Here's a picture of our Black Calypso Bean crop so far. These heirlooms appear to have a bush form to them, staying low to the ground but still producing a good quantity of pods.
(5-day old Juliet added for size perspective)
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
Morning Harvest
Today Maddy and I headed to Columbia Farms on Sauvie Island to stock up on berries. Strawberry season is winding down, but fortunately blueberries are ripe!
Maddy worked hard, and sure was exhausted on the drive home. Poor thing, she's in a fresh fruit coma.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Tomatoes
Looking down from the top of the tomato cage. In the background is the overgrown fire hydrant. And on the left...First tomato!
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Beans
This is where the peas used to be. I'd planted beans to succeed the pea crop and the beans came up pretty quickly. Quicker than I expected frankly, so I needed to get the pea vines out of the way. This wasn't a major tragedy since the pea productivity was trailing off and I was getting sick of eating peas. (Is it Ok to say that? In past years peas never produced for me so I should be grateful for the heavy yield this year. Pounds after pounds. Green. Yellow. Snow. Snap. Sugar Pod. They never stopped. When can I eat something different?)
So I'm happy to see these pole beans doing what they're supposed to. Out of sight to the west there are some bush beans that have flowered and are started to set pods. Having had too many beans in years past this year we planted mostly shelling beans so we can dry what we don't eat. I'm hoping that the bean production can exceed what the peas did!
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Strawberries
Little M tries out life as a field laborer. Out to the strawberry fields Maddy and get us some of those delicious Hood berries!
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Friday, July 1, 2011
Blue
Not so much blue yet, but plump. After taking this picture I put netting over the bushes to protect from the inevitable onslaught of birds.
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