Cucumbers, Swiss Chard and tomatoes.
I had harvested really thoroughly the night before I left and took four cucumbers up to Maine where they went into a salad.
The cucumber is producing fruit like crazy. Those six cucumbers weigh in at 4 pounds. When I came to harvest this morning, the cucumber cage was toppled over and I had to stake it to fortify. Same happened to my Brandywine cage. Looking forward to the next few weeks of fresh garden produce.
The potatoes are getting ready to be harvested, and the pole beans (that I planted late) are flowering. The bush beans are close to being done, the cucumber is still producing heavily and my three tomato plants are heavy with (for the most part still green) tomatoes. The leeks are looking great and the kale is coming up. The golden beets I sowed sadly did not germinate as did the last carrot crop.
The pinkish-white dahlias are the only ones flowering so far – I have two of those. The two red ones are taking their time.
I need to weed and clean the plot and will sow fall greens in the next couple of weeks.
Dahlia, asparagus, mint.
September bouquet: dahlias, parsley, radishes and asparagus
Mini dahlia in soy sauce dish
Today I spent a couple of hours getting the plot ready for winter. I ripped out spent plants, pulled weeds and turned the soil. During the process, I found a number of potatoes I had left in the ground, a welcome basis for today’s dinner of roasted potatoes and carrots and pork tenderloin with mushrooms.
The rain kept me from cleaning up more than I had planned to, but I still got to pick some flowers for a little bouquet. Planting more flowers this season was definitely a good idea. I loved having fresh flowers every week this summer and fall.
Dahlia, parsley flowers and foliage
Today’s mini garden bouquet: dahlia, Thai basil and asparagus