We had a bit of a heat wave here over the past few days. Let's put it this way...I hadn't turned on the A/C (window unit in the living room) even once this year until Monday night. I just could not fall asleep. So I migrated to the couch and turned on the air -- BLISS! But tonight the heat broke and I'm actually a little bit cold right now with no fans turned on and the TV heating up the room. The heat has been fantastic for the garden though. As long as we keep watering regularly (very little rain of late), we should continue getting nice harvests like this:
That's the first of the green beans and the first zucchini. Plus a large bunch of tarragon and some hot & spicy oregano. Since the harvest and the picture took place 2 days ago, they were eaten long ago and they were delicious!
What are you harvesting right now?
Sounds like we've traded weather as of late! Not harvesting much around here, but I (we?) started the garden kinda late because of the wacky weather. Those beans look tasty.
Posted by: Katie | July 14, 2011 at 01:43 AM
What a pretty plate-full! I have nothing growing to harvest (unless you count the garlic chives) but - joy and happiness - one of my bean seeds sprouted! !Yay!
Posted by: Mummer | July 14, 2011 at 07:11 PM
Heather, that's a calendar photo! How often do you water your vegetables? I never water them. Maybe that's why they're so blah. Let me know.
Posted by: Wendy | July 18, 2011 at 11:45 AM
Katie -- The beans were delish! Sometimes a late start works better because the plants respond to the warmer weather.
Mom -- It was a tasty plate-ful too.
Wendy -- I hope I get a better harvest photo than that this summer! Veggies in containers get water every other day usually, but every day if it's brutal. Those in raised beds could probably go longer, but we're being lazy and using the sprinkler to water these days so we just have it hit the whole gardne.
Posted by: Heather's Garden | July 18, 2011 at 11:49 AM