Garden Harvests - August 8th

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Here are my harvests for the week.  I got my first tomato, a few jalapenos, and my second set of peaches and cream corn.

Harvesting corn never gets old, I just love it.  Here are more pics.

Two jalapenos, I need many more so I can make jalapeno poppers.

My very first tomato ever, this is a Roma paste tomato.

I am picking purple hull peas every night, this is my third bag this season

Corn Harvest Round 2 - Peaches and Cream

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This morning I noticed one of my corn plants was leaning to one side and upon inspection I realized it was the weight of the ear pulling it in the direction it was leaning. I was not expecting for this corn to be ready yet because it was only at 61 days since planting, but sure enough most of it was ready. I had to get it in gear this morning and prepare everything for freezing.  For more detail on how I prepare my corn for freezing see this post.

This batch came from one of my 4X8 raised beds that I planted 72 seeds spaced 10 inches apart. The total harvest this morning was 33 ears with a total weight of 16.40 pounds. I expect to get an additional 10 to 15 ears from what is left, but they will be the smaller runts of the group. I was hoping to get one ear per plant for a total of 70 ears, but it looks more like I will get 45 to 50 ears.

This was my second planting. I have a third planting that is about a foot tall, and I am going to experiment with ammonium nitrate fertilizer on it. I am hoping that this will create more explosive growth and more production of ears. I look forward to trying a few ears tonight with some BBQ ribs.

Here is my harvest basket full of peaches and cream corn.

Here are the ears right before I bagged them.

Nice little corn pyramid, 33 ears total.

Bagged, tagged, and ready for the freezer.

Watermelon Update

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A few weeks ago I posted that some watermelons had sprouted in the garden from last years transplants. Well the vines have taken off and are running all over the place. Here are a few pictures of where they are.

Here is the vine running in all directions.

Here is my best looking melon so far, about the size of a softball.

Here is the first melon that was set, I think I may have damaged the vine when I was laying fresh pine straw around the plant.  Yummy.

Now I wish I could say that I grew this monster, but this is what I hope to grow.  This was purchased from a local road side vegetable seller.  This is a seedless variety that is so delicious.  My favorite time to eat watermelon is after I have cut the grass.  Instead of quenching my thirst with water, I like to eat ice cold watermelon from the fridge.

Nothing like Smitty's Roadside watermelons