Rest of the harvests were as usual - beans, cukes, zucchini, some raspberries and the last couple blackberries. Thanks to Daphne for hosting Harvest Mondays!
The only melon to crack...
First of the kohlrabis, more carrots, cilantro, orange bell, cukes, zucchini
Long beans, another melon, zucchini
OK, I had to show this :)
Long beans, bush beans, tomatoes, cukes
Eggplants, banana peppers
Long beans, tomatoes, bush beans, chillies
Long beans, white eggplant, orange bells, bush beans, cukes, red chilli peppers
Red raspberries
Zucchini
Yum! Now I want to grow melons next year :) what a great looking harvest.
ReplyDeleteYou should try growing them vertically!
DeleteAll but one of my melons harvested themselves. I'd check them one day, and the stem would be firmly attached, then the next day they would be off the vine without any help from me. Luckily none split, but three small ones were too ripe and mushy and had to be composted. Oh, they are so very good and sweet! I'll grow them again next year, but stagger my planting so they don't all ripen at once!
ReplyDeleteI find harvesting melons quite easy. When ripe, they fall off the stems :) Watermelons on the other hand, are hard to judge. Something about tendrils drying out...will have to look it up online. I have 5 or so personal size watermelons on the vine.
Deletewonderful harvest, love those melons. Has been a poor year for them here, but there are some few still left on the vines, so waiting to see if they make it before frost.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Hope you are able to harvest yours before frost. I still have some more melons and watermelons to pick before frost!
DeleteLove those melons! We had our first this year and it's so much better than tasteless from the supermarket. Beautiful eggplants and peppers too.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jenny! Yes, they're always tasty from your own garden :)
DeleteCongrats on the melon harvest, and everything else looks good too! We had a week of rain and lower temps that slowed things down a bit so we'll be happy when the sun comes back.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Hopefully you'll be able to harvest some soon.
DeleteI had a rough season with my cantaloupes....I'd watch and watch and watch and next thing you know, they're on the ground, cracked and covered with ants. Yours look lovely!!
ReplyDeleteI've had mine growing vertically and bag the fruit - it keeps them off ground and also keeps some weight off the trellis.
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