Not a Public Blog

This website is not really for public consumption (although you are welcome to read it). It is really just for friends, family, and neighbors to find out what vegetables we have available to give away.

We have a big garden, and when a plant-type starts producing, they quickly overwhelm us with excess. So, rather than calling people and asking them if they want stuff, I'm putting a list of what we've got, and you can call me if you want any of it. Ask for as much as you can handle, and don't worry about sounding greedy. It'll end up in the garbage if someone doesn't take it off our hands.

This post is stuck to the top. Scroll down to the next post to see what is currently available.

Corn!

-There's a good bit of sweet corn in the garden. the ears are smaller than summer corn, but they taste great. Pull your own, first come, first serve (we already took the best ears :))
-Mustard greens
-green onions
-turnip greens
-squash/zucchini
-green tomatoes. The tomatoes aren't going to live long enough to turn red. Anyone who wants green tomatoes, take as many as you like. We don't eat them.

Out of Town - Help Yourself

It's cold! I'm leaving for a week, but Carol will still be here. She probably won't pick anything for you though. Women, huh? Anyway, you are welcome to as much as you want of:

-green onions (aka scallions) the shovel is by the pumphouse - please return it when done
-mustard greens
-turnip greens only
-butter beans
-tomatoes (san marzano only... they're only good for cooking with - please don't take the green ones)
-zucchini
-yellow squash
-okra - if you don't mind, pick every pod you can find or else it will stop producing. Thanks!

May 18

Squash - Yellow, Zucchini, and this white flying saucer shaped squash called 'pattypan'.

Cucumbers - They're white! They taste like regular cucumbers, but they're easier to find against the green foliage when picking them.

Tomatoes - Two per person. They aren't coming in fast yet. Check back next week.

New Zealand Spinach - Tastes kinda/sorta like regular spinach (yuck), except it grows in the summer.

Swiss Chard - Red, yellow and green. You have to pick it yourself.

Green beans - You have to pick them yourself. Please only take them from the pole beans. I just sprayed the bush beans yesterday, and they are not safe to eat yet.

April 6 - Here's what we've got:

Mustard greens
Small turnips and greens
Cabbage

Call if you want some.

11/17/09

We have almost nothing. The green beans are still producing. We've got a bunch of them at the house, and you can pick your own also, if you prefer. It's going to freeze tonight, so I covered them. If you get there before I do, please remove the cover.

DO NOT PICK THE MUSTARD, TURNIPS, OR SWISS CHARD! At least until 11/20. I sprayed 'em on the 13th to kill the stink bugs.

10/10/09

This cool summer/fall has been ideal for growing. If more people don't start coming by to get veggies, I'm going to start leaving them at your doorstep!

- Corn (enough to feed all of China, but only until around 10/17. After that it will not taste good)
- Jalapeno
- Orange Bell/Green Bell pepper
- Tomatoes
- Mustard Greens
- Cucumbers
- Yellow squash
- Radish (red round ones only)
- Kohlrabi
- Green beans, you have to pick them
- Scallions, aka green onions
- Tiny beets

9/22/09 Stuff Available

- Tomatoes - They're tasty, but a bit bug bitten. I sprayed the crap out of them and think I've got the bugs beat. The good ones should start showing up around Oct 1. Until then, we've got a few dozen ugly tomatoes that taste good. DO NOT pick your own tomatoes right now without calling us. They may be covered with pesticide.

- Green beans (pyo)
- Okra
- Cucumbers
- Mustard greens
- Kohlrabi
- Southern peas (pyo)
- Orange bell peppers (pyo)
- Jalapeno peppers (pyo)

Also, feel free to pick the wild tomatillos that are all over the garden. Or, if you're feeling nice, yank the damned things up :).

(pyo=pick your own. These are plants that we don't generally spray, unless you see the sign.)

Fall

-Red and green tomatoes - as many as anyone can use. A few purple ones as well!
-Some kind of weird gourd. You're supposed to be able to make 'loofas' out of them.
-Pink-eye purple-hull peas. You must pick your own. Don't worry, it's fun (ha!)
-English (aka seedless aka burpless aka armenian) cucumbers
-Weeds. Not weed. Weeds. We've got a lot of them.
-Chinese long beans.

AFK For a Week

We're away this week, so you'll have to pick your own vegetables if you want any. Here's what's available:

- squash (just a few)
- cucumbers (those long skinny burpless ones)
- okra (bring scissors or a knife if you want some)
- green tomatoes. Please don't pick these dry. I want some red ones in about a month. Try to leave at least 6 tomatoes per plant. Thanks!
- jalapenos
- yellow and orange bell peppers. I haven't been spraying them, so they are probably bugtastically nasty. They can be found in the weed covered northeast corner of the garden if you are adventurous.

Have a great week!

We're down for a while because this part of the summer is too hot to grow much. But call if you want okra or jalapeno peppers. We'll have lots of them until we get a frost in Nov/Dec.

- Loads of watermelons
- Eggplant
- Jalapeno peppers, yellow bell
- Okra
- Butter beans (you pick, you shell, I relax)

7/11/09

- 1 regular watermelon
- 3 tiny 'icebox' watermelons (tasty, but only about the size of a canteloupe)
- okra
- ichiban eggplant
- jalapenos
- yellow bell pepper
- foot-long semi-hot red banana peppers

7/8/09

-2 watermelons
-okra

6/27/08

Stuff currently available:

Eggplant
Peas (you pick, you shell)
Okra
Chinese long beans (like string beans but better - I'll 'splain when you come by.)
Jalapenos
A foot-long banana-type pepper that is about 1/4th as hot as a jalapeno. They come in red and green
green bell pepper

6/24/09

Extra stuff currently available. If I don't mention how many we have of an item, it means we have lots:

- eggplant (the skinny Japanese type)
- ~ 50 ears corn
- okra
- pink-eye purple-hull peas, unshelled, you get to pick 'em :)
- cucumbers
- ugly tomatoes (bitten by stinkbugs, good for stewing/canning/sauce only)
- jalapenos
- green bell peppers
- 2 red and 1 yellow pepper
- ~15 lbs of small red potatoes (a little bigger than a racquetball)