Green Thumb Up My Nose

Garden Report for 230724

Once again, hot to very hot, with highs reaching 98. The air conditioning regularly comes on by 8AM. Lows in the mid-50’s to mid-60’s, just barely enough to cool the house to sleeping temps — even with the house fan on high, the inside temperature tends to be ten degrees warmer than the outside. Next week: more of the same, only mostly very hot.

Emptied a second potato bag. One large, one medium, and four small. About 500g total, e.g. one pound. Hardly seems worth the effort, but they’re very nice potatoes.

The crimson tide is beginning. Harvested three softball-sized, heirloom-looking tomatoes. The tag says EarlyGirl, but I suspect they’re Brandywine or such.

I tried lifting one of the Tromboncinos I was letting go to winter squash status so that the bulge was not rotting in the dirt. Instead, it broke off. The squash was a light brown, so maybe it was ripe already. We sliced it in half, lengthwise, and baked it, each getting one half.  Very good. As they say, vaguely Butternut flavor. Not as much meat as you might think.

I’m a little behind on posting photos, so here’s a compilation of this months harvests.

Pattypan

Tomatoes and Cocozelle

All our Cabbages

First of the New Potatoes

Week Ending 07/24	Vegetable (bold = final)	Count	Total Weight g	Unit Weight g	Grand Total	Total Weight kg
	Tomato	6	1161	194	7	1.22
	Cucumber
	Potato	2	475	237	4	2.32
	Cabbage				2	0.45
	Tromboncino	1	360	360	16	2.79
	Cocozelle	3	458	153	17	4.54
	Acorn
	Pattypan				1	0.38
	Zucchini	1	117	117	3	1.03
	Carrots
	Beets
	Beans
Grand Total						12.74

This time in 2021 the Zucchini were just starting to produce and there were seven spaghetti squash on the vine.

Tags: Cocozelle, Early Girl, gardening, potatoes, Raised bed garden, Scoreboard, Summer 2023, Tromboncino