Harvest Monday

I went out with shovel in hand this afternoon to dig up our potato patch... It began to rain. The dirt's too wet to dig in now. The weatherman is predicting storms for several days. Maybe we can dig them up on Saturday. We want to get them out of the ground, so we can plant something like beans or maybe even peas for the health of the soil and one more crop before it gets too cold. Besides that, most of the potato plants have completely died and some have completely disappeared. Our recent storms make me worry they might rot. What do I know? Any thoughts?

Our big news for Harvest Monday hosted by Daphe's Dandelions is garlic and leeks.

Silver White. We sowed 1/4 pound and harvested 5 1/2 lbs!

The garlic is finally dry, cut and stored. We planted 1 pound 8 ounces of garlic in October last year and harvest 19 pounds this summer! Filaree Garlic Farm says to expect a harvest of 4 -12 times what you sow. We harvested more than 12 times what was sown. We think we did alright, especially because we included the less productive creole and marbled purple varieties.

We planted a 1/2 pound of Aglio Roso (creole), for a harvest of 4 lb; 1/4 pound Khabar (marbled purple), for a harvest of just over 3 pounds; 1/4 Siberian (marbled purple), for a harvest of 2 1/2 pounds, 1/4 Silver White (silverskin), for a harvest of over 5 1/2 pounds; 1/4 lb St. Helens (silverskin) for a harvest of almost 4 pounds. We expected Silver White to be our best producer and it was. But we're not giving up on the creole and marbled purple varieties. We pickled some of them with our refrigerator pickles and they are delicious!

 Just today we harvested 8 pounds and 9 ounces of Bleu de Solaize leeks. They seemed very early to us, but after reviewing our notes, they really aren't that early. We planted them very early. The seed pack says they take 110 days to maturity. We planted them indoors mid-February and outside on March 19.  From the time we seeded them it's been at least 150 days! Anyway, they look great! some of them were at least an inch in diameter! We harvested 8 pounds 9 ounces. We're not sure how to store them. If you have experience with storing leeks please let us know what you do. Thanks!

We also harvested more tomatoes, okra, peppers and a Poona Kheera cucumber, yum!

Our first Roma tomatoes grown from seeds that Robin shared with us. Thanks Robin!