Saturday, August 29, 2009

Hives, not the bee kind

I've been absent, at least in part because I got hit with my own, human version, of "late blight" -- hives, presumably from a spider bite.

Meanwhile, the garden, including new growth on the tomato plants, is thriving. We've eaten a few million (slight exaggeration) cherry tomatoes, and have been requested to make sure we grow the Matt's Wild Cherry again next year.

The onions have been harvested and dried. We probably have somewhere between 35 and 50 pounds of them to carry us at least through the fall. The yellow squash hasn't produced as much as I expected, perhaps because we're letting them get fairly large, which may discourage the plants from setting new little squashes. I harvested one huge zucchini, which produced 6 cups of shredded material, enough for three times the basic zucchini bread recipe. Peppers (both bell and banana) have been amazing, and the bells are even turning red, something that seldom happens in this relatively short-season area. The swiss chard is coming into its own, and should continue through to somewhere around Thanksgiving. The first planting of cucumbers is dwindling, and the second planting is starting to blossom. The basil, still shorter than usual, is at least growing vigorously in the recent heat.

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