Aug 8: raspberry patch, broccoli, andzucchoni

Little secondary heads of broccoli

Campers loving the raspberries!

Zucchini stems in trouble!  But the zucchini keep coming!

August 7: pumpkins, beans, potatoes

Lemon Verbena and Stevia--growing for Halloween Tea!

Dug about half of the potatoes!

Dug all the grass and bindweed out of the upper fruit patch around the apple and cherry trees.   Grass and  weeds were all tangled through the landscape fabric.  Really hard work to remove it all.    Prepping the ground for  a new strawberry patch.  

Black turtle beans on right.  Pole beans starting to grow up trellis.  Bush beans on left, with chard and corn in background.

Pumpkins and winter squash.  Vines growing fast and long!

Cucumbers and more cucumbers!

July 31: abundant summer growth and blossom end rot'

Yuck! Blossom end rot on some tomatoes!

Potatoes and Tomatoes

Overgrown mint bed.   Need to cut back!
Lush cucumber vines making lots of fruit
Just a few apples this year
Butternut Squash!
Pumpkins!

July 25: Better frozen veggies.

Before removing air

After removing air

Learned a new trick today for removing more of the air from bags of blanched veggies before freezing.  Just insert a straw into the bag before finishing sealing and suck the air out.   Nifty!  Should help them stay fresher!