Garden Harvest & Update August 28

Another slow week in the garden. Not much pickin' goin' on here!

Monday:

First cabbages of the season! Yet another cantaloupe (this is #6, I believe) and 2 Anaheim peppers.

Another first for me: growing cabbage. No reason why I'd never grown it before, I just hadn't.  I watched a video on You Tube made by a NDSU Extension center person, and he showed that you can just cut the head off and leave the outer loose leaves intact (and the roots) and in 2 weeks or so, that same cabbage plant will produce new shoots. Worth a shot! I have plans to turn these 2 heads into a traditional lacto-fermented kraut.

Tuesday:

I picked heavily on Tuesday as we were going out of town for a short vacation. 

Sunday:

Cantaloupe #8 and 2 bell peppers, which I photographed on their "pretty" side because they are rotting . Sigh. I may give up on bell peppers altogether. A few tomatoes (cracked) and a misshapen pickling cuke .

We returned from our vacation and due to cooler temps the garden continues to be slooowwww. Our neighbors who were taking in our mail were told to harvest what they wanted and they managed to get a HUGE cantaloupe (#7 for the summer! and the first GOOD watermelon. I'm told they were amazing and that if we hear strange noises at night, it's just the neighbors looking for  more produce. I estimated the weights of both melons and did add them in my weight totals. 


All of my cukes are succumbing to mildew and I'm considering giving them one more week and then yanking them. My tomatoes have grinded to a halt (again, b/c it's been so cool) and the cantaloupe is also suffering from a disease. However, this coolness has been AWESOME for the broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts and cabbage. I've also spotted blooms on my summer sowing of snap peas. 


I guess Fall is closer than I want to believe!


Here's a photo from our vacation up to Brad's parent's cottage:

We bought a 3rd rain barrel while on vacation (the kids are sitting in front of it). If you look in the upper right corner of the photo, you can see the lake. It was a nice week. 

This post linked to:
Daphne's Dandelions Harvest Monday
An Oregon Cottage Tuesday Garden Party