Harvest Monday – 8/6/2012

by David Offutt

in Blog, Garden

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Here we go again! The tomatoes are coming in pretty quickly now, and in general I’m able to keep up. So far. I am surprised by the eggplant – the four above came off the same plant!





Total for week: 26.1 lbs
Total for year: 99.44 lbs

*** Daphne’s Dandelions is the host for Harvest Monday, where everyone can share links to their harvest for the week. Please visit her blog and leave a link, so we can enjoy your harvest photos!
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{ 22 comments }

Mark Willis August 6, 2012 at 2:20 am

It’s nice when you can actually keep pace with the harvest rather than having to preserve it – but it’s difficult to achieve that with any degree of consistency! I do hope my eggplants are as successful as yours. Everyone I know has told me that they don’t normally do well in the UK, but I want to prove them wrong! :-)

David Offutt August 6, 2012 at 4:55 am

Preserving it is one of my intentions. But so far I’m doing Ok. The sambal this year has a healthy dose of habeneros for real fruity heat! If anyone will have success wth the eggplants, I’m sure you will!

Jenny August 6, 2012 at 9:41 am

Very nice and colorful harvest!

David Offutt August 6, 2012 at 9:58 am

Thanks Jenny! I’ve got a long way to go to catch up to you!

Annie's Granny August 6, 2012 at 10:44 am

You’re getting such a nice variety! I have yet to harvest a ripe pepper, although my Happy Yummy Hot are finally showing a bit of color.

David Offutt August 6, 2012 at 12:25 pm

Feels like it is mostly tomatoes at this point! The hot peppers are starting to come in, and the habenero’s are going pretty well The tabasco ones will be intersting… Still waiting on the bells but they seem to come late to the party.

Mrs.Pickles August 6, 2012 at 1:30 pm

great harvests!

David August 6, 2012 at 7:36 pm

Thanks, it’s that time of year!

Michelle August 6, 2012 at 3:34 pm

I love that first photo, it’s so colorful! And a bounty of tomatoes is always a happy sight. Wonderful harvests.

David August 6, 2012 at 7:37 pm

It makes me happy too!

zentMRS August 6, 2012 at 5:15 pm

Piles and piles of tomatoes! Fantastic!

David August 6, 2012 at 7:37 pm

And yet more piles!

Adventures in Agriburbia August 6, 2012 at 9:07 pm

Great harvest. Those tomatoes seem the perfect amount. Enough to eat and put up, but not an overwhelming amount.

David Offutt August 7, 2012 at 6:05 am

I’m putting up most of them at this point. As long as the roma’s keep coming, I’ll keep canning!

ChgoJohn August 6, 2012 at 10:27 pm

Really impressive harvest this week, Dave. Such a nice assortment, too. Your totals are really incredible!

David Offutt August 7, 2012 at 6:06 am

I’m liking the variety, but I think I will not top last years amounts. The prolific cucumbers last year are hard to match.

rowena August 7, 2012 at 1:12 am

Awesome, awesome harvest. You all (from Harvest Monday) are such an inspiration!

David Offutt August 7, 2012 at 6:07 am

Thank you, the weather has been cooperating!

kitsapFG August 7, 2012 at 7:44 am

Love to see all those beautiful ripe tomatoes. Something about a counter groaning from the weight of abundant ripe tomatoes which just shouts – “SUMMER”!

David Offutt August 8, 2012 at 6:16 am

I agree, and when they are determinate Romas, well…. they sure are coming on strong… though I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Barbara Bamber | justasmidgen August 16, 2012 at 8:11 am

I’m thinking of canning tomatoes.. I’d love a few of those romas!!

David Offutt August 16, 2012 at 9:28 pm

The romas are just about done…. will be ripping them out in the next week or two.

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