July 2011~What are you planting or harvesting?

**SandNOceanGirl** · 07-04-2011, 11:59 AM

Well we made it into another month of gardening. What is going on this month in your garden?

Right now this is what is planted: cucumbers, squash, peppers, okra and purple hull peas.

I have harvested a dozen squash and more cucumbers than I can count. The purple hull peas will hopefully be ready for their first picking by the end of the week. Okra is slow but coming along nicely. It is still plenty hot here but the plants are doing okay with the heat.

**Ali Lee** · 07-04-2011, 05:45 PM

Fresh lettuce & onions for supper. Zucchini & gr beans are blooming. Rhubarb now resting till next year.

**l8eebugg** · 07-04-2011, 06:01 PM

I have little tomatoes, Yippee! Beans and peas are doing good, Corn not so good, started too late due to flooding here. Can't even find the eggplant...mmmm? Carrots are growing, 3 kinds of squash doing good. Flowers are all doing fantastic! Am going to try to post some pics later. Tried earlier today and no luck.

**KeithBC** · 07-05-2011, 03:44 PM

Strawberries. Mountains of strawberries. We're getting about 15 pounds a day, and DW can't freeze them fast enough. Certainly, I'm having trouble eating them fast enough, an that's saying something!

**frugalfranny** · 07-07-2011, 04:39 PM

I am sooooo envious of durgan and keith with their strawberries........but mine are coming and I will get there some day I guess!! Only once have I gotten them into a bowl and the dinner table.........the rest don't make it past the 'wash cycle'....LOL!

Originally Posted by Ali Lee

Rhubarb now resting till next year.

I am getting ready for a third cutting on over half my plants....the other plants I didn't water very much.

Have had a few sugar snap peas.......but they don't even make it TO the wash cycle.........and one dog likes them too.

**Contrary Housewife** · 07-08-2011, 10:01 AM

Dug the first potato plant, going to leave the others for later since they should store better in the ground than in the house.

Lettuce is done done done and blooming and should have been pulled up two weeks ago. Onions and garlic are nearly ready to harvest.

Chard should be about ready for its first picking , it went in late. I need to check.

Green beans are coming in, I need to pick and eat them. Our first ear of corn is forming.

Peppers are coming fast! Tomatoes are setting fruit and getting big!

**Sophia** · 07-08-2011, 12:38 PM

My green beans have come in. I've already canned 38 qt's and I did 13 pints of blueberry freezer jam this morning. I'm also going to can pickles today and can some okra. (okra is from my moms garden) Tomorrow or Monday I will do more green beans. Hard work but so worth it. TC

**frugalfranny** · 07-09-2011, 04:10 PM

Will be picking gooseberries today........won't have too many as both plants are new......but might have enough for a cobbler.

Nothing will be going in the freezer........I am sure.

**Debbie-cat** · 07-09-2011, 09:37 PM

Harvested my first head of broccoli today and it was awesome!

**daylily** · 07-10-2011, 02:24 AM

Canned 7 pints of gooseberries in fruit juice Friday. Today I hope to pick chard, sugar pod peas and blueberries.

**ResourcefulDan** · 07-10-2011, 07:49 AM

I'm growing:

Broadbean
African horned cucumber
Passionfruit
Kale (Russian red)
Tomatoes (russian black, mortgage lifter, tommy toe)
Radish
Spinach
Garlic chives
Garlic (white and purple)
Mixed flowers (for the bees)
Brown onions
Egyptian spinach
Chilli (Jalapeno and red)

and a whole bunch of other stuff to go in when I get my tax refund and build my new raised garden beds (I'm currently growing only in pots due to hard clay soil)

Daniel

**frugalfranny** · 07-10-2011, 04:59 PM

The dogs have decided that maybe they DON'T LIKE sugar
snap peas...........so I get all 8 of them that I picked today.

Think they are holding out for the cherry tomatoes and with our weather..........they could be waiting awhile!

**dolfinonmi** · 07-10-2011, 06:07 PM

we have cucumbers out of our ears, getting some squash, a few tomatoes and peppers. Have already canned most of the green beans, some potatoes plain,with green beans and some with carrots and onions for soup this winter. Also froze squash and onions and alot of peppers.

**Ali Lee** · 07-11-2011, 07:01 PM

We had our 1st green beans!! Yummm... was delish!! While picking my yellow wax beans & green beans, I picked my 1st zucchini & a couple onions to season the beans. My bitty garden is planted in my flowers...hey-it works!

**KeithBC** · 07-11-2011, 09:18 PM

We had company on the weekend and missed a few days' picking. So, this afternoon, we had to a major catch-up picking. Ow, my poor back! But so worth it! Mmmm!