Monday, September 10, 2012

Harvest Monday- September 10, 2012

Harvest Monday is hosted by Daphne's Dandelions. It's a great way to see what other bloggers are harvesting from their gardens.


The garden is still producing, now that it has cooled down I noticed lots of new little peppers and beans.  Here s what I harvested this weekend.

'Red Marconi', 'Quadratti D'asti Giallo' peppers and 'Diva' cucumbers.

'Coastal Pride Orange' tomatoes from seed courtesy of Granny.

'Lazy Wife Greasy', 'Potomoc' and 'Blue Coco' pole beans.

'Tennessee Spice' pepper.

'Primero' cabbage and a handful of shallots in the back corner.  I missed these when the rest were harvested.

The mother of the next generation of Praying Mantis in the yard.

  All weekend long I have been hearing the booms of cannons.  Yes, I did say cannons.  This weekend was the 150th anniversary of the Battle of South Mountain and the Battle of Antietam.  I did not watch the re-enactments, no point,  I could hear everything!


 
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12 comments:

  1. nutmeg gardenerSeptember 10, 2012 at 9:13 AM

    Very nice harvest! Those red cabbages look especially nice. I keep trying to grow them but they just don't head up well for me even though I have no trouble with the regular cabbage.

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    1. EdSeptember 10, 2012 at 11:08 AM

      Thanks Nutmeg! This is the first year that I had any luck with red cabbage. I started them three weeks before the green cabbage. The green cabbage was a failure due to bugs. The red cabbage was almost completley bug free!

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  2. Bee GirlSeptember 10, 2012 at 9:21 AM

    Your peppers and cabbage are quite beautiful! Great haul this week!!!

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  3. SusanSeptember 10, 2012 at 1:59 PM

    Wonderful peppers - that red marconi (?) is huge!

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    1. EdSeptember 10, 2012 at 7:53 PM

      Thanks Susan, the Red Marconi pepper is 9" long.

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  4. Mary HysongSeptember 10, 2012 at 2:13 PM

    Nice looking harvest! Love your pretty orange tomatoes and those zinnias. I no longer try to grow zinnias. They have about one flush of nice flowers and then look pathetic with the mildew.

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    1. EdSeptember 10, 2012 at 7:55 PM

      Thanks Nary. My zinnias don't start to mildew till September. My phlox, on the other hand, mildew by July.

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  5. Jenny RottingerSeptember 10, 2012 at 7:27 PM

    Very nice harvest! Love the colorful peppers and red cabbages. My beans also perked up and starterd to produce more as it cooled down.

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    1. EdSeptember 10, 2012 at 7:57 PM

      Thanks Jenny! Right now my pole beans are loaded with tiny beans. I just hope the cool nights forecast don't hinder them.

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  6. Daphne GouldSeptember 10, 2012 at 9:24 PM

    Those cabbage look lovely. I tried growing red cabbage one year and got nothing. Some year I might have to try again.

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    1. EdSeptember 10, 2012 at 10:04 PM

      Thanks Daphne, this was the first year that I had good results with the red. The real bonus was that the cabbage worms aren't attracted to red!

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