With a tropical storm moving northward from Florida, we have a lot of rain today and more to come throughout the weekend. That being said, its been a few days since I was at the plot and I needed to check on progress. Here's a view from the gate to our plot.
I found a number of tomatoes that had fallen from their vines due to wind gusts over the last day or so and harvested them. I'll have to let them sit for a bit because they're not quite what I'd ordinarily pick on my own.
In my meandering, I found that we have our first snow pea! There are also a few flowers on other plants. That bed is also filled with leaf lettuce that I need to harvest. It's a good thing that the lettuce in Wifey's raised planter box on the front porch is about done.
I was diasppointed to see that a few of the new cabbage plants have been victimized by leaf cutter insects. Unfortunately, the bug dust I applied the last time I was out (when the plants were still whole) has washed off in the rain. I'll have to reaapply once all this rain stops.
I was happy to see that betyween the addition of some soil (really, excess peat moss I need to dispose of from grass seeding at the house) and all the rain we've gotten has encouraged one of Wifey's shallots to finally come up. One down, a bunch to go!
The harvest is about the same as the last few have been. It's still nice to be able to provide some food for the family even when I'm in the midst of furlough.
The harvest totals:
- 1 lb 12.6 oz tomatoes
- 0.9 oz beans
- 0.5 oz cayenne peppers
- 0.5 oz radishes
- 1.3 oz carrots
- 1 snow pea (buried under beans in the picture)
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