First Big Harvests

This picture really explains July: Full harvest bowls and lots of sitting in the shade. It was 105 yesterday, and that made it pretty tough to farm. Fortunately, we're all tougher.

The tomatoes are really coming on, as are the zucchinis and peppers. Here is one day's haul, mostly Borgs and Sungolds with some Indigos. The peppers are Beaverdam, Jalapeno, Serrano, and Cayennas.

I picked this lovely bowlful yesterday. Notice all the different kinds of tomatoes: Pink Berkeley Tie Dye, Cosmonaut Volkovs, Indigo Rose, Indigo Apple, Indigo Blueberry, Sungold. Those are Nardello peppers.

The Pink Berkeley Tie Dye are as beautiful as advertized. Metallic green-gold striping!

Sometimes when you get a really tasty, beautiful heirloom, the plants are stingy with their fruit. But that certainly isn't the case here. This big, vigorous plant is just loaded with beautiful tie dyes.

The back ones are Indigo Apple and the front ones are Indigo Rose. They both have great flavor.

The Indigo Blueberries are so fantastic also. Really beautiful and tasty.

I may have gotten a bit carried away... I have 11 tomatoes on this back area, and 6 are Blueberries.

They get pretty red when ripe, but keep a little of that purple hue, especially where they got full sun.

And once again, the plants aren't stingy. This baby is loaded!

The beans are all setting up as well. These are the Flambo from the backyard. The Blue Speckled Tepary beans are just starting to pod up.

Also in the backyard, I have a hedge of basil!

And the gourds are trying to cover up that unsightly woodpile.

I started 2 flats of broccoli on 7-8.

Rick and I had some fun playing with the Summerfest can.

Ah, nothing like a cold beer when you're farming.

Outstanding!

On the social side, we went to Delina's Fourth of July party, wished her dad a happy 80th, and took a peek at her lovely raised bed garden.

Then went to Tom and Nancy's for Cornhole and barbecue.

I finally got the wine vinegar made up. I put the bottles in paper bags to keep the light out.

Mid July saw the super moon.