First harvests for some crops this week. We took a few "Nelson" carrots to see how they were shaping up. Not overly large yet, but sweet, crunchy, and delightful.
And the first Sugar Snap peas were taken. They are about 10 days behind the snow peas, and as before, the resulting plants were not all true Sugar Snaps. So the crop will not be large this year, but they are tasty. I've used up the last of this seed lot, and am in the market for a replacement variety.
And the true snow peas are giving us a harvest like this every two days, which we are enjoying in our salads but might have to start freezing soon.
We took the very last of the tatsoi.
And the turnips are winding down, also great thinly sliced in our nightly salads.
The continuing harvests are now demoted to group-photo status.
This soup pea crop is not ready for harvest, because the pods will be dried on the vine and will turn ugly. So I wanted to show it while it is still pretty.
Lastly, lavender to please the other senses besides taste.
Wonderful harvests! That tatsoi looks great - mine is a bust as it has been completely shaded by kohlrabi on one side and kale on the other. Won't be doing THAT again!
ReplyDeleteI'm planning on freezing some of the snow peas too - I've not done it before and was thinking that since they don't have a whole lot of water content, it should be ok to freeze them as is without blanching...do you prepare them for freezing at all?
Thanks Margaret. TKG always blanches the peas, but very quickly.
DeleteBeautiful harvest, very colorful. I had the same experience with Sugar Snap last year. This year I am trying Super Sugar Snap but am a week away from getting peas, so I don't know if all the vines are true. However I do know only half the seeds germinated.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dave. I had poor germination on the Sugar Snaps too. Let us know if you find an interesting replacement.
DeleteThat is too bad about the Sugar Snaps coming true. It's hard to devote time and space to something only to find out it wasn't what you wanted! I laughed at the 'group photo' status. Looks like you are getting nice variety from the spring crops.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dave. Fedco did warn that "off types" were present for the Sugar Snaps, but I did not expect that much.
DeleteYou're getting tons of food from your garden. So much lettuce, and the snow peas and carrots look so good. I'm really impressed with how long your spring harvests are continuing.
ReplyDeleteThank you Phuong. I just wish the broccoli had performed so the spring harvests could be complete. But alas.
ReplyDeleteAmazing that you are still getting sugar snaps. If I had planted them here they would have been done by the end of May. All in all a nice harvest.
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