The patio tomatoes are doing real well even though no ripe ones yet but counted about 80 tomatoes and they are still setting.
Please visit our host,Daphne's Dandelions, and see what others are harvesting.
Monday, July 16, 2012
Monday's Harvest
Well still not much shaking here in the form of a harvest except the weeds. However I am still pulling a few onions as I need them to eat.
These are from the sets I bought that were just marked yellow onions. They are quite mild but a bit tough. These 6 weighed in at 1 lb. 5 oz.
The patio tomatoes are doing real well even though no ripe ones yet but counted about 80 tomatoes and they are still setting.
However, I do have great expectations for a big harvest this year so bought myself some new gathering baskets.
Please visit our host,Daphne's Dandelions, and see what others are harvesting.
The patio tomatoes are doing real well even though no ripe ones yet but counted about 80 tomatoes and they are still setting.
Please visit our host,Daphne's Dandelions, and see what others are harvesting.
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Ooohhh! I like those gathering baskets! I have quite a collection going of wire baskets that I like to use for harvesting... and also like the traditional baskets too.
ReplyDeleteThose onions look like they grew out well from sets. I have mixed experience with sets.... sometimes I get great onions from them, and other times they just rush to setting seed and are small bulb sized. I still plant them along with the onions started from seed as they are so convenient, and every now and again they really produce some fine onions too!
Very nice baskets; and some good looking onions. Mine from sets have not done well at all, maybe too much shade, I'm not sure.
ReplyDeleteGreat onions and I love those baskets! I can't wait to see them filled to the top with your harvests!
ReplyDeleteMiss you on ABY, Wilderness. Hope all is well with you. Onions look good and your tomatoes will be here before you know it.
ReplyDeleteI so want some more gathering baskets. I was in Panama earlier in the year and the natives make wonderful baskets. So I figured I'd pick one up. But they only sell the small baskets. Small bowls and plates. Not big enough for a harvest.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful harvest baskets.
ReplyDeleteLove your new baskets---they'll come in handy VERY soon for you, I hope. =)
ReplyDeletePretty good size onions. Hope it is cooler in your area and not as dry.
ReplyDeleteGreat looking onions! I'm sure you'll love those baskets!!
ReplyDeleteYour baskets are great, but what I really want is those onions, mine keep getting dug up by either blackbirds or my 2 year old so all in all they are struggling...
ReplyDeleteOh yes...those baskets are beautiful! You can never have enough baskets!
ReplyDeleteYour baskets demonstrate the optimism that we gardeners have! They WILL be filled! Very nice.
ReplyDeletePardon my ignorance but please could someone explain to me what a 'set' is, I see the term used, mainly in posts from the US. I'm from Australia and as far as I'm aware, we don't use that term here. I'm guessing that a 'set' is what we call a 'punnet' which is young seedlings grown in a small container and usually bought at a garden centre or other retail outlet. Is that what a 'set' is?
Nina - a set is an onion that was grown to small bulb stage and then pulled and dried down. You buy them in bags and they look like miniature onion bulbs with dried skins on them. In the early spring you plant them by pushing them into the prepared soil - similar to how you plant garlic cloves, and they resume their growing cycle and produce an onion plant and most often a nice onion bulb. Because they have had their growing cycle briefly interrupted, they tend to have a higher incidence of bolting to seed, but they are very convenient to plant for most people and worth the risk of lower production as a result. Hope that answers your question!
DeleteThanks Laura! That is quite different to what I thought. I've not seen them sold like that here but then I'm no expert and may be walking around with my eyes closed. They do sound very convenient, none of that fiddling with tiny little seedlings.
DeleteI like your baskets. We use the cuboid shaped basket too. Hopefully you'll fill them all up soon.
ReplyDeletelovely harvest!
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone. I have been lucky that the onions haven't gone to seed and are all pretty green still. Our temps have been around 80 which is normal for here but our night time temps are in the 50's so not great for a lot of vegetables that need warm night time temps.
ReplyDeleteI love my baskets but will be quite some time before there is anything to go in them.
Laura thanks for answering Nina's question.
Gardening is sort of on hold for me since my dog pulled me off my porch Wednesday night without using the stairs, I have messed one foot up and have been mostly on crutches. Can hobble around the decks and inside but can't walk much outside on the uneven ground. So the weeds continue to thrive.
Ouch!! I hope your dog is suitably shame-faced, naughty boy/girl. Here's hoping you are back on both feet soon!
DeleteSo sorry to hear about your accident. Hope your messed up foot heals quickly.
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