Garden Update

Here are some photos of the garden.  Things are really coming along. 

We picked our beets earlier this week and I'll be canning pickled beets this week.  Hubz LOVES pickled beets (and they are quite good, I'll admit).  He'd love to have a pint a week.  I hope I can make that happen for him this year.  Ours didn't do too well so I bought about 6 lbs at the Farmer's Market to supplement our crop.  The farmer was selling them for 50 cents a pound which I thought was a steal.  I bought all he had! 

We also pulled up the rest of our radishes.  The grass really got the radishes and beets this spring.  I might plant a few more radishes, but I think we'll use most of the available space for more beets and more green beans.  We eat a lot of green beans so I'd like to put up many jars of beans this year and I don't think we have enough planted.  This morning I read that a 100' row of green beans will produce about 50 quarts.  We currently have 2 28' rows so I need to step it up!

This is a view from the east end.  That first row is Red Pontiac potatoes.  The Kennebec's we planted in the second row came up very sporadically.  We think it might have been because of all the rain we had this spring.  We're going to fill that bare spot on the left with beets and beans.



We are eagerly awaiting our 1st ripe tomato.  The cherry tomatoes are looking great and will probably be the first to ripen.  We can't wait!

I'll probably be canning beans this weekend too.  My family usually plants Half Runners and they are very tasty, but the strings can be a bother, especially if you don't pick them while they're young.  We planted Roma which I've heard are tasty like Half Runners.  We also planted Top Crop which Hubz's family used to plant when he was a young 'un.

The cabbage are still pretty small, as are the cucumbers.

And this little guy wasn't planted, he's a volunteer squash or pumpkin of some sort.  A couple years ago I planted white pumpkins in the garden.  I'm wondering if he's not a descendent of those.  There wasn't a garden out here last year so that seed is at least 2 years old.  We'll see what he turns out to be.

I'll try to get a post up about pickling my beets this weekend.  We use my Grandma's recipe which calls for 3 different spices.  They're quite yummy (I'm not biased at all!).  Until then...enjoy what summer has to offer!

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