Short Post.

I picked and processed some Soy beans. They are so pretty and will be good. Not a lot in the garden right now but we are planting winter stuff

Lots of Rain!!!!

We had lots of rain from Tropical Storm Lee. This is in part what it did to our garden. We had picked most of the stuff and are working on our fall-winter garden. Lots of trees down and some on houses. We were without power about 24 hours. Better then some. The farmer's wife went out and picked up the arbor and stood up the plants so thing are not to bad. We are thankful for her. Looking to good eating.

Those Peas sure where good, I just finished off mine for lunch. We worked in the garden and planted some of the fall crops. We are getting some much needed rain.

We pulled up the rest of the sweet potato's. There were lots of vines and blooms but when we dug there not many potato's. I think just 4 small ones. We got lots of sweet potato's last year. If any one knows what happen we would love your input.

We are still getting lots of Okra and since only the Farmer and new farmer eat it we have been cooking if in many ways. You need to pick everyday. Still have tomato's also. Looking forward to cooler weather and some of those cold weather veggies.

Fig Preserves and Field Peas

These beautiful jars are four pints of figs. About 10 figs in each jar. I have had a late fig season and the figs did not ripen in early August like they usually do. I have had to cut the Fig tree back and cut of suckers that did not have fruit and I think that this has help direct energy to making fruits so with a few days of collecting I had enough for a batch.
There are field peas. I have never grown them in the Suburban Farm because in general you will need a lot of space. I had had some field peas as a gift from a seed company so when I had some room I put them in in late summer and they are coming through for me. When every thing else looks dry they still are perky.
These are a wonderful red color and I look forward to cooking them tomorrow with some grits.
It would not be summer if it you did not have okra. The plants are nearing ten feet tall which makes harvest difficult for the New Farmer but still there are blooms on the plants today.

4.864 KG to add today to the total 183.334KG for the year and for the metric impaired that is 403.5 lbs.

Last year the goal was 200 KG with a stretch of 225KG. I am sure that I will make the first the second I think will still be a stretch

Figs, Sweet Potatoes and Fields Peas

There has been a lot of harvest and lots to come. Some plants are really very tired and this seems to be the end of cucumbers and melons. This next week I will put in some of the fall crops. Above you can see some of the eggplant this are the Prospero which are about the size of soft ball when ready to eat. They are otherwise like the large ones at the store. Rather they are better in that we grew them and they are the freshest.

Something I haven't had before is field peas.  They take a lot of room and so while they are fun to grow and good for the soil they will not produce a lot. Above you can see the pod opened.
This variety cleverly bloom below the leaves and then the stems pushes the pea pod up for easy picking and then turn a scarlet color when they are ready to be picked. This week will be time for a pot of peas.
There are also the wonderful flowers that I take into work several times a week.
This week we have we pulled up some sweet potatoes which brought some weight to this weeks total. These will need to be seasoned for the next few weeks.
Above I am starting to get a few figs. Since trimming the tree back a number of figs are starting to ripen so I may yet have enough to make a preserves. 

9.764KG is to be added and that leads to 178.470KG which is getting us pretty close to our goals

Summer Greens, Sweet Potatoes and Hiking

Who knew that the in the summer you can have a greens that are a lot like spinach? Well it turns out that the leaves of sweet potatoes are edible and make delicious cooked greens with the temps in the 90's there is not lettuce or other greens that can grow.
The tomatoes are doing pretty well and the yellow pears are starting to be very prolific. Here they are mixed into some cherry tomatoes.

All these vegetables makes one strong and healthy and this leads of course to a 13 mile backpacking trip  
6.937KG  to add to the 161.764 brings us up to 168.701 KG

Melons, Tomatoes and Spiders

 
I got as a gift some cured meats and that makes a great companion for these melons that are starting to come in. More melons than ever before. I haven't tried the larger green one yet. I am sure that the other will taste great too.
We did have a pretty frightening spider to deal with this week. The Farmer's Wife captured this spider and we released him into the natural area.
Here we have some great yellow pear and cherry tomatoes that we have  a lot to pick every few days.
I will have some food to share at church this week.
Here we have yellow tomatoes
Here are the cherry tomatoes.

This 8.555 KG total to add to the 53.209 which equals 161.764 KG toward the 200KG goal.