August 21

So long has passed since I last wrote, and it has been a busy time, still is in fact, so I will have to make this short. 

 

Fall planting has truly begun, the brussel sprouts and first generation of cauliflower and romanesco have been in for a while now, and the second generation went in about 10 days ago.  The greenhouse is full of other fall transplants including radicchio, lettuce, watermelon radish, pac choi and sprouting broccoli, all going in next week.  The last seedings for carrots, beets and haricovert beans were last week. 

 

Blue making himself comfortable under the basil bush

 

The first planting of soy beans

There is also a lot of harvesting going on.  Currently we are picking tomatoes (which includes a lot of varieties), peppers, eggplant, haricot vert beans, soy beans, lima beans, greasy beans, carrots, beets, watermelon, and cucumbers.  This week we are prepping all the beds for next weeks plantings, removing some old plantings, and of course the weeding and bug battles continue.

 

Sweet habeneros

 

August is always the hardest month for me, summer harvest and fall planting combined makes for a crazy time.  Fall is right around the corner.  This week we've been having unseasonably cool weather and I hope that doesn’t mean we are in for an early frost.

 

Have a good week. 

The honey bees refreshing themselves with a cool drink of water.