Well, August was a time of great successes as well as impending failures. We had more beans than we knew what to do with, a massive amount of squash and cukes (Cyn made some truly amazing pickles with some of our own hot pepper vinegar) and beautiful tomatoes before The Trouble set in. We eked out a decent little crop of onions and leeks, we saw the onset of winter squashes and pumpkins, plus the fattening up of vast amounts of melons.
August brought the Okra Avalanche, with every day requiring us to harvest a basket full of Clemson Spineless and Red Burgundy which nearly overwhelmed. Sadly, August also brought with it bugs. Lots and lots of bugs. And some diseases, like
Early Blight and
Fusarium Wilt. We'll have a post about the bugs and what we did right/wrong very soon. It was a dry month which presented some challenges with making sure everything got a drink, so we learned about our layout problems and will address those next season.
Overall, we're pleased with how things went, even though there was never enough time to get everything done under the searing mountain sun.
Enjoy the photos Cynthia took of the Veggie Ranch in full action:
Portrait of a Zucchini
One of many Black Widow Spiders in the garden
Moon and Stars melon with blossom
Royal Burgundy bush beans
Cherokee Wax bush beans
A multitude of garden gems
Dragon's Tongue bush beans
One delicious table
Italian Red Onions
Rattlesnake pole beans blooming
Crazy purple-pink corn tassels, pre-insect invasion
Corn bursting like fireworks against the August sky
Golden Crookneck, just before the Great Insect War began in earnest
Edisto 47 melons coming in nicely
Okra blossoms
Pumpkin flower (these are really huge)
Dry Black Turtle Beans
Royal Burgundy with blossom
Dragon's Tongue, with tiny garden spider hitchhiker
Butternut Squash blossoms exploding with bees
One of the multitude of Morning Glory flowers that spread throughout the garden curling around the lima beans
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