Bright Lights Chard on the left, grown from seed shared byDaphne. In the basket is a mix of Purple Podded pole beans
and Dragon Tongue beans.
Almost all the dry bush beans have came in. These arepredominantly Vermont Cranberry beans.
The Kentucky Blue pole beans are starting to produce again.A nice change from all the funny coloured ones. The other beans
are Purple Podded pole beans.
These onions are multiplier onions, also called potato onions.You plant a bulb in the spring and end up with 4-6 more later
in the summer. I have yet to taste them but they certainly
produced well. One the other end are a couple retarded cucumbers.
Nice to see you Dan. I just love those Kentucky Blues. Mine just started producing last week. The heat kept them from producing.
ReplyDeleteYour potato onions look good. Mine have not died off yet and seem to be producing more shoots. I planted them at the suggested depth. Well, I will just have to wait.
Fot the past month my cucumbers have been producing so many I can't give them all away!
ReplyDeleteNot bad for a slow week. I can't believe how much canning you have been doing - 4 BATCHES of cherry and 5 BATCHES of cukes - that is a lot, my friend!
ReplyDeleteRetarded cucumbers? :-)
ReplyDeleteYour beans look as good as ever. I especially love the bright red/pink of the Vermont Cranberry beans.
Ditto on the "retarded cucumbers" :-) I guess some of my tomatoes could be classified as retarded.
ReplyDeleteRobin - This was my first time trying the potato onions. They died back a few weeks ago and I have neglected to pick them. You could pick yours now, just dig them and let the leaves die back.
ReplyDeleteK9-Crazy - My cucumbers are really slow this year. I think because the broccoli shaded them to much early in the season.
Stevie - Lots of canning for sure. I have been doubling everything to share with my sister.
Thyme2garden - Yes, my cucumbers are retarded. They are coming out kind of V shaped. But I am willing to accept them :-)
Johanna - I have a few retarded tomatoes too, ha.
Nice harvest Dan. Do you plant those multiplier onions in the fall like garlic to get another harvest next year?
ReplyDeleteThis is the year to test patience, that is for sure! Your garden is producing nicely though despite the challenges this season has brought. The green and purple beans together are really appealing.
ReplyDeleteGood harvest. I'm only just starting to get pole beans, though some of my bush beans are starting to dry off.
ReplyDeleteThose purple podded bean are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to see the potato onions. I'm thinking about planting them this fall. My cucumbers do the same thing, I'm not sure why.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking multiplier onions would be fun to have in the garden some year. There are so many kinds though I'll have to look into it once my full garden is up and running.
ReplyDeleteI love colorful harvests like that, the purple and green beans together are striking. And I still can't get over the color of the Cranberry beans, a swap is definitely in order this fall. Do you know if the multiplier onions are day length sensitive?
ReplyDeleteI've got to try those onions! Your cucumbers are awesome! You just can't get them that shape regularly ;)
ReplyDeletethose beans are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of multiplier onions, but I'd be really interested to hear how they taste. Seems like such a great thing to grow.
Your beans look great... mine didn't do much of anything this year.
ReplyDeleteI think I need to try those onions... my onions we so small this year that is really wasn't worth it.
those veggies are looks fresh and it looks the same as the rural harvest .. keep it up . do you have some tips to share on how to start? i hope to hear from you thanks
ReplyDeleteI love all your harvesting baskets, they're fabulous!
ReplyDeleteI'm later to your party than a drooling triangular cucumber, but I have a question that's critical to the wellbeing of my Vermont cranberry beans: did you let them dry on the plant? And if so, how long can they stand it? I ask because I'm in the colder corners of the world-- Zone 4/5, and I doubt mine will have time time to dry. Having trouble finding what I want when asking Master Gardener Google-- can I pull the plants to dry inside? Or can the beans withstand cold nights? A frost? Maybe they'll make it, who knows. But yours are too pretty for me to be an asshole to mine!
ReplyDeleteThanks for all,
- C.
Cooterhollow - You want to pick the Vermont Cranberry beans as soon as the pod starts to feel leathery and before it goes completely crisp. You can let them completely dry on the plant but I have found if it rains alot they tend to start sprouting in the pod.
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