This morning I decided to harvest all the beets I didn’t replant so I could clean out that section of the garden for my beet seedlings. If the weather holds, tomorrow the seedlings that have sprouted will be transplanted. The beets that I picked today are going to be pickled and canned in the next day or so.
While I was at it, I decided to harvest the carrots that were ready for picking. I picked 28 carrots. That’s pretty good for the first harvest. There are about 20 more in the ground that are still fairly small. These will be picked in the next week or so. With the carrots I picked today, I think I might make some carrot cake or carrot muffins.
It is so exciting harvesting fresh vegetables from the garden. The cucumbers on the a-frame are coming in steadily, I harvested most of the kale under the a-frame yesterday, the peppers are nearly ready for another harvest, the tomatoes are starting to turn yellowish orange, the scallions are almost ready to be picked, and the sweet potatoes look beautiful — what they’re doing under ground I don’t know, but they sure are pretty to look at.
Oh, I almost forgot — the plum tree is about ready for harvest!
By the end of the next week I should have plums for canning. I have no idea what I’m going to do with them, as I still have so much canned plum goodies from last years super-crop of 110 pounds of plums. No matter, I’m sure I will find something to do with them. I am just happy that the tree is healthy and productive, and for this I am — Simply Grateful.
Simply Grateful Housewife 