Mid-Summer Harvest Underway

The weather here has turned hot and a dry. I have starting watering some of the plants on a regular basis now. I pulled the onions and I have been curing them over fencing for about one week now. The onion crop was really good with many large sized onions. I suspect it was all spring rain and cooler than normal temperatures that made for a good crop this year. I have been harvesting the following since my last entry: Green Beans, Onions, Hot Banana Peppers, Celery (just started yesterday), Cucumbers, Lettuce, Potatoes, Cabbage.

The bean beetles have arrived and I had to spray the beans with a little bit of sevin today. The roma tomatoes are not doing very well right now, as their growth seems a bit stunted. I guess it is probably due to the crazy weather we have had. I did water them a bit a few days ago, but they still seem small and somewhat wilted during the heat of the day. The potatoes were harvested a few days ago. Between the raised bed and the potato bag, the estimated harvest was between 15 to 20 pounds (see pic below of bag full of harvested Yukon Gold potatoes). My brother's corn is doing well, but unfortunately it does not appear to be the NK199 variety that it was supposed to be. I guess the seed packet was not marked correctly. Now is the time to start planning the fall garden. It won't be long now until the first fall seedlings get planted into the garden.