Harvest Monday

Happy Harvest Monday! I'm starting to take in a few more veggies and herbs each week, which is just fantastic. The garden is sort of in transition still - some of my spring vegetables are just maturing or still producing, and the first of the summer ones have begun.

Holy cukes! I'm growing a Salad Bush variety, and though I only harvested two today there are many more on the way. I like them in salads, of course, and very much in water also, but I think the next stop may be the wonderful Cashew-Cucumber Dip that Nick made last year. Yum.

The carrots are coming along, finally. I still have quite a few left in my carrot squares to bulk up and lengthen. A few of these were shredded into our scramble this morning.

Also have a very, very small handful of green beans. The bush beans are currently at war with my squash... and you can guess who's winning. Next year I'll plant pole varieties so they can climb up the corn and out of the way, and the squash around the bottom to vine about. The indigenous people of the Americas were right on. This is only next year's plan if the corn is successful this year, which is yet to be determined. Looking lovely so far. Knee high by the fourth of July, indeed. Also only next year's plan if I don't decide to go vertical, which is a real possibility.

 And....drum roll...more lettuce! I must have mutant heat-resistant strains of Little Gem or something. It's getting a little ridiculous that the heads haven't bolted in the constant heat. Unnatural. I'll take it!

Also picked some dill pods for seed and fresh thyme for the scramble this morning.

I decided to make a kitchen message board section marked "This Week's Harvest" and update as necessary. I think that will alert my family that there is freshness in the fridge ready to be eaten. They are very kind (and silly, in my opinion) to generally leave the produce to me, but I'm working out of town too much to be the sole consumer of this year's take.