I am so glad I ventured out into other veggies this year. I used to focus so much on tomatoes, but this year decided not to plant any… until my neighbor gave me some transplants, which ended up going in gigantic pots this year.
Anyways, some excitement was to be had in harvesting the garlic and shallots. Those 2 are sort of a mystery to me. Right now they are curing and drying out for storage. I’m excited to see if the flavor is much different than store-bought.
I am a little sad though, about half of my shallots were lost to some kind of wormy thing that ate through and rotted some. At least my compost pile appreciates the gifts.
An interesting thing I noticed is that I planted my zucchini seeds directly into the ground this year and was able to get a my first fruit only about 2 weeks later than before. I thought it would be drastically late. And the kale was surprisingly easy to grow as were carrots. The carrots are still in the ground until I harvest them, but here is a fun pic of what’s been going on underground all summer:
Carrots in love:
I plan on planting more kale and spinach as soon as it starts to cool down a little bit. We have had tons of rain and its making everything grow like crazy! I planted more lettuce a few weeks ago and have tiny sprouts, hoping they shoot up so we have lettuce again. I am not so great at timing out my plantings yet, but in time hopefully we can have a continuous harvest all summer long!
Another thing I’ve been thinking about is building a cold frame or a mini greenhouse of sorts for greens all winter. Just thinking about going back to the grocery store all winter long for spinach and lettuce just makes me sad. It really tastes so much better to grow your own!
Love the garden harvest pics especially the carrots! I planted baby carrots and they are still not ready…but I have zucchini, tomatos, peppers, cauliflower and cucumbers. I totally agree that everything tastes better out of your own garden!