Onion Harvest

The tops on about half of the onions have fallen over, so I knocked the rest down.  I also turned off the water in that bed.  I'll leave them in the bed for a week, then dig them up and let them dry in the sun.

The Turkish Orange aubergines are really looking neat.  Now I just have to figure out what to do with them.

Melons

The melons have gotten out of control, so I decided to trim back the ends.  The paths were becoming impassible.

I cut off all the ends that had either no fruit or very small fruit.  Much better now.

I also trimmed away a few of the leaves covering the large melons, so they have more sun.

Beets

Today I pulled the first planting ( a four-foot row) of 'Cylindra' beets and canned them.  I had about 3.5 pounds, without tops.  I got six pints.

I also canned seven pints of beans, mostly from the first planting of bush beans.  They're just about finished, and the 'Blue Lake' pole beans are starting.  I'm not sure what I was thinking when I decided to do two plantings of bush beans.  It would have made more sense to plant them all at once and can them all at once, as well.

Fall Crops

Yesterday I went to 13th Street Nursery and snagged the last broccoli and the next-to-last cauliflower.  I got a six pack of each.  Also some seeds to start more.  I got 'Broccoli Blend' and 'Rudolph,' a green sprouting broccoli. I started three and two six packs of each, respectively.

I also started two six packs of 'Red Sails' lettuce, and one each of 'Valmaine' romaine, tatsoi, arugula, 'Bright Lights' chard, mizuna, and a pot of 'White Lisbon' scallions.

The 'Red Ace' beets and 'Yaya' and Danvers 126' carrots are up.

First Stupice Tomatoes

They aren't spectacular, but today we picked the first regular tomatoes, two Stupices.  They're barely bigger than the Sun Golds.

The strawberries continue to produce lots of gorgeous berries.

Aubergines and Onions

Today I picked the first aubergine, a Dusky.  Also, since I needed an onion for dinner, I pulled one that was looking like it was dying.

This morning we picked 5 1/4 pounds of Blue Lake bush beans to can.

Nasturtiums

Now that the open garden is behind us, I've pulled the nasturtiums out from under the bean teepee.   I've planted some romaine lettuce underneath it.

I moved the summer squash starts to the empty half of the sweet potato bed.