One of the things I’ve most enjoyed about this part of the country are the cool Summers. Â The past week has been clear to partly cloudy in the mid 70s. Â While I’ll never grow eggplants or other heat loving crops well, I’ll gladly trade the heat and humidity for the lush green cool months.
Beans
A 4′ row of Contender bush beans went in where the beets came out (see below).
Beets
Lots of activity in the garden in the past 3 weeks. Â I’ve grown to love the Cylindrical beets. Â They take up much less real estate than their globe shaped counterparts. Â They cook evenly and make lovely evenly shaped slices. Â I typically rub them with a little olive oil and roast them whole either in the oven or in the ceramic cooker. Â Two 4′ rows that went in early was harvested to make way for a row of beans.
Dill
The dill I started from seed all died before going to flower. Â Perhaps the area was kept too wet. Â Need to look into this before next year.
Lettuce & Radishes
The lettuce and radishes planted in the shade of the peas worked out well. Â Both were about done and have been cleaned out to make way for some Zinnias.
Harvested:
- Beets – Cylindrical
- Chard (ongoing)
- Kale – Red Russian
- Lettuce
- Potato (new) – Russian Banana
- Radish
- Snow Peas (ongoing)
- Flowers – Dahlias, Nigella & Zinnias.
Planted:
- Beans – Contender
- Zucchini fr transplant (6/11)