoes (Cherokee Purple) $4 a pound, cherry (Sungold) $3 a pint basket
Crookneck Winter squash $3 ea
June 3, 2020
Spinach will no longer be available. The plants are bolting and nearing end of viability.
Zucchini and some yellow squash are producing well.
Green beans are requiring every other day picking they are so numerous.
Swiss Chard is still available.
Basil is available.
Collards, Lacinato kale and curly kale are available in limited quantities.
Tomatoes are producing but not quite ripe.