Large Cucumbers and Steakhouse Tomato

Today was a good day while harvesting some cucumbers, tomatoes, and even another zucchini.  Earlier in the season when I first picked up some of these fruits and vegetables they were not as big as I had hoped.  The only exception being the zucchinis which were extremely larger than normal.

The cucumbers were small and the plants did not look like they were going to produce that much for the season.  I also had high hopes for the steakhouse tomatoes because the first few that were picked definitely gave me confidence that I would be getting much more in the near future.

When I went outside today and noticed a few tomatoes that were on the larger size that were not quite ready I got real excited.  I also found one that had been ready for a couple of days and plucked it right off the vine.  This tomato weighed one and a half pounds all by itself.  It was so big that it could barely fit in my hand.

I sure hope that I get more of these in the future.

I also saw quite a few large cucumbers that I thought were perfect to bring inside.  They happened to be hiding underneath the leaves and sometimes I have to dig for them in order to pick them.  I found about three that were in perfect shape and had an excellent size to them.

They each came from different plants and that’s good because now they can continue to grow more of these vegetables throughout the rest of the season.  I also have a couple of plants that haven’t produced any cucumbers yet.  When I looked at them today I found about three good sized cucumbers that will be picked next week at the latest.

These are the cucumbers that were harvested today.

You can see that these are actually quite larger cucumbers than some of the first ones I picked.

I also check my corn and noticed that they are not quite ready yet so I probably will not be eating them by this weekend.  I have had plenty of sun this whole week which definitely helped them out quite a bit.  I checked the older ears and found that the kernels are still white.

The variety I planted should be completely yellow, so when I find white I know that it isn’t quite done.  I’m pretty sure that it will be done by this coming week if the weather is good.