It is hard for me to fathom how quickly this summer is flying by. This is our latest progress picture of overall garden growth. We have gotten farm bags 4 into the hands of their rightful owners and 5's distribution is almost complete. We have had to fully harvest a couple of beds which has made room for fall planting, which we began Thursday.
We are primping everything for Racine's first Vegetable Garden Tour next Saturday, of which our house is a stop! The weather has remained very warm and we are a few short days from the summer onslaught. The tomatoes are beginning to blush their colors.
This vine (as they all are) is heavy with fruits. This variety, will remain green and you can just see the hint of striping these tomatoes will have. We are eagerly readying our jars, and searching out new recipes for loads of summer processing.
With that work just around the corner, we are also excited to see that our fall squash is beginning to gain size. I feel a little bit like mama bear getting ready to store our rations for hibernation, and there is something strangely comforting about being able to do just that. I feel fortunate that we can work at, grow, produce, prepare and store healthy food for our family that is always within arms reach.
For my own tracking and if you're interested, our last two farm bags included:
Farm Bag 4
Bag of red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce & bok choi
Bag of Cucumbers
Bag of first Green Beans
Yellow Zypher squash
Summer Fennel harvest ( excessive heat made these begin to bolt so, small bulbs)
Farm Bag 5
Large Bag of Swiss Chard
Last few Cucumbers (see this article if you're interested in why)
Yellow Zypher & Geode Squash
Carrots
Large bag Green Beans
Small jar of exfoliating hand scrub that I made
Have a great Saturday!!
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