Harvest Post, One of last few left.

Today I headed out to harvest what needed to be picked. It was a nice breezy fall day, cloudy but no rain. This will probably be the second last harvest post I will have for the season. Asides from the brussel sprouts, the peppers and some radishes there really isn't much left.

Before I get to what I harvested I like to share a photo of my disappearing lettuce seedlings. I was rather shocked to notice I have one lettuce seeding left with no sign that they where even growing there before. Under closure inspection I noticed some dried slim trails which brought me to the conclusion that snugs have devourer my whole lettuce row. I guess I will be planting some more, I just hope that there is enough time for them to produce.

On to the harvest, first thing I harvested was the fingerling potatoes. They really did not produce much, about a third of them did not sprout leaving 7 plants and they are not a very heavy yielding potato. I don't think I will grow these next year as I really don't have the space to waste on wimpy plants. They do however produce some of the most interesting potatoes I have ever seen.

This is one spud!

I then picked all the lima beans on the two vines I planted. I have never eaten lima beans before so I will have to give them a try over the next couple days. I was expecting them to produce long beans but it just formed short pods with 2-3 beans in each one. They do yield a fare amount off of just two vines.


The last thing I harvested today was my pumpkins that were supposed to be zucchini's. I read that the way of knowing when to harvest a pumpkin is when you press your nail into it that it does not cause an indentation. You can also leave them on the vine until a light frost but they must not be exposed to a hard frost. I ended up with two small pie pumpkins and one large pie pumpkin. They are destine to be pumpkin pie but I will store them for a little while first. They weighted 1lbs 4oz, 1lbs 15oz & 3lbs 13oz.

Well I as out I also ran into two toads. They were both living in the potatoes and didn't like me disturbing there home. The large on took off until it was cornered between the house and raised bed and the little one stayed in the area well I was digging but off to the side.