Definitely Not a Farmer!

 

Garden Harvest

I am definitely not a farmer!  M pulled up the other two potato plants on Friday and pictured above are the twelve potatoes he dug up!  Three of them are about the size of a small egg, three are smaller than that, and the other six are probably the size of quail eggs!  

Of the eight corn plants we planted, three plants tasseled and formed one ear of corn each, two plants didn't do anything, and three plants got trampled by garden critters (I am assuming) and died.  Of the three ears of corn, something ate one and you can see the other two, rather stunted ears of corn.  Each is about three inches long, if that!    

The plum like fruit is not a plum.  It is a "blue" tomato, according to M, who grew it in his garden and brought it for us to try.  We haven't tried it, yet, but, I believe the inside of the tomato is red.

Well, obviously, nothing much of a garden harvest,when it comes to potatoes and corn, this year.  However, the kale plants are still growing like crazy and it looks like we'll have a nice moringa pods harvest, later this year.  

On Saturday, daughter spent some time sorting through, packaging, and labeling all the seeds I've saved so far, to grow next year..  Yes, we are still planning to grow some vegetables next year, too.  In fact, we've already bought four more metal raised beds as we've decided that raised beds, with wire mesh to keep the garden critters out, will be the best way to proceed.    

I am grateful for:

- Even the tiniest of potatoes from the garden 
- Daughter's enthusiasm to continue trying to grow vegetables
- M's help with the garden and willingness to help
- Water for the garden
- Optimism which enables us to keep trying to grow things in our dry and hot climate

Are you growing any vegetables in your garden?  If so, are you getting a good harvest?