Can you spot our resident praying mantis? We found egg sacs when we were pruning in the winter, so it was nice to see that at least one made it to adulthood. They are a welcome help with insect patrol.
melons
tomato
peppers
The peppers are also very productive this year. We will be harvesting the hot peppers which have turned red starting next week.
potatoes
We had a couple of the potato plants starting to die back, so unable to restrain our curiosity, we harvested the two plants. Digging potatoes is like digging for treasure. We have stored them until you need them.
cucumbers
Cucumbers have slowed down, but they will have a few more fruit to come as it cools down. They don’t like hot weather.
radicchio, broccoli and cauliflower
We were able to plant the fall and winter radicchio, broccoli and cauliflower and, more importantly, keep them alive through the recent heat wave. If all goes well, we will have cauliflower this fall, throughout the rest of winter and into early spring.
delicata and butternut squash
Since my thoughts are on fall/winter crops, I wanted to mention that the delicata and butternut squash are starting to change from green to tan. It will be at least a month before they are harvested. So let us enjoy summer fruits and not jump the season into fall produce yet.
See you in the garden! -Anna
