Much Harvesting of Zucchini and Tomatoes on the Way

I would say that most of the harvesting of my vegetables and fruits from the garden will be coming sometime this month.  I would say in the next few weeks I should be start harvesting my tomatoes.  My zucchini are ready to be picked and there are a minimum of three that need to be picked soon.

This is just one of the zucchinis that I plan on picking this weekend.  I think it is a perfect size for harvesting and I always wait until they have reached their peak size.








Tomatoes are also on my list for harvesting, but they will not be ready for another couple of weeks once they reach their peak size they still need to ripen.  It is still good to see most of my plants producing tomatoes including my steakhouse, cherry, and even Roma.

Here is just a small cluster of Roma tomatoes that have been hiding on some of my plants.  I hope to get plenty of them in order to make as much sauce as possible to enjoy over the Fall and Winter.








Some more blueberries were ready for picking and I picked my second harvest of these delicious berries.  I think I will have at least a few more harvests and hope to pick as many as possible.

This is just a sample of some of the berries that I picked recently.  I have many more that need to be harvested real soon and I hope to do that in the next couple of days or so.

Some Fruits and Vegetables are Starting to Appear

There are already and few fruits and vegetables that are starting to grow on some of my plants.  It is still the beginning of the season and there are many more days ahead, but seeing plants getting ready to produce harvests is a good sign.  Usually early is better in this situation.

There are still plenty of plants that are not quite that fast, but in time they too will eventually begin producing some fruit and vegetables.  There was only one harvest this week that came from my blueberry bushes.  They normally don't ripen this early, but with the clear skies and bright sun around they have ripened much quicker.

I didn't get that much, but with the first harvest I think I did quite well.

This only a sample of the amount of blueberries I plan on picking this year.  There are still some out there and I am hopeful that I will have many more harvests to come this year.










I am starting to see some tomatoes from some of my plants mainly cherry tomatoes for the moment.  I did not see any other tomatoes in the garden beginning to grow, but it will take my steakhouse and Roma tomatoes a little bit more time to grow.

Summer is Just Around the Corner and Time to Focus on Different Plants

Now that summer is just about here in two days the weather is not as warm or sunny as it should be.  Normally the month of June is quite warm and dry, but this year it has been quite cooler and more damp than usual.  The good news about this is that my Spring plants are continuing to grow and produce.

At the moment it looks like my peas and radishes are done for the season.  My lettuce on the other hand is still growing and with a little bit of luck I could probably pick them one more time.  I did pick some this morning along with the rest of the peas and I got a good harvest from both of them.

I will be focusing more on my summer plants with the possibility of warmer weather arriving.  This includes all my squash plants, tomatoes, corn, melons, cucumbers, pole beans, and carrots.  I have weeded everything so far and finished with the carrots today.  With this rain I will probably have to weed them again before July fourth.

This was the last harvest of peas and I was able to pick close to 250 pea pods.  This is the most I have picked from one harvest this season and I hope to enjoy every single one of them.  I got a large bowl of lettuce today as well and look forward to possibly getting some more in the next week or so.

One of The Largest Harvests of Lettuce for 2017

It was that time of the season when all my lettuce plants were ready for harvesting including my Ruby glow hybrid leaves.  This is when I usually pick quite a bit of them and over 190 leaves were picked this week from these plants.  I should have picked a few more in order to get an even 200, but I am certain to have plenty of more harvests before all the hot weather returns.

For now my lettuce plants are producing leaves, but with some high temperatures coming during the weekend I will have to watch to see if any of the plants try to start going to seed.  They usually bolt when the weather is consistently warm and I don't know exactly how long this warm weather will last.
 

This was the first harvest for my Ruby glow lettuce and I picked about 50 leaves for now.  There are still plenty of leaves on the plants for another harvest or two.  If the weather isn't too hot I might have even more leaves to pick from all my plants.

Getting Good Sized Radishes from Garden

In a previous post I said I was going to start picking these vegetables real soon and decided on picking them today just after some morning rain.  I didn't want to let these plants get to seed otherwise they might come out tough and not very tasteful.  I probably could have picked them sooner, but they still look quite good and can't wait to start eating them in a salad along with my harvested lettuce.

They came out good and was very exciting to pick them from the ground today and see how big they have become.  I didn't pick all of them and still have a few that are not quite ready but very soon they will come out of the ground.  A total of 24 weighing two pounds were harvested this afternoon.