It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. I’ll start this week with a weather report, since it is big news in the U.S. The remnants of Hurricane Helene dumped quite a bit of much needed rain on us here. It rained pretty much non-stop for 48 hours, and we got just under four inches total. Thankfully there’s been little to no damage around here and we are lucky because so many others were not so fortunate. It might help the summer veggies a bit, and it will definitely help the fall plantings. The weather station tends to under report rainfall, and I dumped 3.8 inches out of my official CoCoRaHS gauge over the period.
weather station console
As for the harvests, they are slowing down but there are a few new items in the mix. I cut the first batch of the fall planted turnip greens last week to use in a dish with scrambled eggs and other veggies. Topper is a fast growing turnip that makes greens in a short period of time (40 days for this batch). This variety doesn’t make edible roots, and in our garden makes tender leaves with a mild flavor. These had a little bug damage, but no signs of bugs themselves thankfully.
Topper turnip greens
Other harvests included a few small fruited tomatoes, and a cutting of parsley and chives to go in tabouli salad we had for lunch one day.
late September harvest
tabouli salad with curried chicken salad
I’m still getting quite a few hot peppers from the garden, and last week I harvested Aji Dedo di Moca, APS Aji Red Sweet and some gaujillo peppers for drying. It has been a good year for the hot varieties but not so good for the sweet ones.
Aji peppers
guajillo peppers for drying
The summer planted lettuce is giving us enough for salads now. Cherokee is a summer crisp type that I’ve grown before, and it did well this time around. It’s nice to have homegrown lettuce in any season, and especially now in hot weather.
Cherokee lettuce
And speaking of lettuce, I just started seeds for the fall plantings last week. They are coming up now and I will thin them to one plant per cell soon. Next up in my seeding plans are arugula, mizuna and bay leaf kale.
lettuce seedlings
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 check out what everyone is harvesting!
It’s raining here today but we haven’t had any heavy rain. Other parts of the UK has suffered flooding.
Very glad you escaped damage from that awful storm. I like turnip greens too, but haven’t grown them in some years. I’m assuming the yellow peppers in that photo are the Aji Dedo di Moca? If so, how do they compare to similar-looking ones like Aji Limon/Lemon Drop/Hot Lemon?
Those are the yellow ones Will. I believe they are similar to Lemon Drop. Mine are more slender than the online listing photo, and the heat level is reminiscent of the Lemon Drop types I have grown before. Most of mine have gone into hot sauce, though I dried a few to try ground up for powder. I’m guessing that will be super hot!
Wow super good on the chilies! And lettuce in summer, just a wild fantasy here. Even with shade cloth and extra water I can’t get any past the end of May without it being bitter and nasty. Your stuff always looks so yummy. I have not heard of bay leaf kale before. I usually grow Lancinato, Burpee’s Premier and scarlet. Occasionally Ragged Jack / Red Russian. I currently have a periennial kale that was given to me last year. It managed to survive the dog and the squirrels and being chewed off several times made it branch a lot. I’m waiting for the weather to cool down to make cuttings.
Cherokee lettuce looks like one I should try. I also have difficulty with summer lettuce and you have more significant extremes of summer weather. Always nice to see the lettuce seedlings. I need to get going with mine in the ground and as starts.