Beans, cantaloupes, potatoes, and cucumber

Things are starting to ripen in the yard so we've started to do some harvesting. The heat has meant the scarlet runner beans are starting to dry on the vine so I cut off everything that looked dry, shelled them, and have been letting them air dry for storage. Still lots of harvest on the plants, though.

I also culled about 25% of the tomatoes (the ones sitting on the ground) and brought them in. Hopefully this will free up some energy for the plants to open the rest on the vine.

The number and size of the remaining tomatoes are impressive.

We also harvested the first of the cantaloupes. It could have been a touch riper but it was definitely cantaloupe. There are 10 more on the vine and I think we have a good chance of getting 8 to maturity.

On the south fence, we planted about 70 feet of raspberries last year. They are filling in nicely. To plug the gaps, we interplanted potatoes this year. I pulled the plants the grew and managed to get three gallons of small spuds (it was dry this year).

I turned a bunch into parmesan-crusted potatoes for dinner on Saturday.

I was hoping to bake a zuchinni loaf this weekend to freeze for winter. We harvested one of the bigger plants but it turns out that it identifies more as a cucumber.

So we pivoted to carrot cake and then apple cake.

The weather looks good so we're letting the garden run a bit long this fall. I have a bunch of potatoes I'd like to dig this week so I can flip the bed to garlic for next year and plant. We'll also have to have a come to Jesus moment with the carrots, apples, and the tomatoes but the carrots and apples can wait until after there is a good frost.