07/09/2026
I have been slacking at posting! We're seeing the first zuchinni, summer squash, eggplant, and will have some pickling cucumbers this week. Tomatoes are bulking up, and we are hopeful to see the first cherry tomatoes this week or next.
We harvested all our garlic this weekend its now drying under cover until August. We will save the largest bulbs to replant and eat the rest over the winter.
Lettuce has just about gone by, and we will pull the bolting heads and allow the onions in the same bed to plump before following with some cabbage and broccoli.
We've replaced the garlic with bush beans, beets, turnip and celeriac, which should all come out before its time to replant the garlic in late October.
Raspberries seem a bit less prolific this year, but we are still getting at least a quart a day, so we will freeze those for future jam.
Some of the Parsnips and carrots ive let seed (on purpose) were covered in aphids. I was thinking about knocking them off, but then decided I would see what nature does, and surprise! We now have a ladybug nursery. They've pretty much cleaned house, and we have had fun watching them grow.
We're gearing up for canning season, and hopeful that we are met with abundance. The heat barely affected the garden other than some minor mid-afternoon dropping. However, the cucumber beetles have arrived and we are battling the good fight. I think ill start some backup cucumber plants just in case!
