The Latest Harvesting: Tomatoes, Beans, and Green Peppers

It’s been a long time since my last post, but I am still gardening and have some more harvests to discuss in this article. So far I have finished harvesting my radishes which were done a couple of months ago. My lettuce is also finished and once the hot weather came they were no longer able to produce new leaves and eventually turned brown. Peas did not do well this season and now that summer is here they are done as well. With a new weather season means new harvests to do and more vegetables to pick for the next couple of months until the next season, fall.

Now it is midsummer and there are many new vegetables that are starting to ripen and need to be picked very soon. First I want to mention that I still have broccoli that is continuing to produce vegetables and they have not been affected by the heat just yet. If they can last until fall I might be able to get a second harvest from these plants.

The first summer vegetable I picked this season were my zucchinis. I have picked over a dozen of them and I still have some plants that are producing more of them which means more harvests in the coming weeks or months.

Next it was my tomatoes. This includes all three types: Roma, cherry, and beefsteak. They seemed to be ready at the same time and were a perfect color to start harvesting. This is just the beginning of the tomato harvest season and there are still many more out there.

Today I picked the first set of peppers and they were a decent size that I won’t complain about. Just like tomatoes this is the start of the harvesting with many more plants and many of peppers still growing. The second batch of beans was also picked today.

I also have potatoes that are still in the ground and I am thinking that I should be digging them up very soon. Most of the plants are starting to turn brown and this is a good sign that the potatoes are done growing and they need to be removed from the soil soon. This also goes for my onions as well which are ready for harvesting.