Beach Time

Kevin and I are heading to the Outer Banks with my family for a much-needed, relaxing vacation. We cleaned up the garden before we left, and hopefully everything will be alive when we return! The oppressive heat has been tough this summer. The large tomatoes have been taking so much longer than I remember. Perhaps we'll get some ripe ones when we return. In the meantime, we've got a nice handful of cherry tomatoes, our first Nardello peppers, and of course squash and beans.

Stuffed Zucchini and Squash

We've been doing a lot of garden work on weekends in between music camps and gigs. Here's the successful, colorful harvest from yesterday. First successful cucumbers in a while!

Although Kevin does most of our cooking, I especially like to cook when we have fresh produce from our garden. I bought two round squash from the grocery store, then added our homegrown Ronde de Nice (the light green one). I stuffed the squash and baked them in a covered baking dish. Delicious!

Summer Begins

It's officially summertime! Although last week was busy traveling around for Phish tour, I'm very grateful for a few extra days to get some weeding done before the craziness of music camps.

The Cherokee Purple tomatoes are looking gorgeous but still green. I've heard that the intense heat can keep them from ripening, so it may be a while before we see purple/red ones.

Summer savory is doing well -- now to find some good recipes for it! I've heard it's good with beans, and we have a plethora of those so that should be perfect.

 

Eggplant is doing well, but no flowers yet.

Lots of cucumber flowers -- a big improvement from last year. Hopefully we will get some cukes soon!

Red burgundy okra is as big and beautiful as always. We've harvested one or two small okra. More will come later in the month.

The Ronde de Nice zucchini are so cute. Our squash has been struggling with blossom end rot, so I added some more calcium to the soil, but I probably need more. So far this is the only successful zucchini, although we've had more summer squash.

Dragon tongue beans are out in full force.