So, the season seems to be wrapping up. I say this somewhat
skeptically since we had 90 degree weather just a week ago. For the last 6 days it's been cold, blustery and wet, the perfect trifecta to herald the beginning of fall.
There are still a lot of vegetables and a lot to do but the end is officially
in sight. The last few weeks have been
spent planting lettuce, spinach, radishes and turnips to harvest until
Christmas. The weeds have slowed way
down, but they are still growing, and still need to be plucked. The cucumber
house is growing like crazy, and the vines are well over 10 feet, requiring
pruning and tying up at least twice per week. Other than that I have spent most
of my time harvesting, vegetables are coming heavily which is always a great
way to end the season.
I have begun to assemble the harvest lists for the season
and reflecting, it has been surprisingly good.
With the somewhat cool and wet weather we had this summer I expected the
numbers to be a little grim, I’m glad to have been proven wrong. Here are a few
highlights of harvest so far; 683 bunches of beets, 550 pounds of tomatoes, 200
quarts of shishito peppers, 1500 european cucumbers, 2650 pickling cucumbers,
300 pounds of French beans, 400 bunches of carrots, 856 heads of pac choi, over
600 heads of lettuce, and last but not least we have produced more than 250
pounds of micro greens this year to date.
I think these are some pretty impressive numbers. Last year we produced
around 6000 pounds of vegetables, I’m interested to see what the total will be
this year.
Harvest is still running strong and some of the true fall
vegetables are already starting to roll in. On the list for this week we have
sweet potatoes, celeriac, carrots, beets, French beans, radishes, turnips,
cauliflower, romanesco, kale, swiss chard, lettuce, spinach, pac choi, all the
herbs, eggplant, peppers, tomatoes and of course micro greens.
