We've spent lots of time in the garden lately harvesting all the good stuff that's ripening. Until this week, the humidity still hasn't been suffocating nor the heat oppressive. But look out. It's coming! The sweet corn harvest is coming as well. We planted early this year, kind of risking it with a late frost, but everything worked out. As you can see, the sweet corn is tasseling. Won't be long...
The Rainbow Swiss Chard is the last hold-out from the fall crop. It is still producing, but it doesn't like hot weather. Some of the bigger leaves have begun to droop. Those get fed to the cows. I like the way the veins in the leaves and stem have bright colors - red, yellow, pink, and white. Hence, the name rainbow chard.
The sweet potato vines have quickly overtaken the entire first part of the garden. This is something that we've not planted in a decade. It comes up every single year volunteer. There's no telling how many hundred or even thousand pounds of sweet potatoes we've dug over the years off of one original planting.
Speaking of only planting one time, here is our asparagus. My mom bought us the asparagus roots easily a decade ago, probably more. Each year, they've grown back, pushing up spears out of the ground. You have to check them each day because they grow so fast!
And the cucumbers. We're picking a basket of cukes every day. We have fresh dill growing in the herb garden. We have a favorite salad that we like to make using cut up cucumbers, blueberries, fresh dill, and balsamic vinegar. It makes a delicious, crisp, cooling salad for lunch.
Zucchini, yellow crookneck and straightneck squash is filling up baskets as well.
Sautéed squash, zucchini fritters and zucchini casserole has been in rotation for side dishes lately.
Tricia sautés asparagus in butter with some sea salt. We finish them off as fast as we can pick 'em.
From garden to table. Hard to beat fresh garden produce!
I hope your gardens are producing bountiful harvests!
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