Today was a the beginning of what I hope will be a good harvest from the garden. I picked harvested the rest of the garlic and have it hung for drying. The "Garden Sunshine" plants have been heavy with multiple peppers so I finally got around to picking them. I also ate one in a quesadilla for lunch and it was delicious. The fingerling potato plants have really started to lay over and brown up. At first, I thought I'd over-watered them but a friend told me that's just what they do when they're ending their growth cycle so I dug a good supply for roasting, along with some carrots, which have been ready for a few weeks. The green beans continue to produce in large amounts so I picked the trellis clean. My biggest excitement, however, was that I will soon have the first tomato of the year, as one of the Cherokee Purple variety has started to ripen. Despite getting the tomatoes in earlier this year, they've taken longer to ripen. I'm not sure if that's due to the drought or to the different variety. Last year the Stupice tomatoes were ready on July 4.
I also did some re-stringing of the tomatoes, which are getting very heavy now. I was convinced by a local farmer to try this method of stringing instead of staking but the result has been a big messy look and a constant struggle to keep them from falling over. Next year, I'm going back to the stakes.
Lastly, the melons and giant pumpkin have really started producing in the last week or so. I'll have four melons ready to pick this week and the main pumpkin on the vine has quadrupled in size in the last three days.
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