Harvest so Far
Fall is definitely set in,the aspens are changing color and the mushrooms have been and gone (and we're completely mushroomed out!), but strangely enough the garden is still holding in there. Salads, chard, spinach and beets among other things have been feeding us steadily over the summer, so we can only guess at their output. Here's roughly our harvest so far, much of which has been either frozen or persevered.
- 43 pounds of potatoes (a mouse nibbled at a few of them, grrrr!)
- 4 pounds of chard (more still to come)
- 1 1/2 pounds beet leafs (again loads more to harvest)
- 4 jars of pickled beet
- 2 pounds of garlic
- More salad than we could eat (benefits of cold climates!)
- 15 stalks of rhubarb
Other produce produced in small quantities include: Snap peas, spinach, radish, cherries, turnip greens, chillies. Harvests still to come: Brussels, cabbage, kale, tomatoes, beets and chard. Herbs: Basil, Dill, Oregano, Marjoram and Thyme.
So we're just over half way there for the year but plenty more to come! Other garden updates include: 1 new 8×4 foot garden bed dug for next year and this years garlic bed has been covered with black piping and plastic, we'll see if we can get an extra month out of it with some spinach plantings.
