It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. We harvested a lot of fruit and veggies last week, and I will mostly let the photos tell the story. Saturday morning’s harvest was larger than usual, with blueberries, blackberries, eggplant, broccoli, squash and a few cherry tomatoes. It was the first harvest of the year for the Centercut and Korean avocado squashes, as well as the Sunpeach tomatoes.
Saturday morning harvest
Two Tempest yellow squash plants are keeping us supplied. This is my favorite yellow squash, with a drier and sweeter flesh than most other varieties.
Tempest squash
The greenhouse cucumbers are suffering under our recent heat wave, but we are getting plenty to eat. Nokya and Corinto are two longtime favorites of mine.
slicing cucumbers
I cut one Stonehead cabbage last week. I plant to make more kraut out of this one, which is my favorite way to preserve cabbage.
Stonehead cabbage
I pulled more Kossak kohlrabi too, and these weighed in the 24-32 ounce range. I plan to use these for fermenting as well.
Kossak kohlrabi along with berries and zucchini
I got the first Korean avocado squash of the season last week. These are a moschata type that are usually used at the green stage, and have a rich flavor I really enjoy. I have Teot Bat Put and Early Bulam varieties planted these year, trained up remesh trellises.
Korean avocado squash
I don’t get photos of all the harvests, and certainly not all the summer squashes when they are rolling in like they are now. I used a couple of the zucchini to make Zucchini Rollatini last week, along with some of last year’s tomato sauce from the freezer. I sauteed some of our broccoli to go with it, and it made for a tasty meal.
Zucchini Rollatini
broccoli with rolatini
We have lots of flowers blooming now, and I want to show off one thing that I am especially fond of. The Wave petunias I started from seed are putting on quite a show now. We have them in planters in several locations, and this one is next to our driveway.
Wave Petunias
Harvest Monday is a day to show off your harvests, how you are saving your harvest, or how you are using your harvest. If you have a harvest you want to share, add your name and blog link to Mr Linky below. And please take a minute and check out what everyone is harvesting!
Following your inspiration I’m growing more varieties of summer squash this year Dave, I have 6 on the go : All the best – Steve
Very impressive harvests! Amazing that you have tomatoes already. I’m not familiar with Sunpeach, but it seems even earlier than the “4th of July” variety. I’ll have to look it up, along with the recipe for rolatini
Sorry Will – I meant to put a link in for the recipe: https://www.skinnytaste.com/zucchini-rollatini/
Sunpeach is a sibling of SunGold, and was recommended to me by a local market grower. He said it was very productive, and he was right!
Your crops are always several weeks ahead of what I have here… nice to see what might come along. Your squashes look amazing,: perhaps I should take a leaf out of Steve’s book and try some different varieties!!
Our blueberries are just starting to ripen, I sowed some radishes in modules and we have just harvested our first, Thanks for the tip
Whoa! You are busy with all the harvests and seemingly so early in the season. My cakes are just starting to climb the trellis. We’re finally getting some sunny days so the peppers, cakes and tomatoes can think about growing. The Zucchini Rollatini looks delicious and after reviewing the recipe a pretty quick fix. Gorgeous cabbage too.