Many of the flowers planted in the garden are to provide food for pollinators. These gaillardia flowers, commonly known as “blanket flowers,” are covered with bees this time of year.
I think I detect a slight slowing in zucchini and cucumber production. We’re harvesting the squashes daily to keep them from becoming boats. This means fewer pounds of squash, which I suspect is perfectly fine. So keep pickling cucumbers; the end is not here yet.
In case you haven’t noticed, tomatoes are in peak production. However, these many tomatoes are a temporary situation, so enjoy them while you can.
All of the peppers are in peak production. We harvested the first of the later maturing, stocky roasters this week; this includes the lunchbox peppers. The hot pepper varieties are starting to turn red. We’ll harvest the red ones this coming week.
We have more eggplant available when you need it.
Micro-greens are germinating and growing better since we returned to using the heat table. They were rebelling because of the cool nighttime temps.
Beets, anyone? Yes, we can start harvesting if you need them. Carrots are slower than beets; they need more time before they are ready.
Winter squash is making its presence known with its vivid coloration. We’ll harvest in October and have a good crop in all the planted varieties.
We are still holding off on the sweet potatoes and fingerling potatoes. They need more time to increase in size before we dig for buried treasure.
Come out to the garden to see what else we have growing.
