We Have Begun Harvesting the 2020 Garden

There are some real advantages to living in the South.  Our daughter mentioned to me that we must like the long growing season.  Yes, we do!  We had been having kale right along until I ripped up the ones on the porch then moved them to the grow box in the lawn.  We used that spot where the kale had been for the lettuce seedlings we had started.

Also in the grow box we planted a large number of no-name kale plants, which are doing well and turn out not to be curly kale.  They seemed just right to harvest today so I went out and cut a bunch of them.  Also some basil.  ALSO four Sweet 100 tomatoes!

This was so nice to bring into the house.  The tomatoes went onto my breakfast salad and the kale was cooked to death in the Instant Pot for my supper.  Dear One is only a fan of kale chips, not kale any other way,  though if I put a teaspoon of cooked kale on his plate, he will eat it.  But he looks at me when he puts it in his mouth!!!

Last weekend we harvested the wax beans from the porch.  There may be three more beans there but we have had the major harvest from the porch.  They are not prolific producers, sadly.

We do have wax beans in the grow box with lots of blossoms. I hope they produce better.  Maybe two meals instead of one meal!

It is truly wonderful to eat things from your own garden.  You know everything that went into them.  You have total control over what you plant.  The only thing you cannot control is the weather.  When M mentioned how nice it was to have a long growing season, I had to point out that I have heard that many plants die a wretched death in the heat of the summer.  It will be interesting to see how it turns out.

If they all die, then we will plant again in September when things should be a little cooler.  We shall see.