I love August harvests - so much colour and variety. Pictured above is a basket picked entirely from plants in the greenhouse. The jalapeno plants are growing very well with the extra hot atmosphere.
I've had more beans but the production has slowed enough that I decided to pull the plants and use the space for fall greens.
And I noticed a few beans had this going on ... I think that's rust? I've never had it before and luckily it only happened this late in the season.
And I've picked the one and only Marina di Chioggia squash that has grown so far. Thanks to an anonymous commenter pointing out my confusion on my Cucurbit update post, it turns out what I thought was a funny coloured Marina di Chioggia was actually a Sweet Dumpling squash which I had forgotten I'd planted.
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| Marina di Chioggia squash |
And then more of the same.
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| Japanese Black Trifele |
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| More crookneck and another spaghetti squash |
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| Tuscan Black Kale |
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| Parsnips, carrot, some small onions, Yukon Gold, Fingerlings |
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| Escarole |
I used the escarole to make a version of Dave's Escarole with Potatoes (his recipe called for mashing them a bit, but I left the potatoes whole). It's a delicious combination!
And that is my submission for Harvest Monday, hosted by Daphne's Dandelions. Pop on over for a view of other harvests around the world this week.
Yummy harvests & very envious of the winter squash - every day I go out and look at my butternuts, hoping to "will" them in to getting bigger and maturing before the cold weather hits! I had rust on my beans when I planted up my beds for the first time but can't really remember if the rust got on the beans themselves or only on the leaves. That's why blogging is so great - had I had one back then, all that would have been documented.
ReplyDeleteMy butternut is definitely lagging behind some of the other winter squash, although the acorn squash is pretty young too.
DeleteNice summertime harvest. You are lucky to have the green house to help the heat lovers. Seems like a bad bean year for everyone. I got rust on the beans later in the season. I'm not an expert on rust, but that looks pretty bad. Whatever it turns out to be, hopefully you put the bean vines in the trash and not your compost bin. And don't leave any leaf litter around in the garden.
ReplyDeleteOoh can it spread that way? I did toss them in the compost but they are still sitting on top so I'll go get them out.
DeleteYou're getting such a wonderful variety of vegetables. The parsnip with the two legs makes me smile. They do say its good to pick off ripe winter squash, so the vines will set more fruits.
ReplyDeleteI love little deformed veggies every once in a while (not too often!). That one reminded me of a bowlegged cowboy (it's actually a white carrot, not parsnip).
DeleteWow, I'm amazed that the greenhouse hasn't gotten too hot. Do you have fans? Very nice harvests, both inside and out!
ReplyDeleteSome days it gets over 45 degrees C. Sometimes I think it's just too hot for the plants to survive. There are automated roof vents that open at a certain temperature and the door has a screen I can open up. Some days I put out a cordless fan (although that's more about ventilation). It really does get hot, but I only have tomatoes and peppers in there now and they seem OK so far.
DeleteWere the bad beans touching the soil? I get problems like that with my bush beans when the beans come in contact with the soil and start to rot. Rust on beans isn't something that I've encountered so I can't comment on that.
ReplyDeleteYes they were on the soil and none of the leaves had evidence of this, so hopefully not anything that will spread.
DeleteSure wish I had a green house. Is it heated for winter use? Beautiful harvest, did not know there is white spaghetti squash.
ReplyDeleteI love my greenhouse, very happy with it. No, it's not heated and this is the first full year I'll have had it. I am guessing I can keep greens and such into December but this will be my first winter testing that.
DeleteWow the basket full of vegetable is a delight to the eyes. I love the look of the crookneck squashes they look almost like swans.
ReplyDeleteThey are very pretty, but not very practical. I find their seeds are quite large even when harvested on the smaller side.
DeleteWhat a nice harvest this week. I love the lavender tomatoes. Do they get darker, or are they fully ripe?
ReplyDeleteThey are called chocolate cherry tomatoes, but that seems to be the darkest I've seen them get.
DeleteNice colorful harvest basket, I lost my potatoes to Japanese beetles this year, bummer!
ReplyDeleteOoh, that's awful. I do love my potatoes!
DeleteNice harvests! I have such a difficult time getting my parsnips to size up. Yours are looking good.
ReplyDeleteI've been lucky, it's the first time I'm growing them and they are coming out pretty well!
DeleteI agree with Michelle, looks like bean damage caused by soil contact. Unfortunately I had rust last year and it was mostly on the leaves, not the bean pods. It was devastating.
ReplyDeleteI think you are harvesting the spaghetti squash too early. If you wait, the skin will turn yellow and the squash will store much better.
OK so maybe it's just rot and not rust. I definitely had nothing on the leaves. You are right Marysveggiegarden :) I have intentionally harvested the spaghetti squash early. Perhaps poor judgment on my part, but I really didn't want them to get any bigger. And I only have 4 in total so no storage required - they'll be eaten soon enough! One of them was left long enough to turn yellow, and another one is still on the vine.
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