The Summer Harvest Continues

Happy New Year!

That can mean just one thing.... It's time to harvest!

The tomato plants are starting to yellow as the heat of the days ramps up in true summer style. I'm watering nightly to keep up but by 11am the plants are wilting but recovering with the nightly water and rest.

But the tomatoes are ripening nicely on the vine. I'd picked the first smaller ones a few days back and the taste was just yum. These were chopped up for Lily who munched them all down!

The tomatoes below were picked this morning - yes, that bigger one is nearly 10cm! A few tomatoes have holes where some bug or other has had a munch despite the tomato dusting to keep them at bay. Right or wrong, I'm leaving some of these in place hoping they'll be sacrificial fruits to the bugs who will leave the others alone......

Another zucchini picked this morning and while there I'd noticed some more coming up so did some more hand pollination. I've found this is the only way to get the fruits to remain viable!

Finally, I had a peak at the corn. These are smallish which I think is due to being planted too late in the season, forcing the flowering to start too soon. Will need to plant earlier next year! But in any case, it does look good and we'll need to plan a good roast or something so we can pick and eat them along with the 2 golden nugget pumpkins that are sitting there ready to go too!

mmmm.... Reaping the seeds you sow - Its a good time for the veggie gardener!