I have so many photos flagged and half posts written and I can’t seem to ever settle in and finish anything.
At the end of July I said to one of my colleagues: You know that old saw about having kids? The days are long but the years go by fast? That’s how July has been.
The days felt long but it was over in a flash and now we’re done with August, too. I felt like I had plenty of summer and it was good but also it went by fast.
Here are some harvest updates.
Cucumbers are like zucchini. One minute you notice “oh look at these cute little vegetables coming in.” The next thing you know you are out watering and you move a leaf and there’s this giantic thing.
This is my best cucumber crop in years. I already made some refrigerator pickles and hope to make some more tomorrow.
This is also the first year I’ve had such a huge second crop of everbearing raspberries. Still coming in, too. Enough for a big scoop with our cereal every morning.
The tomato crop was only adequate. I think I goofed with the raised beds. I didn’t expect the dirt to settle quite to much so they aren’t full enough and the metal gets hot so it was like no matter what I did they were underwatered unless they were overwatered. I tried some different things to drip the water without success. Will put more dirt for next season.
Those big tomatoes were gifted from my neighbor. The day Natalie left them here I ate 3 tomato sandwiches.
