Today, I picked our first green beans for the season. I brought in my pickings and decided, out of curiosity, to weigh them. I got one pound, 1 ounce of beans today! Quite a big bowl for our family. I will be hard at work every day for a while now, keeping the garden beans picked as they get ready. Remind me next year to grow only pole beans. I'd rather pick beans standing up than crouched down on the ground!
We are still waiting on our first zucchini. A couple had promise, but they died off before they grew big enough to harvest. I think we might have one ready in a couple of days.
We have picked 7 little red tomatoes so far, from the Northern Delight and Glacier plants. Oh, and one from the Sweet Million Cherry. We really enjoyed fresh tomato slices in sandwiches today. They are so sweet and juicy, but little at about 2 inches diameter. I have learned to grow small tomatoes in our climate. They ripen up faster and more reliably. No pictures yet. We just eat them too fast. The Stupice tomatoes might be my "big" tomatoes this year. They keep growing and are still all green. It will be fun to see how big they do end up getting and we still have plenty of time this summer.
We are keeping the raspberries picked, plucking them off when they are just a bit under-ripe. I wash and drain them, spread them on a towel to dry, then freeze them on a tray. Once frozen, I bag them up and put them back in the freezer. Once I have enough, I plan to make a raspberry pie. (Yes, it takes a while when your berry patch is as small as mine!) I am keeping them frozen in case that fruit fly has already laid eggs in them. At least by freezing them, I keep any potential creatures from further developing in the berries. There will be some sugar in the pie to make up for the tartness of the slightly under-ripe berries. One way to save the harvest. I'm also still letting the kids pick whatever they want to snack on while they are playing in the yard.
I guess that's it in my garden for today!
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