Harvest Monday - 29 July 2024

Here's another Harvest Monday update from Eight Gate Farm. Our weather continues to be pleasant, but the lack of rain is making more chores for us. Also, smoke from the western Canada fires is starting to affect us. Despite that, we got a number of "first harvests" this week. 

Leading off is the first ripe slicer tomatoes. It is a treat to get them before August. This is the hybrid "Genuwine," a cross between Costuluto Genovese and Brandywine. It tastes amazing.

Genuwine

Another tomato coming in early this year is "Pink Berkeley Tie-Die." It has been a favorite of ours for several years now. This one had some external blemishes, but was still excellent in taste.

Pink Berkeley Tie-Die

Next up I got the first ripe cayenne peppers. This is "Red Ember," a hybrid cayenne of the thick type. The plants are sort of small, but are loaded with fruit.

Red Ember cayenne

I also got the first slicer cucumber. This is a bush (short-vined) variety called Saladmore. It is quite tasty. Lots more came in after this.

Saladmore cucumber

I also did a first picking of the second Swiss Chard variety I'm growing. This is "Rhubarb." The stems are intensely red, hence the name. All chard tastes like chard, and the stem color makes no difference, but it does brighten up a space in the garden.

Rhubarb chard

The last first is cauliflower. This is "Cheddar," a hybrid.

Cheddar cauliflower

Now on to continuing harvests, presented in groups. Monday's general harvest was just artichokes and broccoli side shoots.

Monday general harvest

Tuesday's had a bit more color.

Tuesday general harvest

Here was Thursday's, featuring another ripe cayenne.

Thursday general harvest

And here was Saturday's. The pole green beans are so far being shy this year.

Saturday general harvest

Artichokes and BLT sandwich dinners several times this week. For my tastes, this is perfection!

That's all for this week. Thanks for reading, and thanks once again to Dave at HappyAcres.blog for hosting Harvest Monday.