Harvest Monday - July 16, 2012

This was a great week! I got my first cherokee purple tomato. It had some small bottom end rot damage but other than that the tomato was really beautiful. I also harvested a handful of supersweet 100 tomatoes.

Cherokee purple and supersweet 100s

I am also getting a couple of early girl bush tomatoes - getting sweeter with time.

I had a second harvest of early girl bush tomatoes and a handful supersweet 100s. And I also picked the first roma tomato and mortgage lifter tomato from the community garden. The roma was not completely ripe, but I wanted to pick it because it was supposed to rain and I was worried that it would crack.

(clockwise from the largest tomato) Mortgage lifter, roma, early girl bush, supersweet 100s

I harvested the first black beauty eggplant, a little scratched up but otherwise is a beautiful fruit.

Black Beauty Eggplant

The kale has been attacked by white flies which has made it a challenge to wash. But they still taste delicious. I am also harvesting some swiss chard here and there. I prefer to eat them stir fried with other greens.

I bought some lemon grass some time back and after I used what I need I stuck them in water for a couple of weeks. After there was enough root, I stuck them in the garden. they are doing OK. I trimmed them a little bit and harvested some. I chopped it up and froze it down.

Lemongrass

The basil has grown well this past week and required a little pruning. I think I have enough to make a little pesto or use in a salad with the tomatoes.

Very fragrant basil

I'm joining Daphne and gardeners worldwide to share my harvest from last week.