Yesterday I picked over 7 pounds of Blue Lake beans. Today I took them, along with the cucumbers, to the Table of Plenty food pantry at Queen of Peace church. I noticed there are already a lot of beans of picking size on the plants. It's been hot, but maybe I'll have to break down and can some tomorrow.
The little chard plants that I started in a six pack on July 15 and planted in the ground are doing nicely. A few bit the dust (heat? slugs?) but the rest are taking off. Now if I can just keep the leaf miners away...
I cut off the growing tips on the butternut squash and cantaloupes. There are plenty of fruit already forming, and this will allow the plants to expend their energy on ripening rather than setting more fruit. The smallest squash are about 3" long, the smallest melons are baseball size. We'll see if they ripen.
The second and third (and last!) apples fell off the North Pole apple tree. They're still fairly green, with some red areas. They taste o.k., so I guess they're ripe.
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