It’s time for Harvest Monday, where gardeners from all over celebrate all things harvest related. The weather here has been hot and dry, and with excessive heat warnings for every day all last week. I’m doing the minimum amount of gardening work outside, and watering late in the afternoons when the sun is less intense. So far the garden is holding on in the heat, and rain is expected in the coming days. I got quite a few cucumbers from the greenhouse last week, plus enough summer squash to keep us supplied for fresh eating. I also made a baked dish using spiralized yellow squash and zucchini and topped with a mix of ricotta and parmesan cheeses with chopped fresh basil added.
morning harvest
squash nests with cheese
The raspberries are winding down even as the blackberries are beginning to ripen. I got enough for us to eat fresh last week, and we will begin freezing extra blackberries as they come in.
raspberries and a few blackberries
The blueberries are trickling in and we are enjoying them for fresh eating.
blueberries
Last week I got a couple of the small Gimlet cucumbers I have growing in the greenhouse. These have a tender skin and mild tasting flesh, and are much like a smaller version of the Mojito cukes I have been harvesting. Both are new varieties here this year, and so far both are doing quite well for me.
Gimlet cucumbers
The container eggplants continue to give us harvests. We roasted some of them last week to make open-faced eggplant sandwiches.
Fairy Tale, Icicle and Gretel eggplant
grilled eggplant sandwich
I got one giant Kossak kohlrabi weighing over two pounds last week. There are a few more trying to size up, but it looks like there won’t be a lot. I usually use these big ones for fermenting.
Kossak kohlrabi
I pulled the last of the Konstance kohlrabi from their beds. This one is a 2025 AAS Winner and did quite well here this year. Some of this batch may wind up getting fermented too.
Konstance kohlrabi
In the smallest harvest department, I got a ripe Pot-a-Peno hot pepper I have growing in a container. This should add a bit of kick to a jar of fermented kohlrabi.
Pot-a-Peno pepper
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!
We picked our first courgettes last week,
Nice idea to bake the spiralized squash. How nice that one set of berries leads into the next. Enjoy!