Author Topic: What Did You Harvest Today? (Read 145636 times)

Lifeon2whls · « **on:** July 28, 2014, 02:32:33 PM »

So I thought it would be fun to start a thread to see what we are all harvesting.

To start off the thread, when I went to check on the chickens this morning we had a few tomatoes ready to go along with the eggs I pulled from the boxes:

The FOM · « **Reply #1 on:** August 05, 2014, 12:35:43 PM »

Today I harvested a baseball cap full of french beans, a handful of runner beans, six courgettes (three that had gone over and were like marrows), an armful of perpetual spinach, a cucumber, some chillies and three eggs. I also picked some of the first of the seasons blackberries. We have had a really hot summer for a change here in the UK and everything is about a month ahead.

Carl · « **Reply #2 on:** August 05, 2014, 03:55:54 PM »

Tomatoes,asparagus beans(Long Beans) , butternut squash,cucumbers ,a tomato fattened rabbit ...almost a unlucky squirrel who taunted me just out of my comfortable handgun range.

antsyaunt · « **Reply #3 on:** August 05, 2014, 05:58:28 PM »

Swiss chard, cucumbers, zucchini, and bell peppers. What a great summer it has been so far!

Alan Georges · « **Reply #4 on:** August 05, 2014, 07:34:41 PM »

I do like this thread! Should have some okra to post by this weekend.

Mods, is this thread pin-at-the-top-worthy? It is definitely an upbeat thing!

suzysurvivor · « **Reply #5 on:** August 05, 2014, 08:02:52 PM »

lots of squash, some tomatoes and somebody helped themselves to our broccoli at the community garden. Bon appetite!

Mr. Bill · « **Reply #6 on:** August 05, 2014, 08:05:08 PM »

I harvested one ⁵/₈"-diameter fruit of Echinocereus triglochidiatus (a.k.a. Wine Cups Cactus). Tastes like... strawberry-flavored cactus.

Quote from: Alan Georges on August 05, 2014, 07:34:41 PM

Mods, is this thread pin-at-the-top-worthy? It is definitely an upbeat thing!

Done!

Lifeon2whls · « **Reply #7 on:** August 05, 2014, 09:13:27 PM »

Awesome, glad this is taking off!

We pulled out a HUGE squash and a bucket full of tomatoes yesterday. Also got a couple handfuls of figs - I dont know about anyone else but there is nothing better than a fully ripe fig that's been warmed by the summer sun! Unfortunately the Japanese beetles agree with me so I have to fight with them over the figs

Alan Georges · « **Reply #8 on:** August 05, 2014, 09:28:21 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Bill on August 05, 2014, 08:05:08 PM

Done!

Thanks!

OK okra plants, don't let me down now. Gotta have a pic to post this weekend.

mountainmoma · « **Reply #9 on:** August 05, 2014, 09:33:26 PM »

greens, brocolli, 5 quarts milk, 4 eggs, 2 or 3 buckets of grapes, a basket or 2 of strawberries, a few raspberries

Alan Georges · « **Reply #10 on:** August 07, 2014, 07:36:11 PM »

This evening's harvest:

Not big, and maybe 1/4 of the okra had gotten tough, but the peppers'll go into the sauce jars in a day or so and the rest made a nice side-dish at supper.

Morning Sunshine · « **Reply #11 on:** August 07, 2014, 07:45:40 PM »

well, I don't have pictures, and it was harvested all last week, but I got 50 c of huckleberry puree for jam, so probably about 75 c of berries. that makes 16 pints and 15 half-pints of jam.

Smurf Hunter · « **Reply #12 on:** August 07, 2014, 09:35:43 PM »

http://imgur.com/XNnQC32.jpg

EDIT BY MR. BILL: I don't know why the linked images won't display here -- maybe because they're 4128x2232 pixels? Anyway, I've modified this post and the ones below to show the links to the images.

Carl · « **Reply #13 on:** August 08, 2014, 06:35:05 AM »

More butternut squash,the figs are fading as are the tomatoes in this heat...carried my AR7 with me to the garden and squirrely and his friend did not recognize I had a gun....in the cook pot with butternut,onions,lemon pepper,and a little bacon....yummy for me and Brandi...the dawg.

Smurf Hunter · « **Reply #14 on:** August 08, 2014, 08:37:58 AM »

http://imgur.com/lCxclIe.jpg

Smurf Hunter · « **Reply #15 on:** August 10, 2014, 09:33:40 AM »

http://imgur.com/KHi2q6j.jpg

Carl · « **Reply #16 on:** August 10, 2014, 11:11:59 AM »

Today I picked tomatoes,long beans,butternut squash...and armadillo...the other pork. Dawg just worked on her mastodon bone.(cow)

antsyaunt · « **Reply #17 on:** August 10, 2014, 06:13:22 PM »

Bell peppers, cucumbers, zucchini, peas, and cherry tomatoes.

SomeOlddMan · « **Reply #18 on:** August 10, 2014, 06:59:28 PM »

Tomatoes, Peppers (mostly Jalapeno), and strawberries

antsyaunt · « **Reply #19 on:** August 11, 2014, 07:53:02 PM »

Today I picked about a bushel of green beans!

gpforet · « **Reply #20 on:** August 12, 2014, 01:45:09 PM »

Crookneck and straight neck squash is just about done. 15 or so quart freezer bags put up over the last month. Zucchini are still producing as quickly as we can eat and give away. Cucumbers are slowing down but still producing. 16 pints of pickles and relish plus all the fresh cucumbers we can eat. Getting about 3-4 tomatoes/day. Doesn't look like we'll have enough to can this year. We ate the last of our 2 cantaloupe this weekend. The bush green beans are just started. Had our first meal with them sunday. Hope to get enough over the next month to put up a dozen or so quart jars. There's about 4 or 5 watermelons still ripening as well as butternut squash. Peppers, okra, and corn did not do well.

The garden is 5 raised beds 4'x8'x2' and occupies an area of about 30'x30'. One bed was done as a hugel mound and has been very happy. Compose comes from our horse barn. Neem Oil and diatomaceous earth for pest control. Fish emulsion and water from the aquaponics system for fertilizer.

Lifeon2whls · « **Reply #21 on:** August 12, 2014, 05:54:39 PM »

Had a pretty nice haul from our little garden the other day (My favorite are the figs - i LOVE those things!!!)

Knecht · « **Reply #22 on:** October 05, 2014, 04:35:12 PM »

Some apples from our property and mushrooms from the woods.

Cedar · « **Reply #23 on:** October 05, 2014, 04:44:12 PM »

Are those parasols on the right?

Cedar

Knecht · « **Reply #24 on:** October 05, 2014, 04:50:25 PM »

Yes. Very good for frying. Their legs are sort of tough to chew in a meal so we usually left them behind, but just recently heard from my aunt that she dries them and grinds to powder. Uses that powder for soups and stews, says it's very good. I'm just drying these to check it out.

a_recent_zombie · « **Reply #25 on:** October 09, 2014, 08:09:11 AM »

Wow! Lots of great stuff on here!
We pulled some kale, a few tomatoes and some strawberries out today.

We did a container garden on the deck this year since we were traveling back and forth a lot while we got things set up at our place. The garden rode back and forth in the back of my truck 100+ mile round trip every few weeks in the beginning... got pretty tired of carrying planters and pots by the end of it and some of the plants got whipped around by the wind on the highway but everything survived.

Once we were settled the chipmunks moved in and pretty much mowed most everything down on the deck and the deer took out the stuff they could reach, I had to build some pretty extreme "plant bunkers" to protect the rest and everything has done pretty good since then. We moved everything inside earlier this month since we are getting freezing temps at night up here (we are around 8,000 ft up here in the Rockies of CO) and so far things are still producing nicely.

Knecht · « **Reply #26 on:** October 12, 2014, 01:40:04 PM »

Some more apples and walnuts are home.

antsyaunt · « **Reply #27 on:** October 12, 2014, 04:30:00 PM »

Yesterday we extracted about 130 pounds of honey--our best yield yet!

fnfalguy · « **Reply #28 on:** October 12, 2014, 05:16:46 PM »

Last of the tomatoes here, and a couple straggler jalepenos, Cubanelles and two handfuls of cucamelons

SomeOlddMan · « **Reply #29 on:** October 13, 2014, 06:04:12 AM »

Yesterday, I picked a large bowl of assorted peppers (bell, jalapeno, banana, chili). I figure I have at least one more harvest in a couple of weeks.

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