First week of August Harvest

Community garden ramping up on tomato production, so I picked a basketful to bring home to finish ripening. Most of these went back to the kitchen this morning, I kept 3 for salad for lunch together with some of the cucumbers.
 
 Few items were picked and measured directly at the plot and brought straight to the kitchen without taking home - cabbage and zucchini. I even had a local "helper" who carried everything for me. :)
 At home some of the tomatoes are also trickling in - enough just for eating but not for preserving. Together with some beans and wineberry that was my main snack time.

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  1. MarciaAugust 4, 2014 at 5:55 AM

    Lovely assortment you have there. Good thing for the community garden after your critter problems at home.

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    1. Jenny RottingerAugust 4, 2014 at 5:57 AM

      Community garden has been wonderful this year, and definitely helps to get fresh veggies for meals.

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  2. SusieAugust 4, 2014 at 6:09 AM

    I tried to track the weight of my harvest, but it only lasted the first couple of weeks! I like how you take a pic of the scale, easy to track that way! Nice assortment of tomatoes.

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    1. Jenny RottingerAugust 4, 2014 at 6:28 AM

      Sometimes I forget to take pictures and realize after we already ate something, but for most part it gets weighted. Now i just need to find time to update spreadsheet with totals from those pictures :)

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  3. David VeltenAugust 4, 2014 at 6:18 AM

    Can't complain about that harvest. Look at all those big slicers. I'm weeks away from getting some of those this year. And nice cabbage.

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    1. Jenny RottingerAugust 4, 2014 at 6:29 AM

      The biggest one from the first picture (all the way on the right) was not included on the scale - I think it's over 1 lbs. I'll do another post on varieties to include.

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  4. Daphne GouldAugust 4, 2014 at 7:51 AM

    Lovely harvests. I don't know if I've ever seen that other scale of yours. Do you just bring it out for the really big things? Or does it live at the community garden?

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    1. Jenny RottingerAugust 4, 2014 at 7:56 AM

      I bought it last year for the community and it stays in the shed - it can weight up to 40 lbs, which is what we needed when we do "full basket" right on the spot.

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  5. MargaretAugust 4, 2014 at 11:10 AM

    Beautiful tomatoes and great variety of goodies. Like David, I too am at least a week or two away from harvesting any slicing tomatoes.

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  6. Dave @ HappyAcresAugust 4, 2014 at 1:47 PM

    Lots of lovely tomatoes! And it looks like a great selection of them too.

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    1. Jenny RottingerAugust 5, 2014 at 5:25 AM

      Not all varieties decided to produce this year, but it's a good selection to eat.

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  7. JulieAugust 4, 2014 at 6:37 PM

    Lovely harvests! Nice to have a big scale on location. I thought I broke my kitchen scale trying to weigh too many melons at once.

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    1. Jenny RottingerAugust 5, 2014 at 5:25 AM

      I wish I had that many melons to break a scale. :)

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  8. AnonymousAugust 5, 2014 at 4:51 AM

    Beautiful assortment of slicing tomatoes, will be a while before we see such beauties in our neck of the wood.

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    1. Jenny RottingerAugust 5, 2014 at 5:26 AM

      Hope yours will hurry up so you can get them sooner.

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