Lettuce and peas and beans. That's the bulk of the harvests in the past week and believe me I am not complaining, it's all been so yummy.
The next time I plant the filet beans though, I'm going to put in twice as many plants. They are prolific producers but you don't get as much since you harvest the beans small. They would be very good picked even younger than I have been doing but then I wouldn't get enough at one time to satisfy the two of us.
The caper harvests continue but I haven't photographed any of those, perhaps I'll remember to do so later this week. I'm really happy that my bushes have produced almost 1.5 pounds of buds so far, all those little harvests of a couple of ounces each do add up.
Here's the harvest totals for the past week:
Rolande filet beans - 19.4 oz.
Capers - 8.9 oz.
Sweetie Baby romaine lettuce - 11.4 oz.
Parade Scallions - .6 oz.
Oregon Sugar Pod II snow peas - 24.1 oz.
The harvest totals for the past week were - 4 lb., .4 oz.
Which brings the total for the year up to - 40 lb.
Harvest Monday is hosted by Daphne on her blog Daphne's Dandelions, head on over there to see what other garden bloggers have been harvesting lately.
Nice harvest.
ReplyDeleteHow long does it take for the caper plants to set buds? I'm waiting to see if my plants would bloom for me this year.
Mac, Caper bushes should start to produce flower buds when they are 2 to 3 years old. Around here my plants start to develop the first buds of the season in May. They continue to develop flower buds through the summer. I have to feed my potted bushes weekly, otherwise they don't grow mich and won't develop flower buds. Lately I've been using a mixture of fish emulsion (4-1-1) and a liquid bloom fertilizer (2-8-4), 1 tablespoon of each in 2 gallons of water.
DeleteNice looking harvest. The beans look great, I'm still weeks away from getting my first. I gave up growing filet beans because they are just as much work to plant and harvest as regular bush beans but you get a much smaller harvest. Oh, and the tomato towers are a great idea.
DeleteThey look wonderful. I'm still waiting for my beans to produce, but since the heat wave they have perked up and are finally blooming.
ReplyDeletegreat looking harvest. I will have to see whether or not a caper bush will grow in southern California. It would be cool to grow my own capers.
ReplyDeleteGreat harvest. You really need to post some pictures of those capers because I'm not even sure what they are????
ReplyDeleteThat's the thing about beans. Intensive work, you have to plant lots, but they're pretty great. We've been doing the roasting with garlic thing, since that's the only way I really like them : ) Yours are lovely!
ReplyDeleteBeans roasted with garlic, yum, I have to try that!
Deletewow lettuce peas and beans all at once, wonderful!
ReplyDeleteTotally jealous of those gorgeous beans and peas. We have a while before beans will be back on the fresh menu and I cannot wait as I have been missing them lately. Your new beds seem to be producing well!
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to some caper photos. The filet beans look great - i do like a nice skinny french bean.
ReplyDeleteYour beans and peas are gorgeous!
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