We are also getting onions now as well. They are not as big as I had hoped (forgot to take a picture, I will add one a little later) I think our soil was too compacted. They are still about 100 times bigger then when we planted them, I was just hoping for the ones I buy from the farmer's market that are the size of Mr. Smith's fist! We have harvested 3 onions so far...but all the green tops are now falling over and are telling us they are ready as well. The strawberries we planted next to them have taken over the bed...so it looks like we are going to have to plant more onions in another area. The strawberries taking over is nice for next years strawberry harvest!
Our broccoli has started to get heads and I waited 2 days too long to cut the one head and it started to flower...so it may be on the starchy side. Oh well. :) I only got 1 head so far and its on the small side.
My blueberry bushes surprised me, I was not expecting blueberries this year since we just planted them this past fall, but they have given me a pretty nice harvest so far!
The peas....are slow and steady. We really missed the ball on those. I tried string with them and it wasn't working and then my husband got an old chicken fence...but it wasn't long enough and they haven't been producing well.
Corn is insane right now. When I was reading up on corn all the blogs and garden posts and everything said I would only get 1 cob per stalk....but I am getting 2 or 3 cobs per stalk so far and the pole green beans are running crazy all over the corn its great! No beans yet, but it is great to see. I still have not planted the next wave of corn and today was perfect weather to do it....the baby just wasn't agreeing with me or the weather. So I shall just have to hope and pray the baby will let me plant them tomorrow since Mr. Smith is supposed to get home from work early!
Zucchini has started to form from the flowers...I have about 3 or 4 started but a billion flowers! So I think it will be a good harvest year for zucchini...now we only eat zucchini in breads...so we shall have a lot of zucchini bread over the winter, which is great with hot chocolate on the cold winter nights cuddling with my hubby!
Kidney beans are finally coming in...very slow as well. Only have 3 for the entire season so far and I don't think its going to get any better...we just kept running into too many problems. Navy beans are non existent in the garden for the very same reason.
We have jalapeno peppers forming I saw 4-5 of them. I also saw 2-3 sweet yellow banana peppers and 2 green bell peppers.
We have so many wild tomato plants that I am no longer worried about planting more to make enough spaghetti sauce! We only really use tomatoes for spaghetti sauce and salsa...my husband likes them on his grilled cheese and I like them in hoagies. I would like to try tomato soup again this winter...but I have yet to find a recipe that my kids will eat. So we shall see.
We did replant cucumbers...as seedlings from a friend who had leftovers and they do not seem to be growing. I am going to try for the 3rd time to do pickle cukes...and I know I am running out of time.
This weekend Mr. Smith and I HAVE to sit down and figure out what we are doing for our fall harvest....this is the weekend to start that! Crazy that its already here and the season is already 1/2 way over.
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